[Wowfunhappy]

I basically agree that the idea should be to reduce, not eliminate, bots.

However, a big difference with crimes involving the internet is that they can be launched from anywhere. In the real world, I can't steal from someone unless I'm physically present in the same country as my victim. On the internet, the US could outlaw scraping and Russia would keep doing it.

[account42]

We already have ways to deal with badly behaving countries.