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by Grimm1 1694 days ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiQ_Labs_v._LinkedIn

That’s one of the bigger ones. Unfortunately recent events means scraping is still a gray area.
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amelius 1694 days ago
Legal gray areas are perfect for growth hacking. Just look at Uber and AirBnb.
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Grimm1 1694 days ago
And even bigger growth hack for a lot of companies would be having scraping protected by law.
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omgwtfbyobbq 1694 days ago
Do you mean this case?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren_v._United_States

I think it only applies to systems that aren't available to the general public, which in this case was the GCIC. Anything that is available to the public, even if it requires some sort of registration, would I think be legal to scrape. YMMV though.

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