I think it's ethical to ask for help, to state your position in your
signature, and to expect responses from those who want to help you even
though you're charging a fee. There are many on the list who do not work
in the public sector, and if you summarize your responses to reference
questions for the group, all stand to gain.
Ann Borkin/Head Librarian Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges
aborkin@class.org Two Embarcadero Center
415-955-3504 San Francisco, CA 94111
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On Tue, 10 May 1994, Paul Mitchell wrote:
> I am a commercial vendor of information, offering a range of
> services including legal and law-related research. I command
> market-rate fees from my clients for such work. One source I
> make use of is the Internet, and particularly the law-lib list.
>
> Is this an _appropriate_ use of this list?
>
My gut reaction is that this is not why I joined this list. I have
forwarded this question to the list owner (at least I hope I did! I'm
still pretty new at this...) And perhaps Mr. Mitchell should address
these questions there, since there may be specific policies in existence
which would answer his question. I appreciate his honesty in posting -
and given my limited time and resources I will try to make sure that I
never spend them answering any questions that come from him.
But one question does come to mind: if we e-mail him with a request for
help, will he give US that help for free??
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