archive.org actually has a form for "archive it now", right there on https://archive.org/web/ https://archive.org/web/. They also address using their data in co

archive.org actually has a form for "archive it now", right there on https://archive.org/web/ https://archive.org/web/. They also address using their data in court proceedings in the FAQ. So I think they do have that use case in mind. Of course they'd be stupid to offer any guarantees without payment. That's what their service https://archive-it.org https://archive-it.org is for. Only for organisations, unfortunately. In regard to respecting robots.txt: I would consider any organisation running a bot and not respecting robots.txt as somewhat shady. ignoring it could even have consequences for admissibility in court.