This is a dishonest analogy. In your example, there is only a limited amount of cookies available. While there is no practical limit on the amount of time a certain digital media can be viewed.

You are allowed to take one cookie. But you are allowed to view a public website multiple times if you so want.

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throwaway613746 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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spiderfarmer 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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joquarky 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> If I can poison them and their families, I will.

Don't post anything online that you don't want to be brought up in court later.

	▲	spiderfarmer 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Like the OP's solution it was about scrapers and the models they share their data with.

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ImPostingOnHN 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, how did you manually hand-write 6 million web pages? That is impressive. It would take me a while to even montonically count that high.

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subscribed 4 hours ago | parent [-]

You're trying to use a quite unfunny "sarcasm" to move the goalpost to the strawman (they never claimed they handcrafted these pages) and quickly gloss ove the fact it's 20 years of work so why not?

	▲	ImPostingOnHN 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You're ascribing an adversarial attitude to me which is actually held by nobody except yourself. The question was genuine and out of curiosity, and they can answer for themselves, however they choose. From the posting guidelines: > Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I am a friend, not a foe, and so are your other fellow HN posters.

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hollow-moe 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There sure is a limit in the load that the server you're DDoSing can take or the will for people to post new worthy content in public. The supply is limited just not at the first degree. Let's make a small edit: Are you allowed to take all the cookies and then sell them with a small ribbon with your name on it ?

	▲	spiderfarmer 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Their is no arguing with pirates. They’ll take what’s yours and forget about you while you tend to the ashes.