Should users be able to download Facebook or Myspace contacts?

How do you stand on this issue?
Bloggers Access To Facebook Blocked
Tech blogger attempted to download personal contacts from social networking site. Prominent tech blogger Robert Scobles account has been disabled after an attempt by Scoble to download his Facebook contacts onto his personal computer. Scoble announced in Thursday, December 28 blog post that he was attempting to download the content from his Facebook profile to other places, a download that is not allowed under Facebooks terms and conditions of service agreement.
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i expect that myspace has the same policy. i have often watned to download contacts just to SAVE them in case myspace decides to delete my profile (i think it is MENTAL they can just do that with NO warning to you at all and sometimes for the DUMBEST reasons)