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According to the ToS[1], the dictionary and its definitions are the property of its creators. I guess each individual Urban Dictionary editor has the right to sue IBM for unauthorized use of their content? There's nothing in there forbidding anyone from automatically scraping the site using a bot though.

[1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/tos.php



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