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> No, put up a loginwall or paywall, authenticate users, and go private. We know for a fact that AI companies don't respect that, if they want data that's behi
by jsheard 2y ago
> No, put up a loginwall or paywall, authenticate users, and go private.
We know for a fact that AI companies don't respect that, if they want data that's behind a paywall then they'll jump through hoops to take it anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/10/mark-zuckerberg-meta-books-ai-models-sarah-silverman https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/10/mark-zuck...
If they don't have to abide by "norms" then we don't have to for their sake. Fuck 'em.
- observationist 2y ago[flagged]
- blibble 2y agothis is a very US-ian view of the world my site is not in the US, I am not a US citizen. US law does not apply to me. under UK law: robots.txt is an access control mechanism (weak or otherwise) knowingly bypassing it is likely a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act good luck suing me because you got stuck when you smashed my window and climbed through it
- tir 2y ago>the law explicitly allows scraping and crawling. Nepenthes also allows scraping and crawling, for as long as you like.