Changing the way we find, reference, and talk about the law

Saying it doesn't make it so...: If Mr. Malamud is responsible for prodding the SEC into developing EDGAR for the American people, I give him great respect and admiration. We use it several times a day and so do many investors.

But his principal argument in his open letter to West--that law should be available for free to all the people--falls on deaf ears. The law is available for free in every county and state courthouse library, every state owned law school, every prison, and most public libraries, as well. The taxpayer has paid for this information, it's indexing, printing and storage already, many times over. Most all of the states have put up their statutes for free on the web, and other reliable institutions (Cornell, etc.) have put up the U.S. Code.

It's clear what intellectual property West owns in the USCA and the National Reporter series: the Synopsis, the Keynumbers, the Headnotes, and the jump pages. Malamud has devised a solution for which there is no problem.

As one wise man said, "Where's the beef?"; Posted by: seale.terry@... Posted on: 08/23/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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