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submitted 1 year ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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But what if you do? Will you get caught?

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[–] coffee_poops@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It didn't have to be illegal for them to sue you for violating its policies. It would be a civil suit for damages.

[–] Eranziel@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lol, then they would have to demonstrate that there were damages. The worst a TOS violation will get you is a ban.

[–] kometes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bandwidth costs.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peanuts.

[–] kometes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still a billionaire suing you for those peanuts.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Suing for 50 dollar or so? Fine.

[–] coffee_poops@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, they have more money to blow on legal fees. The threat of a suit is enough to keep most perks from fucking around and finding out.

[–] Salix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Would it be violating policy if the scrapper only took the public data and never actually signed the ToS since they didn't make an account?