0.00 Ask HN: What’s the legality of web scraping?
214 points by malshe 2444 days ago | 113 comments on HN | Neutral ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Web Scraping Legality Neutral
Inquiry on web scraping legality
EQ 0.50
SO 0.50
TD 0.50
Lite evaluation by llama-3.3-70b-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 4 evals
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Audit Trail 12 entries
2026-02-28 12:30 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:30 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Neutral inquiry on web scraping legality
2026-02-28 12:30 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:26 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 12:26 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:26 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive) 0.00
reasoning
ED, neutral rights stance, seeking legal clarity
2026-02-28 12:25 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:25 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:25 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Neutral inquiry on web scraping legality
2026-02-28 12:20 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:20 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 12:20 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
ED, neutral rights stance, seeking legal clarity