I understand what you're saying, we just come from very different perspectives. Most of my results are after significant transformation and combination, resulting in models to test against. I'm not very concerned with copyright violation, as I rarely (never?) re-publish copyrighted information.
Have there been any court cases where a person scraping public information has been found in the wrong? I know of the LinkedIn case from Jan 2014, but in that case the offenders were creating LI accounts to scrape private information. I believe that Craigslist lost it's case against e.g. padmapper, didn't they?
While I respect what you're saying in your first sentence, I view it differently. Setting aside the legal issues, I see it as someone trying to control use in a public space. I don't consider that a valid reason -- if it's public, I can consume it. Avoiding detection is a reaction to sites trying to create rules that I interpret as invalid.
If a company tried to block off a public road without legal backing, I would consider it not only my right but also my duty to traverse that road. [mediocre analogy, but it does represent my opinion fairly accurately.]
Have there been any court cases where a person scraping public information has been found in the wrong? I know of the LinkedIn case from Jan 2014, but in that case the offenders were creating LI accounts to scrape private information. I believe that Craigslist lost it's case against e.g. padmapper, didn't they?
While I respect what you're saying in your first sentence, I view it differently. Setting aside the legal issues, I see it as someone trying to control use in a public space. I don't consider that a valid reason -- if it's public, I can consume it. Avoiding detection is a reaction to sites trying to create rules that I interpret as invalid.
If a company tried to block off a public road without legal backing, I would consider it not only my right but also my duty to traverse that road. [mediocre analogy, but it does represent my opinion fairly accurately.]