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Recently I was experimenting with the cURL, and I found lot is possible with it. I built a small script that crawls a musical site, which plays online songs. On the way of my experiment, I found that it is possible to crawl the song source also.. (that site doesn't provides downloading).
I just what to know.. Is it fully LEGAL to crawl the sites ? I means using http and port '80'
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There are losts of download managers available in the market, they can download from almost all sites.. are all those valid and legal.
14cURL is just a tool. How legal is a screwdriver? – Greg Hewgill – 2010-08-23T04:09:56.987
3@Greg. Agree. But not all lawmakers are of the same opinion. – Thilo – 2010-08-23T04:15:51.650
7Legality is going to depend on the jurisdiction. But, Super User isn't a good place to get legal advice. – Stephen Jennings – 2010-08-23T04:19:57.723
1@musicfreak your screwdriver is just as legal, unless the person making the product is a legal authority in your jurisdiction. Don't forget, your interaction with manufacturers of products and publishers of websites is governed only by applicable laws, and you are essentially never going to be entering a legally enforceable contract with a website (or screw containing product) which will supersede your normal rights. – Colin Pickard – 2010-08-23T09:40:08.560