The defendant in a much-watched file-sharing case was dealt a serious blow this week when a judge ruled he tampered with evidence in the case. After first getting notice from the Recording Industry Association of America, Jeffrey Howell, according to Ars Technica,

... uninstalled KaZaA and deleted everything in the shared folder, reformatted his hard drive, downloaded and used a file-wiping program, and then nuked all the KaZaA logs on his PC.

Something to keep in mind if you ever find yourself unlucky enough to get caught. For more on the RIAA's take-down tactics and defenses against them, check out out this Ask the Law Geek post.