Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 9 Apr 91 14:20:25 GMT From: "Robert E. Zabloudil" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Supreme Court: White Pages Not Copyrightable Message-ID: Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 278, Message 4 of 11 Lines: 13 I suppose what the phone company could arrange to do is copy their database as of the closing date of the directory, and then "sell" competitors copies of THOSE tapes when requested. Assuming, of course, that the price would be set to cover "postage and handling" only, in keeping with the court decision. Our newsfeed was down, so I didn't see the original posting. I imagine, though, that the above would comply with the letter of the court's ruling. Opinions, of course, strictly my own.