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Comment by whycome

2 years ago

Scrapings laundering. Do we have a term for this?

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throwaway4pp24  2 years ago

Yes, right in the law - "fair use"

  • account42  2 years ago

    Even more basic, it's free speech. The data itself is public domain so your free speech is not restricted and you don't need fair use excemptions for those restrictions. On the the access through the official system is restricted.

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