Melting your hard drive is not always destruction of evidence
 

A US court has ruled that sometimes it is OK to melt your hard drive and you will not be accused of destroying evidence.

Malibu Media was carrying out a file-sharing lawsuit against an alleged file-sharer. The defendant said that the hard drive failed and it had to be replaced.

http://channeleye.co.uk/melting-your...n-of-evidence/