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Is caching illegal?

• 7952 4y ago
  Caching is a generic technology that can be used in lawful or unlawful ways.
• donohoe 4y ago
  What archive.ph does is not just caching, it is hosting. Technically it is illegal. Do I use it? Yes.
  • mik1998 4y ago
    How do you "cache" without "hosting"? What is the technical difference between those two acts?
    • navigate8310 4y ago
      Caching is parroting what the original poster publishes. If the OP asks not to index, you cease indexing. However, if you are purposeful "hosting," you may not accept and continue hosting, knowing all the legal consequences that may follow.
      • mik1998 4y ago
        Caching has nothing to do with indexing. If I set up an HTTP cache to serve cached websites on my network, it would be difficult for anyone to request to not cache the HTTP responses considering it is most likely they would not be aware of them at all. It is, however, exactly equivalent to what websites such as archive.ph are doing.