Anthony, 22/09/2014 16:52:
In any case, my point was that blatant violation of a TOS is more than just violation of "a private contract". It's at least potentially something much more serious. And on that, it matters quite a bit whether it's one person running an automated process or a group of people accessing the information bit by bit. The former got a brilliant young Wikimedian prosecuted. The latter hasn't.
CFAA is not law everywhere. In many countries, a private contract is a private contract.
Nemo