As a caveat, I remember some techno-illiterate judge ruling that having the data in memory constituted a record with the implication that by not persisting the

As a caveat, I remember some techno-illiterate judge ruling that having the data in memory constituted a record with the implication that by not persisting the record/document you were intentionally destroying it. I'll try to find the link. edit: found it A federal judge in Los Angeles last week ruled (PDF) that a computer server's RAM, or random-access memory, is a tangible document that can be stored and must be turned over in a lawsuit. http://www.zdnet.com.au/us-ruling-makes-server-ram-a-document-339278641.htm http://www.zdnet.com.au/us-ruling-makes-server-ram-a-documen...