[PaulDavisThe1st]

Regarding (b) ... while a specific method of training that involved persistent copying may indeed be a violation, it is far from clear that the general notion of "send server request for URL, digest response in software that is not a browser" is automatically a violation. If there is deemed to be a difference (i.e. all you are allowed to do without a license is have a human read it in a browser), then one can see training mechanisms changing to accomodate that.

[twoodfin]

It’s all about the purpose the transitory copy serves. The mechanism doesn’t really matter, so you can’t make categorical claims about (say) non-browser requests.