Web scraping case fails under Supreme Court's Dastar doctrine
Is this a strong ruling that establishes precedent and is unlikely to be overturned? (Forgive me for not having a great understanding of the legal world.)<p>Here are a couple of cases that I&#x27;m especially interested in:<p>1. Does this mean that it is legal to scrape &quot;database&quot;-type websites for statistics and provide them on your own website? Could one use this ruling and copy all of IMDB&#x27;s film data? Repackage that data into a Creative Commons website? Or a better set of tools for casting agents?<p>2. What about social or community-curated websites? Could you mirror all Reddit comments (which used to be Creative Commons anyway) to a more dev-friendly site? Don&#x27;t force a mobile app down people&#x27;s throats? Make it ad-free, donation-supported like Wikipedia?<p>3. What about big media? Could you bootstrap a new video site by scraping all existing (or popular) YouTube videos? Provide a means for owners to &quot;claim ownership&quot; of their account on the new site? Then market it as YouTube &quot;but grown up&quot; (18+)?<p>4. Kind of getting off-topic, but could you build a new music service by temporarily ignoring copyright, copying pirated music, then pivot to something that does collect money (via ads or subscriptions) for the music rights holders? I&#x27;m thinking Spotify, but built for music connoisseurs. Rich APIs with tagging, smart playlists, etc.<p>How likely would any of these be to avoid lawsuits until they&#x27;re big enough to hire a legal team? Are certain behaviors less legal than others?<p>I&#x27;d really appreciate feedback on this. (Thanks in advance!)