Collecting info from companies' landing pages
I think it would be possible to scrape info from companies' landing pages such as:
- Partners
- Testimonials
- Supported by some VC
I would like to put together this info into some database and build a SaaS around it. This could be useful for example to:
- See what are the possible partners in your industry of interest
- Identifying customers from competitors
I know that scraping is in a grey area legally. I wouldn't like to do this if it causes problems.
All scraped info would point back to the original source. And I would only scrape websites that do not require authentication. However my understanding is that companies do not sue scraping if this provides some value. E.g. a job aggregator board (scraped) that points back to original job boards. This provides value to the original job boards, so the aggregator board does not get sued. If scraping goes against the companies' interest, they could possibly take legal actions.
What is your take on this? Thanks.
