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information. can. be.extremely. dificult. but.at.the. same.time.
very.relevant.to.the.case.at.hand.
In.the.same.article,.Mike.McCullough,.a.retired.Phoenix.
police.detective.and.president.of.the.Southwestern.Association.
of. Technical. Accident. Investigators,. notes. that. this. whole.
issue.is.being.treated.very.differently.in.different.jurisdictions..
He.says,.“Right.now.it.depends.on.the.state,.depends.on.the.
judge…”. and. “A. lot. of. information. has. to. be. established. to.
show.that.it's.reliable.” *
So,.this.is.becoming.one.of.the.most.important.and.chal-
lenging. issues. for. dealing. with. and. presenting. electronic.
evidence.
Let's.consider.some.examples.based.on.real-life.scenarios.
A.software.engineer.working.in.company.A.creates.a.new.
application.that.he.is.really.proud.of..Company.A.is.not.inter-
ested. in.the.application. and.he.asks. for.and.receives. docu-
mentation.in.an.e-mail.saying.that.the.company.grants.him.
the.intellectual.property.rights.to.that.application.
The.engineer.chooses.to.go.to.work.for.a.different.com-
pany.(company.B).and.they.are.very.excited.to.promote.his.
application.. As. it. turns. out. the. application. is. quite. popular.
and.company.B.begins.to.make.a.tidy.proit.from.it.
Company.A.notices.and.brings.a.lawsuit.claiming.that.the.
engineer.gave.them.the.rights.to.the.software..In.court,.they.
produce.an.e-mail.with.a.date.and.time.stamp.earlier.than.the.
one.the.engineer.possesses.that.says.he.actually.did.release.
his.rights.to.the.software..Of.course,.the.engineer.never.saw.
or.received.that.e-mail,.so.he.and.his.new.company.and.their.
attorneys.are.rather.unhappy.
But. riding. to. the. rescue. is. the. wonderful. and. amazing.
computer.forensics.expert..Company.B's.expert.takes.apart.
the.plaintiff's.(company.A's).president's.computer.hard.drive.
and. discovers. something. interesting.. At. a. certain. point. the.
computer's.clock.does.an.odd.thing..It.suddenly.seems.to.shift.
*. http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/11/8743687-digital-
evidence-becoming-central-in-criminal-cases,.pg.1..Retrieved.2011-04-11.
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