Some evidence goes way back. See what I did there? 😉 Check out this webinar from Lexbe Friday to learn how to use the Wayback Machine in litigation!
This Friday, February 7th, Lexbe will host the encore webinar titled (wait for it!) How to Use the Wayback Machine in Litigation (available here) at 2pm ET (1pm CT, 11am PT). During this session, you’ll hear from an expert witness on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (IAWM) and its use in litigation. You’ll learn about the background of the IAWM, examples of its use in specific cases, the interface and features, authentication and admissibility, temporal coherence, and timestamping of content changes. By attending this session, you’ll learn how to utilize the IAWM for your cases as well as:
- The impact of temporal attributes of web content
- The use of IAWM for identifying historical web data that is relevant to your case
- How to assess the value of archived webpages
- How web content is timestamped
- Strategies for authentication of IAWM evidence
- Support for evidence admission
- How to use GenAI to power your analysis of IAWM evidence
With the exponential growth of data on the internet, the IAWM has emerged as a critical source of evidence in legal cases, including this case and this case. Register here to learn how to use the Wayback Machine in litigation!
So, what do you think? Are you interested in learning about discovery of Wayback Machine evidence? If so, consider attending the webinar! And please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
Image created using GPT-4o’s Image Creator Powered by DALL-E, using the term “robot looking at the Wayback Machine on a computer”.
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