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New York Becomes First State to Ban Bots That Scrape News Sites (news.bgov.com)
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[–] 35 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Inaccurate headline. The bill doesn't ban web scraping, it just requires that bots accurately identify themselves through the user agent string, and maybe some additional requirements to disclose the purpose of scraping the data.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    And there's a fine if the company doesn't comply which is basically now gonna be considered the cost of doing business

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That’s still a win. Make the act less lucrative. Fewer entremenureial types to take after it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Oh I'm not saying it's not better than doing nothing. I'm just saying I'm still disatisfied with the results because of the socio economic implications of businesses being treated legally like people.

    I agree with you though.

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