The agreement grants visitors a limited, personal, non-commercial license to view the site and prohibits resale, commercial use, derivative works, data mining, scraping, and copying of site content for third-party benefit.
This analysis describes what Boston Dynamics's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision establishes the scope of permitted use for all site visitors, including the explicit exclusion of automated data collection, scraping, and commercial exploitation of site content. Organizations or developers that programmatically access or aggregate Boston Dynamics site content may be operating outside the terms as written.
Under this clause, visitors may view site content for personal purposes only. The agreement prohibits commercial use, reproduction for redistribution, and automated data collection techniques such as data mining or scraping bots.
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"Boston Dynamics grants you a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable license to access and make personal, non-commercial use of this Site. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this Site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this Site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools.— Excerpt from Boston Dynamics's Boston Dynamics Terms of Use
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Automated data collection prohibitions may interact with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the United States, which has been applied in some contexts to unauthorized access of websites in violation of terms of service, though the scope of CFAA application to terms-of-service violations is subject to ongoing legal interpretation. The FTC Act may be relevant if the restriction is enforced in a manner that constitutes an unfair or deceptive practice. No specific articles are cited here due to interpretive uncertainty. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition on data mining, scraping, and commercial use is broadly worded and could affect developers, researchers, media organizations, and business users who access the site programmatically or republish content. The enforceability of terms-of-service-based access restrictions against automated collection has been subject to significant litigation, and outcomes vary by jurisdiction and context. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: US federal courts have issued conflicting rulings on whether terms-of-service prohibitions on scraping are enforceable under the CFAA. EU-based users may have additional rights regarding publicly accessible data under applicable EU law. California courts have also addressed scraping restrictions with varying outcomes. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement and vendor teams at companies that aggregate or monitor Boston Dynamics product, pricing, or technology information from the public site should assess whether their data collection methods are consistent with these terms. No audit rights or vendor assessment provisions are included in this document. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should evaluate whether any internal tools or third-party services that access bostondynamics.com programmatically comply with this license restriction. If Boston Dynamics content is referenced in competitive intelligence, market research, or media monitoring workflows, written permission may be required under the terms as written.
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This provision establishes the scope of permitted use for all site visitors, including the explicit exclusion of automated data collection, scraping, and commercial exploitation of site content. Organizations or developers that programmatically access or aggregate Boston Dynamics site content may be operating outside the terms as written.
Under this clause, visitors may view site content for personal purposes only. The agreement prohibits commercial use, reproduction for redistribution, and automated data collection techniques such as data mining or scraping bots.
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