Jul. 18, 2016
9th Circuit ruling clarifies part of the data scraping debate
A recent decision ratifies a rule that had been percolating through the district courts for some time. By Sebastian Kaplan
By Sebastian E. Kaplan
Web scraping seems to be both a common and controversial practice in the technology sector. Its legality has been hotly disputed for over a decade, with inconsistent and infrequent guidance from the courts. Recently, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals clarified one aspect of the scraping debate that has broad potential ramifications for the internet. In Facebook v. Power Ventures, 2016 DJDAR 7051 (July 12, 2016),...
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