Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!sun-barr!lll-winken!telecom-request From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Supreme Court: White Pages Not Copyrightable Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 91 04:27:52 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Silvar-Lisco, Inc. Lines: 38 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 270, Message 5 of 14 > [Moderator's Note: They are free to take the information, period. Yes... That's what the court said. > Telco cannot forbid them to rip off the information in the > directory, nor can they force them to pay for it. You say 'telco is > in the business of pleasing its customers' Yes, and maybe rationality will now set in. Scenario: I get a phone from the LEC. Customer Service: "Do you want your phone listing published? It will cost $xx.xx" Me: "No." Customer Service: "OK" Finally, the customer who wants more will pay more, and the customer who wants less, will pay less. Pat, I'm very happy with this decision, because it's very realistic. The phone numbers, once assigned, belong to the customer, not the phone company. At some point as a result of this decision, I will be able to stop bribing the phone company to keep my phone number private. Cheers, Jim Budler jimb@silvlis.com Silvar-Lisco, Inc. +1.408.991.6115 703 E. Evelyn Ave. Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086