PRESERVE PUBLIC NOBLOGS MATERIAL - QUICK GUIDE

SAVE
- Publicly accessible, historically valuable pages and public media.
- A/I manifestos, collective histories, legal documents and technical writing.
- Provider notices or public evidence of institutional over-compliance.

RECORD
- Original URL.
- Page title.
- Author or collective, when public.
- Publication date.
- Retrieval date.
- File checksum, when practical.

RESPECT
- Privacy, authorship, copyright and removal requests.
- The safety of people named in public material.
- Context: keep an index explaining what each item is and where it came from.

DO NOT
- Access private accounts.
- Bypass security.
- Publish personal identifying information.
- Assume personal research archiving is legally identical to public mirroring or replacement hosting.

Public mirroring, replacement hosting or coordinated technical assistance may present different legal questions. Obtain qualified advice first. This guide is general information, not legal advice.
