September 2007

Magistrate’s Decision to Produce RAM in Columbia Pictures Should Not Change Companies’ e-Commerce Practices

By Douglas L. Rogers

The decision of the magistrate in the TorrentSpy case that the server-log data was subject to discovery has resulted in an outcry of opposition from various sources across the country, and the defendants have appealed the decision to the district judge. But while the decision ordering the production of such server-log data in the future seems incorrect on the issue of whether that information in RAM constitutes electronically stored information subject to discovery, for the reasons set forth below, the decision is not as momentous as many have suggested.

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