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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
krinkle@fosstodon.org ("Timo Tijhof") wrote:
From the Fast Company article:
> Robots Exclusion Protocol [..], compliance is voluntary. [..] Srinivas also noted that [it] is “not a legal framework.”Uh.. the robots protocol has in fact been tested in court. Trespassing, terms of use, and/or copyright prevailed over the liberty of unrestricted "universal" use without consent.
Short transcript / podcast:
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/book/search/Summary from a legal course:
http://www.tomwbell.com/NetLaw/Ch06/eBay.htmlMore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_v._Bidder%27s_Edge#Order