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Law Prevents British Websites From Being Archived

Posted by timothy on from the there-would-be-these-things-called-hard-drives dept.

Lanxon writes "The law that allows the US Internet Archive to collect and preserve websites does not apply to British archivists. In fact, experts from the Archive and many other archivist institutions argue that the only way the millions of Britain's websites could be legally archived is if British law itself was amended, reports Wired in an investigation published today. Currently, archivists have to seek permission from webmasters of every single site before they are able to take snapshots and retain data."

2 of 107 comments (clear)

  1. Singularity by Singularity42 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's no law after the singularity.

  2. Requesting "Stud Dogs" Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could somebody please post the "Stud Dogs" troll that people used to post back in the day?

    Thanks.