The Internet WayBack machine (was Re: vim syntax checking for filepro)

[Kenneth Brody]

On 9/21/2016 2:41 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
> You know, I have to wonder if anyone has ever considered slapping
> archive.org with a DMCA takedown notice or suit.
>
> I'm not saying that it's bad in this case, but the existence of a site
> which feels free to copy data that isn't theirs to copy does raise a host
> (pardon the pun) of legal issues.
>
> In this case, it's awesome.  In others, possibly not so much.
>
> I can certainly see it being less than awesome for the people who run such
> a service, if someone gets touchy about it.  They're in a very unenviable
> position.
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I wonder if they respect robots.txt settings?

While on the topic, consider that search engines such as Google often keep 
at least one cached copy of the website on their servers.

-- 
Kenneth Brody