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'Voodoo Information': Authenticating Web Pages In Federal Court

During the life of any case, there will likely be valuable information obtained from the Internet that will be used at deposition or trial. Commonly, the proponent of online evidence will present a screen shot of the Web page, which was either downloaded as a .pdf or printed directly from the Web site. The process is like taking a photograph of the image as it appears on the monitor. In general, this captures not only the look, but also the download date and the URL. If proper steps are not taken to admit the evidence, the value of this information may be lost.

36 minute read December 21, 2009 at 09:53 AM
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M. Anderson Berry and David Kiernan
'Voodoo Information': Authenticating Web Pages In Federal Court

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