hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn, Ninth Circuit opinion on remand (18 April 2022): other claims remain (hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., 31 F.4th 1180 (9th Cir. 2022), No. 17-16783)
The court that narrowed the anti-hacking law pointed site owners to contract, trespass, copyright and other claims instead. Those are the claims scraping cases now turn on.
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“Entities that view themselves as victims of data scraping are not without resort, even if the CFAA does not apply: state law trespass to chattels claims may still be available.”
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