The Motion Picture Association of America didn’t mean to anger the corporate world when it filed suit for copyright infringement against file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy in February 2006. But that’s exactly what it did when it filed a motion to compel the Netherlands-based company to produce key server information that’s temporarily stored in random access memory (RAM).
All computers use RAM to store data temporarily. Its contents change frequently, and once a computer is turned off, RAM is completely wiped clean.
