Re: The Internet Archive robot (fwd)

Fred Douglis (douglis@research.att.com)
Mon, 09 Sep 1996 10:13:48 -0400

I think it's a worthy endeavor. I haven't seen your answer to the copyright
question yet, but I did see someone else's comment about "preserving" the
copyright when it's archived. My question is, is that really sufficient? My
understanding is that by default, people retain the copyright to their web
pages even if they don't have a specific note to that effect. So while I
think people may be safe as individuals copying pages for personal use, an
organization (even a non-profit one) that archives the entire web is another
ball of wax.

This is not a professional legal opinion by any means. Assuming you have
obtained legal advice on your own position, I'd very much like to hear more
about it.

By the way: are you storing time-based snapshots, meaning that one could get
versions of the same page at different times in the past? I looked at your
web page but didn't see detail about this.

Thanks,

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