The Wayback Machine is a massive archive of web pages dating back nine years. Named after a device in an old cartoon show - The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, the Wayback Machine makes it possible for lawyers to search for web pages that might have infringed their client's copyrights. According to the Wall Street Journal, lawyers now ask their staff, "can you do a Wayback on that?". Dell's lawyers used the Wayback Machine to shut down DellComputersSuck.com. They used evidence gleaned from the Wayback Machine to prove to an arbitration panel that the site had infringed Dell trademarks. The Wayback Machine stores one million gigabytes worth of data found in over 50 Million web sites, comprising over 50 Billion web pages. It is growing at the rate of 20,000 gigabytes per month. Check out the Wayback Machine here.
« New Products Cause Stir | Main | Answers.com Provides Answers, Not Links »
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Recent Posts
- B2B Tech Buyers Rely On Search
- Answers.com Provides Answers, Not Links
- Meet The Wayback Machine
- New Products Cause Stir
- TVEyes Debuts Podcasting Search Engine
- Become.com launches shopping search engine
- WSJ Discovers Click Fraud
- Search Scandal Roils Blogosphere
- Meet Oodle: Google For Classifieds
- Yahoo Debuts Creative Commons Tool
Comments