Re: ProCD v Zeidenberg, 908 F.Supp 640 (W.D. Wisc)

From: Greg Elin <elin[_at_]interport.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 10:10:31 -0400 (EDT)

At 05:36 PM 4/7/96 -0500, Charles E. Keller wrote:
>
> Wait a minute, who compiled the "facts" in the first place? wasn't it
> the telephone company? Didn't ProCD and DDS companie*s* both just make
> electronic derivatives of the PD portions of available phone books???
>
> If we are concerned about *fairness* then shouldn't someone speak out
> for Bell Publishing Co.!?

Go, Charles, Go. That's the point, the sweat of the brow only makes sense for hard labor. Depending on what ProCD spent to create the data, they may have wanted to sell it at a price, or create an appropriate business model that would have prevented other companies from getting in at significant lower costs.

The Baby Bells typically sell the phone numbers and addresses.

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Received on Fri Apr 12 1996 - 14:14:21 GMT