https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/08/linkedin-enjoined-from-blocking-scraper-hiq-v-linkedin.htm Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2017/08/linkedin-enjoined-from-blocking-scraper-hiq-v-linkedin.htm#comment-1919 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:30:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=17635#comment-1919 It’s great to see some pushback on CFAA. Unfortunately this ruling won’t stand long, not least because of the crazy order against erecting “barriers” to the scraping. Like you, I can’t imagine what thinking was behind this. Even assuming zero technological sophistication, even assuming his analogy to taking a picture of a storefront window. It’s not like a judge could issue an injunction to the store not to ever turn off the lights, or not to rearrange the storefront contents, just to satisfy some passing photographer…

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