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by satvikpendem 1032 days ago
From [0] and [1], it seems it was a mixed ruling. I am actually not sure whether it's now legal to scrape, since the Court ruled against hiQ due to a breach of terms of service, but previously the Ninth Circuit Court affirmed its ruling against LinkedIn.

[0] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/court-finds-hiq-breache...

[1] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hiq-and-linkedin-reach-...

1 comments

> The hiQ decisions give a green light, at least in some circumstances, to scraping publicly available websites without fear of liability under the CFAA.

So at a federal level, it seems relatively clear. The only uncertainty is on the state level.