Comment by jsheard
2 days ago
> No, put up a loginwall or paywall, authenticate users, and go private.
We know for a fact that AI companies don't respect that, if they want data that's behind a paywall then they'll jump through hoops to take it anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/10/mark-zuck...
If they don't have to abide by "norms" then we don't have to for their sake. Fuck 'em.
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>the law explicitly allows scraping and crawling.
Nepenthes also allows scraping and crawling, for as long as you like.
this is a very US-ian view of the world
my site is not in the US, I am not a US citizen. US law does not apply to me.
under UK law: robots.txt is an access control mechanism (weak or otherwise)
knowingly bypassing it is likely a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act
good luck suing me because you got stuck when you smashed my window and climbed through it