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From: lws@comm.wang.com (Lyle Seaman)
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Subject: Re: Information Wanted on CNA
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Date: 21 Mar 90 19:22:35 GMT
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>[Moderator's Note: Customer Name and Address Bureau (or Service) is

 .... stuff deleted

>luck; they don't have it available on their terminals. As stated
>above, most telcos do not offer this service to the public.  Are there
>others besides Illinois Bell, which also does it for Central Tel on
>the northwest side?  PT]

Is there any legal restriction that prevents me from offering this
service myself?  It would be a simple matter to set up the database on
a computer from the data contained in a (publicly-available) telephone
directory.  But would there be any market?  How often does anyone need
to get a name/address given a phone number?


Lyle                      Wang             lws@comm.wang.com
508 967 2322         Lowell, MA, USA       uunet!comm.wang.com!lws


[Moderator's Note: There is no legal restriction whatsoever ... just
be sure not to copy in bulk from the phone book; it is copyrighted.
And don't copy in bulk from Haines Criss Cross or similar; they are
copyrighted also.  Both Haines and the telcos put 'ringers' in their
book; i.e. non-existent, phake, phalse entries. These are inserted
only for the purpose of finding them in print in *someone else's book*
later on, so they can sue them for copyright violations. Of course,
most telcos will sell you the right to copy their books for the
purpose you describe. Haines pays Ameritech BIG $$$$$$$$$$ annually
for the right to key-punch their directories in reverse order once
Ameritech compiles it.  PT]