easy-dataset-share

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A simple anti-scraping tool intended to protect datasets from basic crawlers/scrapers.

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Website
github.com/Responsible-Dataset-Sharing/easy-dataset-share
Latest tracked evidence
Sep 15, 2025easy-dataset-share v0.5.0 released
Last checked
Jul 15, 2026
Profile updated
Jul 15, 2026
Primary approach
Technical blocking
Practical force
Technical controlIt can reduce access but may be bypassed and does not determine the legality of downstream use.
Pipeline
Collect
Status rationale
Publicly available or deployable in the latest catalog review.

Enforcement

Technical access control. Detects, rate-limits, challenges, or blocks automated collection.

It can reduce access but may be bypassed and does not determine the legality of downstream use.

Catalog status describes public availability, not legal validity, adoption, or proven effectiveness.

What it is

Reference post: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DA3vbSEfABLdoCt59/we-built-a-tool-to-protect-your-dataset-from-simple-scrapers

Notes

  • Early-stage writeup about protecting datasets from basic scraping approaches.
  • Tracking here for awareness; details and maturity may change as the work evolves.

easy-dataset-share uses technical controls to restrict or challenge automated collection of multimodal material at the collection stage. Access controls can limit collection from protected infrastructure but may be bypassed and do not govern downstream use after access. Public materials describe a currently available initiative; the newest dated source in this profile is “easy-dataset-share v0.5.0 released” (September 15, 2025). These details describe the published mechanism and evidence, not a finding about legal validity, adoption, or effectiveness.

Evidence trail

Adoption signals

No public adoption figure found.