https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/more_on_feudal.html
FWIW before Google when there were lots of search engines, one company bragged that you could toggle to ignore robots.txt. It was considered highly unethical and I think the company suffered. robots.txt is just like the yellow line on the highway. Having everyone honor it is what keeps you from having a 50 mph head on collision but the line won't do anything to prevent it.
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