Actually if the website mostly is static pages/pictures, you can make 1:1 copy. But if the page doing some backend processing, like searching internal database, processing data, then it is hard to copy the website. For example, weather forecast website
xordos t1_j6a74h2 wrote
Reply to ELi5 : If you can access a website, why cant you steal the source code and make a 1:1 copy of it? by 13lettersinhere
Actually if the website mostly is static pages/pictures, you can make 1:1 copy. But if the page doing some backend processing, like searching internal database, processing data, then it is hard to copy the website. For example, weather forecast website