is it illegal to distribute *free apps* that display html content ( without modifying ) by querying external websites ?
I know that some websites provide apis's to access their content, but the majority dont have it , so to create the query in your app and get the data to display it on the phone using a *free app*, would this also count as web scraping and be considered illegal ? Perhaps some of those websites rely on advertising for revenue so may be case to case also ?