# Clone an existing discourse forum, without access to the server itself?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/clone-an-existing-discourse-forum-without-access-to-the-server-itself/49110>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clone-an-existing-discourse-forum-without-access-to-the-server-itself/49110 "2016-08-23T22:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clone-an-existing-discourse-forum-without-access-to-the-server-itself/49110/3 "2016-08-23T23:26:34Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> I don’t know how ethical it would be to do this.

Before even getting to ethics, there’s how legal is it. The users that have not consented to have their comments copied would probably have a good copyright claim.

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