Preserve that page before it disappears.

Do not rely on a plain screenshot from your phone — it proves little. Use a capture that records the page content, the exact time (from independent sources), the server that hosted it, and cryptographic hashes that prove nothing was edited afterwards. This tool does all of that automatically: paste the URL above and the package arrives in your inbox in about two minutes.

Often yes, but admissibility turns on authentication — can you show when the capture was made and that it was not altered? Rules differ by jurisdiction (e.g. US FRE 901 and 902(13)–(14) allow self-authenticating electronic records with a proper certification). A screenshot with SHA-256 hashes, independent timestamps and a documented capture procedure is dramatically easier to authenticate than a bare image; where needed, Lawyerd counsel can add a signed declaration describing the procedure.

Anyone can edit a screenshot in a minute, and the other side knows it. A bare image carries no capture time you can prove, no record of which server delivered the content, and no way to show it was not altered. Evidence-grade preservation adds exactly those layers: independent timestamps, network context and cryptographic hashes fixed at capture time.

A full-page screenshot of the rendered page; the raw page source as served and the browser-rendered HTML; all HTTP response headers; DNS records, hosting provider and abuse contact, registrar and domain registration date at capture time; an Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) snapshot request; a manifest.json with SHA-256 hashes of every file; and an OpenTimestamps proof anchoring the manifest hash in the Bitcoin blockchain. Delivered by email with download links valid for 90 days, plus a verification page for the capture.

A SHA-256 hash is a cryptographic fingerprint: change a single byte of the file and the fingerprint changes completely. Because your package records the hash of every artifact at capture time — and anchors the record itself in the Bitcoin blockchain via OpenTimestamps — anyone can later verify that the screenshot or HTML you present is byte-identical to what was captured, and when.

On its own, often not: in Weinhoffer v. Davie Shoring (5th Cir. 2022) an archive.org page was ruled inadmissible for lack of authentication. Wayback snapshots are strongest as one layer of a package that also carries hashes, capture metadata and a person who can describe the procedure. This tool requests a Wayback snapshot alongside its own capture, so the two corroborate each other.

No — the capture browser visits the page like a logged-out visitor, so the package shows exactly what that visitor sees, often the login or paywall itself. For content behind logins, geo-walls or aggressive bot protection, request a manual preservation by counsel — reply to any package email or use the contact form.

The tool is free for rights holders: up to 3 captures per day and 10 per month per email address. Counsel services on top of it — signed declarations of the capture procedure, takedown notices to the host, tracked removal — are engagements with Lawyerd.