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No Reverse Engineering Or Scraping

High severity High confidence Explicitdocumentlanguage Common · 281 of 352 platforms
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This analysis describes what Writer'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

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The prohibition expressly covers data and model scraping as well as crawler use, which prevents users from extracting underlying model information or service data through automated means.

Interpretive note: The excerpt appears to be a fragment of a longer prohibited-use list; the primary prohibited conduct is clearly stated within the provided text.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The reader is prohibited from using technical methods—including scrapers, crawlers, or decompilation—to access, extract, or replicate any component of Writer's services.

How other platforms handle this

NVIDIA NIM Medium

Customer may not reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the output generated using an NVIDIA proprietary software development kit (e.g., NVIDIA CUDA toolkit), including their development tools and compilers.

Upwork Medium

You agree not to modify, display, adapt, translate, loan, distribute, prepare derivative works from, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise attempt to derive source code from the Software.

Whatnot Medium

Make any automated use of the App...Use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the App or harvest or manipulate data

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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to reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, translate, decode, scrape, or otherwise attempt to derive or improperly access or download any component of the Services (including through data or model scraping or the use of any crawler or other mechanism)

— Excerpt from Writer's Writer Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Writer Terms of Service
Entity
Writer
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-049804
Document ID
CA-D-00518
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
90b5f4dda25362f359ac1fc209cf2d1f2c646f84bf1299afb1f5739e2f2c4e74
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 04:47 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Writer
Document: Writer Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-049804
Captured: 2026-07-09 04:47:37 UTC
SHA-256: 90b5f4dda25362f3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/writer/writer-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-049804/no-reverse-engineering-or-scraping/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Writer's No Reverse Engineering Or Scraping clause do?

The prohibition expressly covers data and model scraping as well as crawler use, which prevents users from extracting underlying model information or service data through automated means.

How does this clause affect you?

The reader is prohibited from using technical methods—including scrapers, crawlers, or decompilation—to access, extract, or replicate any component of Writer's services.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 281 platforms. See the full comparison.

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