• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    as far as the courts are concerned if it’s on the internet and it’s not behind a paywall or password then it’s publicly available information.

    Er… no. That’s not in the slightest bit true.

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      1 year ago

      That was the whole reason that Reddit debacle whole happened they wanted to stop the scraping of content so that they could sell it. Before that they were just taking it for free and there was no problem