Editing Admin:ColemanARC Hosting (section)

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Although the creation of locally-hosted files ensures that certain resources are preserved despite the fate of the website on which they were originally discovered, there are potentially some problems introduced by doing so.

'''Disconnection for Source'''

By creating a local resource from online material, that resource is effectively disconnected from its source.  Thus, if I create a locally-hosted resource in 2010, for instance, and the original resource is updated in 2011, then my locally-hosted resource will not reflect that update.  A locally-hosted resource is strictly a one-time, static snapshot of pertinent resource information.

'''Possibility of Copyright Infringement'''

Under certain interpretations of copyright law, it is possible that the creation of local copies of certain material may be considered unlawful.  In order to minimize such infringement, ColemanARC is not hosted as a widely-accessible public resource.  ColemanARC is blocked from being indexed on all search engines; only those that already know the URL of ColemanARC will know how to find it online.  Therefore, none of the locally-hosted files are being distributed to the general public.