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Reporting illegal activity is not nice? I'm sorry you got caught. Defeating captcha and bypassing IP block from Google servers would fall under CFAA, which they nailed 3taps for.

Yeah, we know you are not a lawyer and neither am I, but writing I ANAL, doesn't really exempt you from the law...im sure it doesn't take a lawyer to realize this.

see 3taps vs Craigslist and the CFAA ruling. Public data is fine, its just when you break their captcha and bypass their IP ban, it becomes an issue. Which you've pretty much admitted in your reddit thread.

You can try defending yourself in court against the world's best legal team. Any capitulation now is better than losing your entire life savings over in the subsequent legal defense fees alone.

edit: whats the matter? run out of alt-nicks? LMAO. dude you make it way too obvious. inactive accounts suddenly converging on this particular thread using the same argument over and over to censor my comments...not even bothering to change writing styles...

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IANAL and this does not constitute legal advice. Craigslist v. 3Taps has been overturned. There are more recent rulings.

On another level, EFF fights to ensure computer access to public data stays legal. It's a worthy fight.

We have no relationships with the other commenters. Anyway, I won't reply to this thread anymore. You can reach me via email, julien _at_ serpapi.com, if you want to continue this discussion.

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SPOILER ALERT: 3taps was forced to pay millions in settlement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist_Inc._v._3Taps_Inc.#...

> 3Taps and PadMapper were companies that partnered to provide an alternative user interface for browsing Craigslist's housing ads. In doing so, they scraped Craigslist's site for data, which Craigslist did not approve of. Craigslist sent both companies a cease-and-desist letter and blocked their IP addresses, but this did not stop 3Taps from scraping through other IP addresses. Craigslist then sued, resulting in this case.

I think you may be in the deep-end now. Good luck with the sharks.

Your audacity is admirable but its foolhardy. You based your entire business on incomplete legal ruling without consulting a lawyer I presume.

How the fuck would you feel if somebody took your life's work, slapped their logo and started selling it? I'm sure you can see the ethnical issues of this and the legal ramifications.