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Does respecting robots.txt make scraping legal?
No. robots.txt is an access convention, not a rights grant: following it doesn't clear copyright, licensing, terms-of-service, or privacy obligations. You can fully respect robots.txt and still lack the right to mine or train on what you fetched. It's necessary hygiene, not legal cover. Not legal advice.
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