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		tstegart on Aug 6, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Legality of Web Scraping User-Submitted Co... Thats what I was thinking. A phone directory can't be copyrighted. Stealing the database is a crime though. I think thats what the original question was really about: How far can he go?

timcederman on Aug 6, 2008 [–]

It's a sticky area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_v._Rural

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