[rwallace]

Of course! Lossy compression is tolerable for cat videos on YouTube where it doesn't matter if a few details are wrong. It is absolutely not tolerable for storage of important documents. This is something that should go without saying.

Looks like the company is trying to weasel out of it and there are going to have to be lawsuits. Though I didn't really expect otherwise; if the dice come up badly, the damage from this could exceed the net value of the company.