What you are suggesting would require a rewrite of the copyright act and the reversal of the Feist opinion, to the extent that the "value-added" is material that does no meet the tests established by the Act, 150 years of precedent, and Feist.
Alan Sugarman
HyperLaw
sugarman[_at_]panix.com
On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, J Dale Debber wrote:
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> Lets get real and recognize that the work a person or company does for
> profit is and should remain their property. West Publishing has a right
> to keep their work their own.
>
> I am not talking/writing about the underlying public documents involved
> in this discussion. Those should be available to anyone in any format
> from their various originators.
>
> But if West does something to those docs which makes them more valuable
> then the result is West's to do with as it pleases, sell it, keep it or
> whatever.
>
> As an example, we all have a right to, and can obtain via the internet,
> the full text of Supreme Court decisions. If West can add to them and
> make them more valuable then let them. We each have a right to obtain
> them, add to them, and then to compete with West.
>
> C'mon everyone. Let us treat West Publishing and it's original work with
> the same respect we treat original art.
>
>
> J Dale Debber
> <debber[_at_]ix.netcom.com>
Received on Wed Feb 15 1995 - 16:27:39 GMT
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