Videos and Pictures are not evidence. The declarations of the videos and photos to be accurate depiction of events is the evidence.
The law was one step ahead the whole time.
Legally, videos and pictures are physical evidence.
> The declarations of the videos and photos to be accurate depiction of events is the evidence.
No, those declarations are conclusions that are generally reserved to the trier of fact.(the jury, in a jury trial, or the judge in a bench trial.) Declarations of personal knowledge as to events in how the videos or films were created or found, etc., which can support or refute such conclusions are, OTOH, testimonial evidence, and at least some of that kind of evidence is generally necessary to support each piece of physical evidence. (And, on the other side, such evidence can be submitted/elicited by the other side to impeach the physical evidence.)
Legally, videos and pictures are physical evidence.
> The declarations of the videos and photos to be accurate depiction of events is the evidence.
No, those declarations are conclusions that are generally reserved to the trier of fact.(the jury, in a jury trial, or the judge in a bench trial.) Declarations of personal knowledge as to events in how the videos or films were created or found, etc., which can support or refute such conclusions are, OTOH, testimonial evidence, and at least some of that kind of evidence is generally necessary to support each piece of physical evidence. (And, on the other side, such evidence can be submitted/elicited by the other side to impeach the physical evidence.)