Webwork - 10:17 pm on Jan 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

BigDave, what about the rights of the forum operator vis-a-vis some screen scraping scum that attempts to use your forum's content to populate is scurvy AdSense pseudo-directory?

Would the website operator be positioned to assert a violation of copyright versus the scraper?

What about T.O.S. violation, that is, a contract claim: "Users are permitted to view but not to republish the contents of this website without the express written approaval of WebsiteCo and the individual posters."?

So, maybe not copyright but restricted rights of republication by terms of service?