Comment by blibble
this is a very US-ian view of the world
my site is not in the US, I am not a US citizen. US law does not apply to me.
under UK law: robots.txt is an access control mechanism (weak or otherwise)
knowingly bypassing it is likely a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act
good luck suing me because you got stuck when you smashed my window and climbed through it