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by chuckgreenman 1874 days ago
Even if it is, it doesn't matter. The US Court of Appeals created precedent that allows for the scraping and aggregation of publicly published information with that LinkedIn case.
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Got a link for this? Could open up some possibilities.
Here's the actual case:

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/17...

There is an attached PDF with the full decision, Pages 27, 28 on reference some related cases that informed the decision.

> publicly published information

Is Apple’s iOS App Store “public” though? Ostensibly it’s only open to Apple customers with an iOS device: accessing App Store pages in a web-browser just redirects you to the App Store.

> accessing App Store pages in a web-browser just redirects you to the App Store.

Not if you are on an non-Apple device. Or access an iOS App Store page from a Mac. The pages show just fine.