Records?
Fallacy of equivocation. "Recording" not "record." Go grab a CD. That's a recording. The rule has nothing to do with public records. I've quoted the rule that deals with public records. You should read it.
I love the way to swept my reply away.
You are averting away fromThe only thing left to do is prove me wrong.
See, that's where you are wrong. You're looking up at the sky and saying it's yellow. It's your job to prove that. I don't have to disprove anything.
See, there's a major issue with your argument here. You are citing a rule that deals with writings, recordings, ect. For example, if I were in federal court and wanted or needed to prove that a company memo said such and such, I have to provide that memo. The rule you cite does not deal with things like public records.
Your case is further complicated by the fact that the rule immediately following the one you cited (rule 1003) explicitly states that duplicates are permissible, unless a genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original, or under the circumstances it would be unfair to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original.
Your case becomes completely destroyed when we take a look at rule 1005, which actually deals with public records.
Rule 1005. Public Records
The contents of an official record, or of a document authorized to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed, including data compilations in any form, if otherwise admissible, may be proved by copy, certified as correct in accordance with rule 902 or testified to be correct by a witness who has compared it with the original.
Records?
Rule 1001. Definitions
For purposes of this article the following definitions are applicable:
(1) Writings and recordings. "Writings" and "recordings" consist of letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation.
(2) Photographs. "Photographs" include still photographs, X-ray films, video tapes, and motion pictures.
OR
(3) Original. An "original" of a writing or recording is the writing or recording itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An "original" of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an "original".
(4) Duplicate. A "duplicate" is a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic re-recording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent techniques which accurately reproduces the original.
Federal Rules of Evidence (LII 2010 ed.)
And back to point A
The rule is the familiar one requiring production of the original of a document to prove its contents, expanded to include writings, recordings, and photographs, as defined in Rule 1001(1) and (2), supra.
TRY AGAIN
"Writings" and "recordings" which as nothing to do with CD's