<nettime> no spiders please

[Wessel van Rensburg <Wessel@eCountries.com>]

Law of trespass now applicable on virtual property? 

A lawsuit filed by eBay to prevent automated agents known as spiders from
crawling its site could turn websites into no-trespass fortresses and block
common searching and indexing.

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37643,00.html


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