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lmzyesterday at 10:02 PM1 replyview on HN

"It's not illegal" is only an argument against lawsuits / law enforcement involvement. Those PoW anti-AI things people put on pages aren't illegal either.


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bayindirhyesterday at 10:12 PM

No. From my interactions, I have understood that some people use the same argument to wash their consciences from any guilt. What they do is unethical, but not illegal, and they hide under the same argument to drown the ethical angle.

In other words, being honest to oneself is important.

Anti-scraping measures people utilize are neither unethical nor illegal. That’s the difference.

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