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As far as I'm concerned, if the information is publicly visible on a site (not behind a login) and as long as the scraping doesn't cause performance issues or generate costs on the site, then it should be perfectly fine to do.


> As far as I'm concerned, if the information is publicly visible on a site then it should be perfectly fine to do.

There, I fixed it.


I don't think it's okay to cause enough stress to the web host to cause delays for other visitors.


Whilst that is your opinion, it is not a fact, nor is it legally valid.




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