This paper argues that website owners have the right to exclude others from their websites. Accordingly, when generative AI (GenAI) scraping bots intentionally circumvent reasonable technological barriers, their conduct could be actionable as trespass to chattels. If the scraping leads to a decrease in the website's value, then trespass to chattels should apply. The prevailing judicial focus on website content and the dismissal of trespass claims absent proof of server impairment or user disruption misconstrues the nature of the website itself as a form of digital property, focusing too narrowly on what constitutes harm under a claim of trespass. By shifting analysis from content to the website itself as an integrated digital asset and illustrating the harm to the value of the chattel, this paper demonstrates that the right to exclude applies online with the same force as it does to tangible property. Courts and litigants have struggled to police large-scale scraping because copyright preemption narrows available claims, leaving copyright and its fair use defense as the primary battleground. In contrast, recognizing websites as personal property revives trespass to chattels as a meaningful cause of action, providing website owners with an enforceable exclusionary right. Such protection would disincentivize exploitative scraping, preserve incentives for content creation, aid in protecting privacy and personal data, and safeguard values of autonomy and expression. Ultimately, this paper contends that reaffirming website owners' right to exclude is essential to maintaining a fair and sustainable online environment.

翻译：本文主张网站所有者拥有排除他人访问其网站的权利。相应地，当生成式人工智能（GenAI）爬取机器人故意规避合理的技术屏障时，其行为可能构成可诉的动产侵害。若爬取行为导致网站价值减损，则应适用动产侵害原则。当前司法实践过度关注网站内容，并在缺乏服务器受损或用户访问受阻证据时驳回侵害主张，这误解了网站作为数字财产形式的本质，且对侵害主张中损害构成的认定过于狭隘。通过将分析焦点从内容转向网站作为整体数字资产的性质，并阐明对动产价值的损害，本文论证了排除权在网络空间与有形财产领域具有同等效力。由于版权优先原则限制了可诉主张的范围，使版权及其合理使用抗辩成为主要争议焦点，法院与诉讼当事人一直难以有效规制大规模爬取行为。相比之下，将网站认定为个人财产可使动产侵害原则重新成为有效的诉因，为网站所有者提供可执行的排除权。此类保护将抑制剥削性爬取行为，维护内容创作激励，助力隐私与个人数据保护，并捍卫自主权与表达价值。最终，本文认为重申网站所有者的排除权对于维护公平可持续的网络环境至关重要。