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there are companies offering services to deal with this, just depends on how much your time is worth. Here is one option. www.distilnetworks.com ... in case you tire of whack-a-mole
Seems random, what is the mission of the bot and who is behind it or is this for rent?
Ability to detect humans versus bots... sounds great.
Scraping for good, how novel.
When I find your wallet, I do not own the contents really and I certainly do not have "broadcast rights". If I find your password to facebook on the web somewhere, does that give me any rights to your account? No. If I leave the front door of my house open by mistake, am I waiving my property rights if someone comes in and takes my property? No.