Thank you for the info. Does this mean I can make a repo for the Scrapper I 
created with Flask on GitHub and not be affected?

On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 11:41:27 PM UTC+5:30 
bscho...@schollnick.net wrote:

> > I can scrap for you. I just created an IMDB scrapper(which is illegal, 
> so not going to post the code anywhere but mailed IMDb about it) in the 
> flask.
> > Also, have experience in Django and web scrapping using bs4.
>
> illegal? Against Copyright, and maybe not permitted by End-User License. 
>
> But illegal? You’re not going to go to jail if you scrape IMDB, as an 
> individual user. If you do it as part of a company, that company will 
> probably be issued a cease and desist… And if they don’t comply they’ll get 
> IP blocked, and possibly sued. But once again, I suspect that would be 
> civil, and maybe not criminal? I’m not sure… 
>
> But IMDB can’t do anything to prevent someone from scraping the web site, 
> as a individual, as long as you don’t draw attention to yourself.
>
> - Benjamin
>
>

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