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You don't have to return bogus data, you can return an HTTP error code: 402 payment required.
by andreasvc 12y ago
You don't have to return bogus data, you can return an HTTP error code: 402 payment required.
- dspillett 12y agoExactly. The problem I see is with giving out bad data while leading people to believe they have obtained useful information (that they then embarrass themselves by using/re-distributing). I did misread the grand-parent post though: his was suggesting the bogus data was the message, and I read it as handing out fake data for the scraper along with the message to be seen should a human be looking.
- andreasvc 12y agoYeah I can see why fake data could give you a harder time in terms of lawsuits. Similar to people who fight hotlinking of their content by replacing images with something offensive.