Is Web Scraping Legal? (Legal Analysis)

Many people wonder if web scraping is legal. Let's break down the issue and discuss how current legal cases have affected the legality of web scraping.

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[RomboutVersluijs]

I just thought of another example. How about the data collected through app publicly made available for the free accounts. Would that be the count the same as publicly available data?

[torrentinocom]

Thing are easy: if you got arrested - your scrapping was illegal)

[tusharniras]

I thinking about scrapping public profiles of LinkedIn 😂 and your example killed me

[ogradus]

Everyone should learn the politeness policy dealing with scraping.

[jackbauer]

Can you make the same video for EU rulings ? thanks !

[RomboutVersluijs]

How about if you use your phone to collect the data. The cfaa talks abiut a computer. A mobile phone or other device which can run code and is no a computer can do the task. I wonder how they would tackle that.

[RomboutVersluijs]

How was that example of linkedIn legal. You did state in the beginning of it's publicly available without a login. Linked uses a login, so wonder why you stated this?

[lowfatlatte]

This is why I have no issue with ai art