rules or by statute.” A writing or recording is defined in HRE 1001 (1993) as “eonsist[ing] of letters, words, sounds, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation.” This definition is identical to FRE Rule 1001. Contrary to Respondent’s assertion, a text message is a writing because it consists of letters, words, or numbers set down by mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation. Although neither party makes this assertion, text messages received on cell phones appear akin to messages received on computers and email for purposes of HRE Rule 1002. See Laughner v. State, 769 N.E.2d 1147, 1159 (Ind.Ct.App.2002) (<HOLDING>), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1013, 123 S.Ct. 1929,
holding that text messages sent between computers through an internet chat room were subject to the original writingrule and a printout of the messages was an original for purposes of the rule holding that amendment of condemnors original complaint to substitute a new and different easement route was tantamount to abandonment of the original proceeding holding that defendants were not prejudiced by amendments to an employment discrimination claim because the original claim gave notice of the nature of the case holding that public library was immune from suit under section 230 because it provided an interactive computer service by enabling multiple users to access the internet through its public computers holding the sale valid as between the original parties despite noncompliance with the act