Overruled: objections to optical disk archiving.
In summary, while the Federal Rules of Evidence neglect to specifically address the admission of optical disk evidence, the Rules do recognize the reliability and admissibility of records maintained with modern computer storage techniques. In certain cases, information stored on optical disk will constitute original information; in others, the information will constitute an admissible duplicate. Regardless of the classification, the optical disk evidence should be admissible if the party offering the evidence can establish that the optical disk storage and retrieval process accurately reproduces the original document. The admission of medical records stored on optical disk will be challenged. The technology involved in optical disk storage, however, makes optical disk information more reliable than magnetic disk information. As a result, optical disk evidence currently should survive challenges more readily than magnetic disk evidence.
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D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016249:Optical Storage Devices / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States