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Scraping a website can be compared to only downloading mp3 file, not redistributing it to other people.

And I don't see how electronic ToS have any legal power. It is not a contract one has signed before visiting a site. I think ToS should only bind the website owner, not its visitors.



It doesn't. It would be like stepping in to a store because people were welcoming you and realizing that by sitting down you've automatically agreed and consented to tiny ToS written behind every napkin.

It's unenforceable and has never stood up in court.




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