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Friday, March 23, 2007

Spiders and terms of use

While the plaintiff in this case seems a little over the edge, the Wayback Machine v. Shell case presents some interesting legal questions: to what extent can a spider be bound to the terms of use of a website.

I think that it's fairly safe to say that most think terms of use are probably enforceable. However, it is possible that a spider can be an agent?

Hat tip Eric Goldman.
Posted by Mike at 11:41 AM
Labels: agency, internet, internet archive, spider, terms of use

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      • DMCA protects service providers...
      • TJX (TJ Maxx) security breach details...
      • Anti-plagiarism database, copyright violation?
      • Dan Brown wins Da Vinci Code Appeal
      • GPL v. 3
      • DMCA violation for posting NFL copyright notice?
      • Finding Peer-to-peer infringers unreliable?
      • Taste infringement.
      • Remote DVR is a direct infringement...
      • User-generated advertising, "uncharted legal waters"
      • Washington joins Streamlined Sales Tax
      • Spiders and terms of use
      • COPA-CABANA.
      • National Security Letters
      • Google wins; Kinderstart sanctioned
      • Oracle sues SAP
      • CAN-SPAM and vicarious liability