“Honestly, I was more surprised that the silly logo I made (a very great representation, if I do say so myself) was what got me in trouble, and less so the scraping or reverse-engineering part.”
A student built a live Waffle House Index map during Hurricane Helene using Waffle House’s own closure data. FEMA uses that index unofficially to gauge disasters. Waffle House called it incorrect, blocked him, and sent lawyers over the logo. He offered to run it officially and never heard back.