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A Deposition Dispute Over What Counts as a Photocopier

New York Times Opinion · Comedy · YouTube title: Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier? | Op-Docs
Why it's here

Commenters share it as a funny, memorable example of evasive depositions and of obstruction over public records requests.

What it covers

A New York Times Op-Docs short in which actors perform a real legal deposition transcript. A lawyer gets tangled in an absurd argument with a county employee about what counts as a photocopier, in a dispute over fees for public records.