I think of it as being similar to the right to reverse engineer which you get for hardware in some jurisdictions. I feel as a user as though I should be allowe

I think of it as being similar to the right to reverse engineer which you get for hardware in some jurisdictions. I feel as a user as though I should be allowed to automate my use of Internet services. I should be able to use improved clients for any service as and when I like, to get improved user experience, and to integrate them with other services. I can imagine a law that allows this. Entirely to encourage innovation and competition. Remember - it's the early days of the web. It took about a century after the printing press before the consequent law changes (such as invention of copyright) settled down. I expect it to take a century on the Internet as well. Everyone should plan for the future assuming our laws from previous centuries will be found by society to be unsuitable, and will change.