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if you release data into the public domain (aka, if it's indexable by a search engine) then copying that data isnt stealing - it cant be, the data was already public in the first place.
this is just some lawyer trying to make a name for themselves
Not everything indexed by a search engine is public domain that's not how copyright works.
There's plenty that actually is in the public domain but I guess scraping the web is a lot easier for these people