LawRato

Clarification about legitimacy of web scraping


22-Jan-2023 (In Trademark & Copyright Law)
I have looked at whether scraping websites is legal. But I am confused. So specifically, I want to scrape recipes from websites and use the ingredients for easy recipe searching (this includes storing ingredients in my database). Based on that, I will generate links to original recipes. Is doing this legal?
Answers (1)

Answer #1
660 votes
You will need to elaborate your question more. If you are going to obtain permission from the respective websites then it's legal. Also receipies will be subject to infringement of patent held by other inventors. Please be alert and perform your activities diligently.

Disclaimer: The above query and its response is NOT a legal opinion in any way whatsoever as this is based on the information shared by the person posting the query at lawrato.com and has been responded by one of the Divorce Lawyers at lawrato.com to address the specific facts and details.

Report abuse?

Comments by Users

No Comments! Be the first one to comment.

"lawrato.com has handpicked some of the best Legal Experts in the country to help you get practical Legal Advice & help."