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		mirimir on July 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Web Scraping and Crawling Are Perfectly Legal, Rig... There is no "be charged" in civil cases. Anyone can sue anyone about anything. And as TFA notes, if you're sued, you must defend yourself. Or you can get a default judgment against you.

kazinator on July 31, 2019 | [–]

A default judgment is just a document that wants you to do something, no different from that TOS that you ignored.

lotu on July 31, 2019 | | [–]

Except the court is empowered to make you follow it.

nshepperd on July 31, 2019 | [–]

Thanks, you are correct. I have updated my comment accordingly.

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