Doesn SS hide the IP address from the scraping site? Is is leagal to scrape a web site without having the permissions. Just like to know because you guys are experts in this area.
Screen-scraper does not, by default, hide the ip address from the site being scraped. It is possible, however, to use it in conjunction with anonymization proxies, such as tor, or though an anonymization service we set up using Amazon EC2. As far as the legality it really depends on the site and also on what you are using the information for. Here is a blog entry that covers some of these points
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Screen-scraper does not, by
Screen-scraper does not, by default, hide the ip address from the site being scraped. It is possible, however, to use it in conjunction with anonymization proxies, such as tor, or though an anonymization service we set up using Amazon EC2. As far as the legality it really depends on the site and also on what you are using the information for. Here is a blog entry that covers some of these points
thanks for the answer!
thanks for the answer!