Glossary
What Is Mirror Site?
A mirror site is a copy of another website hosted at a different domain or server, often created to preserve access after disruption.
Definition
A mirror site is a copy of another website hosted at a different domain or server, often created to preserve access after disruption.
What Mirror Site means
A mirror site is a copy of another website hosted at a different domain or server, often created to preserve access after disruption.
Why the term matters in content protection
Mirror Site describes one part of how protected content is stored, identified, accessed, or redistributed. Using the term precisely helps investigators separate the observed technology or behavior from the later question of authorization.
How to use the definition
Record the underlying evidence rather than relying on the label alone: the relevant URL or file, the observed time, the account or service involved, and the protected work. That context makes the definition useful in an investigation and keeps a technical description from being mistaken for a legal conclusion.
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