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Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’ (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 97 points 9 months ago (4 children)

From The Verge page: "SerpApi says it can deliver Google search results for use by AI tools, but Google claims it’s illegally evading bot-blockers to steal copyrighted content."

Bwahahahah! Oh, now that gave me a great laugh!

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  • [–] 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Evading blocks isnt illegal

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    This is completely untrue. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act uses extremely broad wording. People have been sued for right clicking on a webpage and saying “View Source” before. Aaron Schwartz, co-founder of Reddit, was driven to suicide after a harassment campaign by the FBI and scientific paper publishers, as another example.

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