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It has to depend on the context. If we are speaking of the creation of thumbnails to create an index that refers directly to the site, and which does not make money because of the scraped screens themselves, then there is a technical issue of copyright which may be allowed to pass.
However I have the chance to prohibit (eg) Googlebot from visiting the site or parts of the site using robots.txt. I have the ability to ask Google to delete any and all references to my site. I can do the same with any reputable spider and archive system. So, if your putative friend values his bank balance he will ensure that robots.txt is obeyed and he will make his intentions clear in advance in order to give me the chance to block him. He will also allow swift removal of material harvested.
One thing he needs to be clear about is that web hosting companies will take down a site in breach of copyright very quickly, and based upon very simple assertions of infringement.
Than something may be happening anyway does not make it lawful, nor does it render it acceptable.
On 10 Oct 2011, at 16:24, Mike Ellis wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> A question for you.
>
> If a...friend of mine.. did some screen-scraping of your collections sites,
> would you / your organisations:
>
> 1) care
> 2) be able to do anything about it even if you did
>
> Or would it be a case of
>
> 3) it depends how much scraping he did and how he used it?
>
> ...and if 3) - define for me some of the possible constraints?
>
> - for instance, if he only provided some high-level bits of information
> (title, thumbnail, description?) and then linked back to the full record -
> is that ok? If not - what?
>
> I suspect that given what Google and any other web spider does is happening
> anyway, the answer to 2) would be "no" anyway - but interested in your
> thoughts nonetheless
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Mike
>
>
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