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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It won't be illegal because there is repeated court precedent for it to be categorically legal.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/

[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes.

It's not unlike recording someone in public. Anything publicly available on the internet is legal for you to access and download. There is no expectation of that datas privacy.