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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Supreme Court: White Pages Not Copyrightable
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Date: 6 Apr 91 03:55:22 GMT
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> [Moderator's Note: You say it would be 'easier and cheaper' to get the
> informaiton by paying telco -- but the court ruling we are discussing
> said the competitors no longer have to pay telco the first nickle.

For what? The white pages? They still have to get the information into
their database: the telco can just give them a phone book and say
"have at it".  Now how much are the *tapes* worth?


peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com