Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!cs.umn.edu!dmshq!com50!craig From: craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Lotus Market Place Message-ID: <1990Nov26.051513.9901@com50.c2s.mn.org> Date: 26 Nov 90 05:15:13 GMT References: <48683@cornell.UUCP> <1990Nov21.054734.10332@looking.on.ca> Distribution: comp.org.eff.talk Organization: Com Squared Systems, Inc. Lines: 31 In article bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >Maybe what we really need is the ability to copyright our own >information, clearly it's valuable property, and it seems reasonable >that I own my own name and address etc. I briefly looked into this a few years ago. I figured that if I could copyright my name I should be able to charge companies everytime they sell it on a list. The unofficial legal advice I got was not to bother, it wouldn't hold up. I think it would help if maintainers of credit, medical, etc., type databases would just send out a copy of the files to the person involved on a regular basis. Or maybe whenever the data changed. This would be expensive for them to do unless some sort of electronic access is provided, though. MEDIA ALERT - ----------- The NOVA television show on PBS is going to air a show called: "We Know Where You Live" on Tuesday, November 27 at 9:00P.M. (check local listings). The blurb on it says: "Those who have been plagued by unwanted marketers, by mail, or by phone, should be intrigued by this new episode. It shows the technological reasons why advertisers have a sense of which consumers to target, since they have obtained plentiful facts on indiviuals." Sounds interesting and timely. /craig