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PHOTOGRAPHICAL AND VIDEO "EVIDENCE". WHEN WILL THESE BECOME INADMISSIBLE IN COURT?

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PHOTOGRAPHICAL AND VIDEO "EVIDENCE". WHEN WILL THESE BECOME INADMISSIBLE IN COURT?


[+] serious ballot by SCREAMING_FROG
created Sun Jul 18, 04

I just read about some guy in Minnesota who got busted for "tweaking" some pix of his inlaws heads onto the bodies of porno bimbos and putting them on his website.

I've seen 13 year old kids do downright magic with "Photoshop"(tm) Etc. to the point where even profesionals have a hard time telling whats real and whats not.

If you had the time and the talent you could probably make the "Zapruder" film look like JFK committed suicide!

When do you think that the rules will have to be changed as far as the admissibilty of photos and videos as evidence in a court of law?

In 2 Years
In 5 Years
Should have been done already
In 3 years


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Its already being put into question now but in three years, photos and video won't be the primary sources of evidence anymore
by xxxxxxxx on Sun Jul 18, 04 3:45am [+]

Who was I trying to kid with 5 years?

5, 10 years tops, digital manipulation will be so good you won't even know if you're sitting at your keyboard happily typing away or floating in a tub of goo like in THE MATRIX.
by SCREAMING_FROG on Sun Jul 18, 04 7:02am [+]

Aha! So there still IS a use for non-digital cameras! (I love photography, but am not wild about digital cameras)

I don't know how you fake a negative, or if that's even possible.
by Applerod on Sun Jul 18, 04 3:40pm [+]

** karma **
by Captain_Comment on Sun Jul 18, 04 4:51pm [+]

Good point Applerod,
Tweaking an existing negative would VERY difficult to do without leaving tell tail signs of tampering and creating a convincing one from scratch would be damn near impossible.
by SCREAMING_FROG on Sun Jul 18, 04 10:40pm [+]

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