On Tue, 1 Nov 1994, Dorothy Molstad wrote:
> be continuing that project and have had no takers. You better
> start checking your dates. FLITE was not created in 1964. We
Actually, I never saw anything concerning FLITE and West. Can you tell me
where I may obtain this information. I do not recall, certainly since
the Juris issue began, any comment by West about FLITE.
> Finally, we stand by Professor Berring's study which, by the
> way, was commissioned by Congress, not by West as you
> continually insinuate. I know I promised to answer your
> questions and we have, we're still waiting for you.
Please Dorothy. Now, it is no longer "a report by Berring to a House
Committee" but it is now a "study ... commissioned by Congress". Please.
Can you get Barney Frank to agree with that. <Commissioned by
Congress>. Where have you been the last week? Did you not hear that
Berring not concedes that it was an informal letter and futher concedes
that it has flaws. Anyway, I thank you for making this statement. It
goes beyond what was said before and I am sure that Represenatives Hughes
and Frank are just going to enjoy learning about the study they
<commissioned>.
In the meantime, I once again suggest all the Law Librarians
on this list to check out the facts. See Hearing before the Subcommittee
on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the Committee on
the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 102nd Congress, Second Session
on H.R. 4426, Exclusion of Copyright Protection for Certain Legal
Compilation, May 14, 1992, Serial No. 105, ISBN 0-16-040799-0. See page
114 and pages 162 et.seq. -- and also take the time to do your own
counting in the Exhibits.
Why do you not just drop this?
By the way, I do agree with one thing ... downloading cases from court
bulletin boards is a lot harder than one would think ... we do it, as you
know. But, it is not $100 million dollars hard. In the meantime, why
doesn't West join in helping the courts improve the quality of their
bulletin boards. Would it not be nice if all circuits posted their
corrections as do the 1st, 4th, and 8th Circuits. It would make West's job
easier and benefit everyone else. And then West can spend its energies
on its digests. Seriously.
Alan Sugarman
HyperLaw
sugarman@panix.com
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