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# Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms
- URL: https://werd.io/web-scraping-is-legal-us-appeals-court-reaffirms/
- Published: 2022-04-24T18:08:03.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-24T18:08:03.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“In its ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed what constitutes a violation of the CFAA as those who gain unauthorized access to a computer system — rather than a broader interpretation of exceeding existing authorization, which the court argued could have attached criminal penalties to “a breathtaking amount of commonplace computer activity.””

\[[Link](https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/)\]