ND Ask HN: What’s the legality of web scraping?
214 points by malshe 2457 days ago | 113 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Discussion on legality of web scraping for academic projects.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 7 evals
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Audit Trail 18 entries
2026-03-05 18:48 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-05 18:41 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.474 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:41 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.47 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-05 18:37 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.474 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:37 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.47 (Moderate positive)
2026-02-28 12:30 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:30 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Neutral inquiry on web scraping legality
2026-02-28 12:30 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:26 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 12:26 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:26 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive) 0.00
reasoning
ED, neutral rights stance, seeking legal clarity
2026-02-28 12:25 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:25 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:25 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Neutral inquiry on web scraping legality
2026-02-28 12:20 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:20 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 12:20 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
ED, neutral rights stance, seeking legal clarity