I just read this little snippet ( no link to the site as there wasn't much else there worthwile)
"Copyright owners have the legal right under the DMCA to reserve the right to view content only to website visitors. Webmasters have the legal right under DMCA to block access to anyone who wants to store or copy website content. It is also a crime under US law to use any trick or false information to gain access to a computer system. Running a robot that pretends to be a user by faking its useragent is crime under US Law because it is using false information to gain access to a computer system."
Can anybody point me to this specific area of the DMCA statutes? I'm going to start looking thru the entire thing. If this is indeed in the law, then I would venture to guess that Getty images will keep operating picscout out of Israel, to skirt US laws..
"Copyright owners have the legal right under the DMCA to reserve the right to view content only to website visitors. Webmasters have the legal right under DMCA to block access to anyone who wants to store or copy website content. It is also a crime under US law to use any trick or false information to gain access to a computer system. Running a robot that pretends to be a user by faking its useragent is crime under US Law because it is using false information to gain access to a computer system."
Can anybody point me to this specific area of the DMCA statutes? I'm going to start looking thru the entire thing. If this is indeed in the law, then I would venture to guess that Getty images will keep operating picscout out of Israel, to skirt US laws..