[BC] Fax software

[Rich Wood]

------ At 09:12 AM 2/1/2006, Keith Hammond wrote: -------

>   I can agree with the analogy but, fax me a copy (or e-mail it) into my
>computer and I can print up any number of paper copies and every one of
>them will be just as "authentic" as an old-fashioned faxed copy. But, if
>I loose a copy from the e-mail, I can go back and reprint. If I loose a
>page of an old-fashined fax (or, if the machine "eats" it), I'm just out
>of luck...

If you end up in court you may have a problem. A lawyer friend of 
mine told me courts are even reluctant to accept digital photos. 
They're too easily manipulated. You need to watch Judge Judy. She 
made a comment about a photo looking phony. I also do photography and 
don't quite understand their reasoning because, with a little extra 
effort, a film negative can be modified either on the negative itself 
or in printing. That's how photos were falsified before Photoshop.

We had a former NY State Supreme Court judge on WOR. In serious cases 
they even require a specific color ink, according to him, usually 
non-repro blue. My Garden Hotline guy at WOR, Ralph Snodsmith dresses 
in green and carries a green pen - a sort of trademark. He's often 
called on as an expert witness. He can't sign anything legal with a green pen.

Courts will accept faxes before they'll accept printed email as a 
legal document. Email is too easily edited. It can be admitted as 
evidence but it's always suspect. Any time I've dealt with attorneys 
in important cases they've requested either the original document or 
a fax. Emails and photocopies were for their internal use only and 
rarely ever brought to court. Juries are very suspicious.

Rich

Rich Wood
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