The problem I see is with giving out bad data while leading people to believe they have obtained useful information (that they then embarrass themselves by using/re-distributing).
I did misread the grand-parent post though: his was suggesting the bogus data was the message, and I read it as handing out fake data for the scraper along with the message to be seen should a human be looking.
Yeah I can see why fake data could give you a harder time in terms of lawsuits. Similar to people who fight hotlinking of their content by replacing images with something offensive.
The problem I see is with giving out bad data while leading people to believe they have obtained useful information (that they then embarrass themselves by using/re-distributing).
I did misread the grand-parent post though: his was suggesting the bogus data was the message, and I read it as handing out fake data for the scraper along with the message to be seen should a human be looking.