ates, with greater value as evidence given to originals. For digital records, it is 
noteworthy that 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.’”23  
Example 2: The quality of being original is acknowledged in Italian legislation in 
terms of adding weight or greater trustworthiness to records. Italian legislation 
emphasizes the difference between digital data (original) and any kind of output 