Is a person not allowed to put up a "no trespassing" sign on their land unless they have a reason that makes sense to would-be trespassers?
I know that ignoring a robots.txt file doesn't carry the same legal consequences as trespassing on physical land, but it's still going against the expressed wishes of the site owner.
Sure, you can argue that the site owner should restrict access using other gates, just as you might argue a land owner should put up a fence.
But isn't this a weird version of Chesterton's Fence, where a person decides that they will trespass beyond the fenced area because they can see no reason why the area should be fenced?
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I know that ignoring a robots.txt file doesn't carry the same legal consequences as trespassing on physical land, but it's still going against the expressed wishes of the site owner.
Sure, you can argue that the site owner should restrict access using other gates, just as you might argue a land owner should put up a fence.
But isn't this a weird version of Chesterton's Fence, where a person decides that they will trespass beyond the fenced area because they can see no reason why the area should be fenced?