Indeed, advice to be considered. All in all, yes, I think they are against it, but not going to risk pissing of everyone. Without giving away too much, as my scraper translates for those who otherwise not be a customer, it's in their best interest to allow it. However, they've also gotta think about malicious scrapers. I'll bet anyone a shiny quarter the beef up in security is in response to Sony getting sodomized recently.