There was a case where a company successfully got an injunction against a scraper that got pricing data, arguing that the scraper violated the federal unauthori

There was a case where a company successfully got an injunction against a scraper that got pricing data, arguing that the scraper violated the federal unauthorized access statute. http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/EF_Cultural_Travel_v._Explorica http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/EF_Cultural_Travel_v._Explorica This is an area of law that is evolving rapidly so there may be other cases that supersede that one.