In Europe, the Wayback Machine violatescould be interpreted as violating [[copyright]] laws. Only the content creator can decide where their content is published or duplicated so the Archive would have to delete pages from its system upon request of the creator.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bahr |first1=Martin |url=http://www.jurpc.de/aufsatz/20020029.htm |title=The Wayback Machine und Google Cache – eine Verletzung deutschen Urheberrechts? |journal=JurPC |pages=9 |year=2002 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823062928/http://www.jurpc.de/aufsatz/20020029.htm |archive-date=August 23, 2009 |url-status=live |doi=10.7328/jurpcb/20021719|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The exclusion policies for the Wayback Machine may be found in the FAQ section of the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php |title=Internet Archive FAQ |access-date=April 16, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417122600/https://archive.org/about/faqs.php |archive-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
Some legal cases have been brought against the Internet Archive specifically for its Wayback Machine archiving efforts.<!--See [[Internet Archive#Controversies and legal disputes|Internet Archive controversies and legal disputes]].--> <!-- Wayback Machine-specific issues moved here, for clarity. See [[Talk:Internet Archive#Merger proposal - Wayback Machine]]-->
