Re:Federal Judge Says Internet Archive's Wayback Machine a L...
by Lawtonfogle on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:24PM
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Sounds like saying we already have clear evidence but it'll take time to dig through it so you are now compelled to show us where you hid the body.
But more to the point, archive.org already has a copy of what you previously made public, and there's no reason to burden them with the expense of manually retrieving it as they're not party to the case, and it would be wasteful of the court's resources and archive.org's time to make them sue you for the expense involved.
Here's a more detail breakdown of how the 5th applies in a civil litigation context: http://www.litigationandtrial.com/2013/04/articles/attorney/...
The bottom line is that the 5th can help you stay out of prison, but you can't use it just to avoid losing a dispute.