[Gllug] extracting data from specific sites

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On 17 Dec 2007, marcus at fatbeehive.com told this:
> Seems a bit of a legal mine field - another point which comes to mind -
> I remember scraping a few years back in my early scripting days - ended
> up creating a Denial Of Service attack on the site. I seem to recall
> laws being passed making DoS attacks illegal.

Yeah, but the law *does* care about intent. Accidentally DoSsing someone
(without intending to) is quite different from, say, extorting money out
of someone with DoS threats.

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