0 a website that is an exact copy of another website, but with a different address, allowing more people to be able to see and use it -- 镜像网站(与另一个网站除地址以外一切雷同的网站,目的是多吸引使用者)
This is especially troublesome for mirror sites which host many gigabytes of data.
When their motions on that topic were dismissed, the mirror sites took that as an indication that they could continue to distribute it safely.
If their domain gets seized, the add-on will automatically start redirecting to the mirror site.
Though many attempts to do this have proved successful, media interest has also meant that the documents frequently re-surface on mirror sites.
However, it can still be downloaded from mirror sites.
In some cases, the specific hostname may be obscured, creating the appearance that the user is viewing the www subdomain, even if they are actually viewing a mirror site.
It is discontinued, but still available from the official mirror site.
After a couple of weeks this became untenable; a global protest against the censorship emerged, and a global network of mirror sites was created by the online community.