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0 pointshot_gril1y ago0 comments

Do you mean that section headings aren't a file layout? That's their entire purpose.

Edit: If you're talking about the byte representation only, I don't think section headings indicate the placement of the body's bytes.

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Xelynega1y ago· 1 in thread

Does your interpretation not mean that(coupled with the court ruling that file formats can't be foia'd) any document with sections cannot be requested via FOIA?

hot_grilOP1y ago

If this format is reused across many files, they might want to give the contents of those docs in a different format from the original.

tptacek1y ago· 1 in thread

You have found an argument that proves too much.

Xelynega1y ago

Yea coupled with the courts arguments the interpretation of sections in a document as a "file format" means no files with sections can be released via FOIA requests

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