▲ 255 ▼ Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’ (www.theverge.com) submitted 9 months ago by RmDebArc_5@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 34 points 9 months ago (2 children) Evading blocks isnt illegal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago Yet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 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. permalink fedilink source parent