Is Web Scraping Stealing?

We're sure you've heard the claim that "data is the new oil". Web scraping is the process of mining data from the World Wide Web for a specific purpose. In the most simple form, it is copying and pasting a specific set of information to a local database for archival use, scientific analysis, or some other use. Some of the most widely used examples include aggregator websites which provide price comparisons for online goods. There are also sites like archive.orgthat