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heres a tough one...
As webpages are not persistent, i.e. they can be modified or removed at any time, is there anywhere to somehow, freeze frame them, so that the webpage could be used in legal evidence in matters such as slander etc.
Simply Printing or saving the page has its limitation in being "concrete" evidence as it can easily be modified and resaved.
Some way of independently saving the page, similar to wayback archive machine (that has been used in court) but on an ad hoq basis and even with webpages that are held at non-spiderable locations...?
Dont all answer at once :)
In NYC, there's a law that says you can't sue for "trip and fall" accidents on city sidewalks unless the City has been previously notified about the pavement crack, and failed to act.
The result is, as was told to me by an attorney friend of mine, a database of thousands of potholes and pavement cracks in NYC. I've looked for it online, but haven't found it yet. Apparently, the City is kept apprised, so, if someone falls over a listed pavement crack, they can sue the City. It is kept up by an association of attorneys.
I dunno. I have to see it to believe it.
However, there may be some validity in having a "forensic achive.org" set up. With storage costs being what they are these days, and servers going for a dime a dozen, it probably wouldn't be that difficult or expensive.
Just a thought...
vin: get a ISBN, thats only for *offline* stuff, not what im talking about really.
cm:
thats exactly what i was thinking, some sort of way to quickly capture them via a "independent" service, but there isnt one?
ok its my idea then, patent pending. lol
patent pending. lol
I'll lay odds this already exists in the Big Black Cube at Fort meade.
FURL.NET by looksmart seems to work
