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intelVISA on Aug 10, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping i...

Is that even legal? I've built a few fast scrapers in C but I balk at the thought of selling them for some reason it feels a bit grey area to me.

Stefan_Smirnov on Aug 10, 2022 [–]

It depends. We employ a lawyer to assess risks associated with each project.

In general - as long as you don't have to login, don't infringe on intellectual property rights and don't harm targeted servers - you should be ok.

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