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Web Scraping for Me, But Not for Thee (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

For example, the most aggressive companies in pursuing web-scraping litigation are the social media companies. LinkedIn and Facebook, most notably, have done as much as anyone to shape the law of web scraping. The law then enforces that private decision.

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Blogiversary: What Will This Blog Look Like in 10 Years? (Part 10 of 10)

Eric Goldman

Without Section 230, and in the face of a tsunami of new state laws imposing onerous obligations on UGC sites, I will be burdened with increasing legal risks and obligations for allowing readers to comment. Note: This blog didn’t have any comment function from 2006 to 2013. What will Internet Law look like in 10 years?

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