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Southwest Airlines Sues to Stop Web Scraping of Fare Information (natlawreview.com)
5 points by r_singh on May 1, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> Beyond the prohibition on scraping, the terms also state that, by accessing the Southwest site, the user also agrees it “will not use the [Southwest site] for or in connection with offering any third party product or service not authorized by Southwest.”

Let me translate: "We are allowed to organize ourselves, but you are not."

Imagine if a supermarket forbade you from discussing their prices as a condition of entry.




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