"Defendant's intentional spoliation of computer evidence significantly prejudices Plaintiffs because it puts the most relevant evidence of their claim permanently beyond their reach," argued the RIAA. "The deliberate destruction... by itself, compels the conclusion that such evidence supported Plaintiffs' case."
Spoliation exists as a legal doctrine in Canada too -- if evidence is destroyed in bad faith in a civil (ie not criminal) action there is a presumption against the party who destroyed the evidence, whether that is the plaintiff or the defendant
Spoliation exists as a legal doctrine in Canada too -- if evidence is destroyed in bad faith in a civil (ie not criminal) action there is a presumption against the party who destroyed the evidence, whether that is the plaintiff or the defendant
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