Web sites can put a robots.txt that prohibits crawlers. Are violations of the robots.txt a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act, which would knowing operating a bit in violatoin a felony?
The content and images posted could also be copyrighted or such that they are only for viewing in a browser and any other purpose would be a copyright violation or at a minimum a violation of the terms and conditions of using the site.
Companies don't like their content being made available elsewhere, and would probably fight vigorously.
How much bandwidth would polling and copying the site take? Wouldn't the companies notice it? Wouldn't they stop it?
Wouldn't most of these sites would want to work with the police to ensure that there were no underage people offering sex for money or anybody of any age being forced to work? Wouldn't most of these sites have an alert link for each posting? People can probably ignore consensual adults making an illegal business transaction, but probably not underage or forced prostitution.
If the software can recognize under age workers or people being forced to work, wouldn't the sites welcome the software alerting them of such listing? Would they be willing to pay for it?
The content and images posted could also be copyrighted or such that they are only for viewing in a browser and any other purpose would be a copyright violation or at a minimum a violation of the terms and conditions of using the site.
Companies don't like their content being made available elsewhere, and would probably fight vigorously.
How much bandwidth would polling and copying the site take? Wouldn't the companies notice it? Wouldn't they stop it?
Wouldn't most of these sites would want to work with the police to ensure that there were no underage people offering sex for money or anybody of any age being forced to work? Wouldn't most of these sites have an alert link for each posting? People can probably ignore consensual adults making an illegal business transaction, but probably not underage or forced prostitution.
If the software can recognize under age workers or people being forced to work, wouldn't the sites welcome the software alerting them of such listing? Would they be willing to pay for it?