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Wayback Archives as a Law Tool

Posted by Zonk on from the time-travel-is-fun dept.

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "The Wayback Machine's internet archive and Google's cached pages are becoming indispensable tools for some lawyers, especially specialists in intellectual-property law. Dell has used copies of expired websites to get the domain name DellComputersSuck.com transferred to it, the Wall Street Journal reports. EchoStar used Wayback in a case against a Polish TV company. Playboy checks Wayback to look for infringers of its trademark bunny or other images. And Wayback was even used to discredit a witness and reach a mistrial in a Canada murder case."

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  1. And this is a big deal why? by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Peaple go to the library and dig through hundreds of old newspapers and records, whats the big deal with using wayback for websites?

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