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		elwell on May 8, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Scraping Problem and Ethics Is it ethical to scrape from a scraper?

drdeadringer on May 8, 2014 | [–]

Is it ethical to scrape from a service you DO pay for, instead of using their API or other interface?

andreasvc on May 8, 2014 | | [–]

Ethical at least requires respecting robots.txt.

elwell on May 8, 2014 | | [–]

If robots.txt said to jump off a bridge, would your spider do it?

programminggeek on May 8, 2014 | [–]

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