This is exactly the argument MPAA makes against people torrenting movies and tv shows, using words such as "criminals", "evil", in an attempt to polarize people who are simply consuming information over the internet in the most efficient way possible, without any 3rd party oversight and censorship, the way information on the internet is always bound to be, the way equilibrium is achieved.
The argument that if you really want this information, they should pay for it doesn't work. Basically, you are punishing people for automating manual labor. The fact that you can hire bunch of people and tell them to manually copy data from the website and achieve the same result means that it shouldn't be any different from automating the process itself.
Terms of service on a website is not the law. If there is something you don't want people to have access to, then don't publish it online at all.
The argument that if you really want this information, they should pay for it doesn't work. Basically, you are punishing people for automating manual labor. The fact that you can hire bunch of people and tell them to manually copy data from the website and achieve the same result means that it shouldn't be any different from automating the process itself.
Terms of service on a website is not the law. If there is something you don't want people to have access to, then don't publish it online at all.