ToS might be interesting in some cases, but not in this one. JSTOR and MIT kept on denying access to Swartz and he kept on working around their defenses.
What if we looked beyond the Swartz case? Then what do you think about these types of TOS?
Maybe another example would be more interesting. Say you have a choice between an API that allows a "reasonable" number of requests in any 24 hour period and one that allows n number of requests in any 24 hour period. Which one would you prefer?
First assume you're an API user. Then assume you're the API provider.
Anyway, this kind of question is what I was getting at. What is reasonable? I don't know what their server capacity is.
I like using automation, I prefer non-interactive to point and click, and I have always found TOS on academic databases, not to mention most websites, interesting. Because they fail to account for anyone who might want to use automation (reasonably, having respect for the resources of the server). But maybe I'm the only one who finds this question interesting.
