{"id":1622,"slug":"rule-mls-no-scraping-tpm-circumvention-unlawful","title":"Rule: no scraping. TPM circumvention is unlawful (TREB v. Mongohouse permanent injunction)","kind":"rule","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["mls-data-licensing"],"reference_body":"**Rule.** Do not access MLS data by bypassing authentication or anti-scraping measures (TPMs). This is the clearest prohibition in the corpus.\n\n**Why.** [[treb-v-mongohouse-2019-permanent-injunction-scraping]] — Federal Court permanent injunction; framed as Copyright Act s.41 TPM circumvention + AUA breach + third-party licence breaches. [[treb-encrypted-token-anti-scraping-tpm]] — TREB's TPMs are factually established.\n\n**How to apply.** Any product idea that involves \"we'll just scrape the MLS\" is dead on arrival. Use the lawful licensed feed paths or the agent-permissioned model — and pair the latter with the [[rule-agent-permissioned-redatum-seam-is-exposed]] caveat.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"treb-encrypted-token-anti-scraping-tpm","title":"TREB deploys anti-scraping services, firewalls, IDS, and **encrypted token authentication** as Technological Protection Measures (TPMs)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"treb-v-mongohouse-2019-permanent-injunction-scraping","title":"TREB v. Mongohouse (2019) — permanent injunction; scraping MLS by circumventing TPMs is unlawful (Copyright Act s.41 + AUA + third-party licence breaches)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-mls-data-inside-the-box-ontario-june-2026","title":"Research notes (capture-layer): inside the MLS box — what an Ontario member agent's account exposes, what goes unused, and what they're licensed to do with it (June 2026)","kind":"research-notes","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.864Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T10:51:32.864Z"}