What is the name of your state? Minnesota
I am being deposed in a civil matter, I know that during depositions attorneys have a lot of leeway in asking questions, including questions that one might consider irrelevent. If, during the deposition, the attorney were to ask a question of me, such as, for example, have I ever illegally downloaded a certain artist's music (this would not be related to the current case, but the person suing me does know I have illegally downloaded music in the past), and I answer truthfully that I have, can the copyright owner of the music then use this deposition testimony to sue me? Are my answers during the deposition public for anyone to use against me at a later time?
I am being deposed in a civil matter, I know that during depositions attorneys have a lot of leeway in asking questions, including questions that one might consider irrelevent. If, during the deposition, the attorney were to ask a question of me, such as, for example, have I ever illegally downloaded a certain artist's music (this would not be related to the current case, but the person suing me does know I have illegally downloaded music in the past), and I answer truthfully that I have, can the copyright owner of the music then use this deposition testimony to sue me? Are my answers during the deposition public for anyone to use against me at a later time?