View Historic Versions of Websites
I had a case recently where we needed to prove that a website owner had offered services or had plagiarized and placed copy written material on a competitors website. When the demand was served on the competitor he claimed that the accusations were false and referred to his current website as proof.
Upon further review it would seem that the competitor was correct, when reviewing his current website information all of the plagiarized content was not found. We obviously knew that the competitor, after being served with our demand, had simply removed the questionable content.
How could we determine that the competitor had in fact plagiarized my clients information and blatantly listed copy written material on their website? The answer was simple, there is a little known tool on the web that allows you to enter a URL and the tool will return exactly what the website looked like in the past. The tool is called "The Wayback Machine".
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then begin surfing on an archived version of the Web. Imagine surfing circa 1999 and looking at all the Y2K hype, or revisiting an older version of your favorite Web site. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine can make all of this possible.
The original idea for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine began in 1996, when the Internet Archive first began archiving the web. Now, five years later, with over 100 terabytes and a dozen web crawls completed, the Internet Archive has made the Internet Archive Wayback Machine available to the public. The Internet Archive has relied on donations of web crawls, technology, and expertise from Alexa Internet and others. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is owned and operated by the Internet Archive.
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine contains almost 2 petabytes of data and is currently growing at a rate of 20 terabytes per month. This eclipses the amount of text contained in the world's largest libraries, including the Library of Congress.
Have Fun and Stay Safe,
Patrick L. Baird
Private Investigator
Upon further review it would seem that the competitor was correct, when reviewing his current website information all of the plagiarized content was not found. We obviously knew that the competitor, after being served with our demand, had simply removed the questionable content.
How could we determine that the competitor had in fact plagiarized my clients information and blatantly listed copy written material on their website? The answer was simple, there is a little known tool on the web that allows you to enter a URL and the tool will return exactly what the website looked like in the past. The tool is called "The Wayback Machine".
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then begin surfing on an archived version of the Web. Imagine surfing circa 1999 and looking at all the Y2K hype, or revisiting an older version of your favorite Web site. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine can make all of this possible.
The original idea for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine began in 1996, when the Internet Archive first began archiving the web. Now, five years later, with over 100 terabytes and a dozen web crawls completed, the Internet Archive has made the Internet Archive Wayback Machine available to the public. The Internet Archive has relied on donations of web crawls, technology, and expertise from Alexa Internet and others. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is owned and operated by the Internet Archive.
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine contains almost 2 petabytes of data and is currently growing at a rate of 20 terabytes per month. This eclipses the amount of text contained in the world's largest libraries, including the Library of Congress.
Have Fun and Stay Safe,
Patrick L. Baird
Private Investigator
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