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by o1y32 1020 days ago
I am not a lawyer but I am pretty sure a website protected with a password and/or firewall means something different from a robots.txt that is nothing more than a convention.
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jtriangle 1020 days ago
As far as what's been prosecuted, yes, but, the law is very...well, flexible, unfortunately.
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fluidcruft 1020 days ago
Seems like the difference between a fence that has a locked gate vs a fence that merely has a "no trespassing" sign?
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