By: David M. Ray
ABSTRACT:
This article examines cache features of website archives, such as those performed by Google, and whether this practice rises to the level of copyright infringement. Traditional web caching involves making copies of websites when a user requests a webpage. These copies are then stored on another server or on the user’s computer to decrease Internet traffic and increase speed. When a second user requests the same webpage, the cached copy is displayed. Many search engines do not adopt this traditional method, but instead use a program which requests the webpage, rather than the user, from an index of copies. This copying is not authorized by website authors, and thus many copyright infringement actions result. In this note, through the scope of the various lawsuits against the Internet Archive and Google, the author argues that current website archiving is legal in that they are respectful of the copyright owners.
CITE AS:
David Ray, Note, The Copyright Implications of Web Archiving and Caching, 14 SYRACUSE SCI. & TECH. L. REP. 1 (2006).
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