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judge2020 on Sept 23, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cleaning up bad bots

It is illegal if the website’s TOS for making a purchase prohibits the use of automated software.

It doesn't matter if it's legal, it matters if the website owner doesn't want x doing y on their site. A bot consistently not abiding by owners' intent is inheritly malicious.

ikeboy on Sept 23, 2019 [–]

What law does using a bot to make a purchase against ToS violate?

The LinkedIn case shows that it's not illegal in some cases - would you classify the behavior of the defendant in that case as malicious?

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