Wayback Archives as a Law Tool

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Wayback Archives as a Law Tool

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 29, 2005 @05:28AM 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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first post by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-29 05:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Here's my rejected story by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-29 05:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That blind kid sure plays a mean Mortal Kombat:

CNN reports that a blind 17-year old has mastered such video games such as Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur. From the article: "Those bold enough to challenge him weren't so lucky. One by one, while playing "Soul Calibur 2," their video characters were killed without mercy by Mellen's on-screen alter ego.".

Thank you Slashdot for always rejecting my submissions within 3 seconds. I'm sure someone else will post the same story by the end of today, though.
School by imboboage0 · 2005-07-29 05:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Personally, I use it as a proxy to get past the school's firewall. Stupid admins can't keep me out!

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Honesty may be the best policy, but by process of elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.
script check cracked by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-29 05:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

woooooooot FP!!

PS: phew! it took a lot of energy to crack the script check in this forum

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Outgoing by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-29 05:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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They murdered Canada! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-29 05:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

*cry*
Put another way... by HardCase · 2005-07-29 06:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The childish nature of SilentShriek is ridiculous. Looking through archives of up to nine years just to point out: "Hey, you said I'm a child rapist!" Who cares.

If SilentShriek was not a child rapist, he would not have to be so defensive.
Re:But see, they signed a peice of paper by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-29 06:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

irony
Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)
n. pl. ironies

1.

1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
3. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.
2.
1. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (Richard Kain).
2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
3. Dramatic irony.
4. Socratic irony.