4.0703 Copyright (2/52)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 7 Nov 90 11:59:50 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0703. Wednesday, 7 Nov 1990.
(1) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 15:45 PST (11 lines)
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@UCBCMSA>
Subject: 4.0667 Court case -- "Tora Treasure" CD-ROM
(2) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 90 17:05 EST (41 lines)
From: "Peter D. Junger" <JUNGER@CWRU>
Subject: Citation of case involving the index to the New York
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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 90 15:45 PST
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@UCBCMSA>
Subject: 4.0667 Court case -- "Tora Treasure" CD-ROM
The courts will undoubtedly decide the Tora Treasure case as they will.
People need feel no distress at having bought the product as I can
attest that it waas sold in good faith. I have no connection with the
producers or distributors other than as a customer and I am convinced
that they believe that they have stolen nothing. Let us remember how
the courts decided in the look and feel case; that didn't make it right.
In any case, here the court has not even spoken yet. Sincerely, Daniel
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Date: Sat, 3 Nov 90 17:05 EST
From: "Peter D. Junger" <JUNGER@CWRU>
Subject: Citation of case involving the index to the New York
The copyright case involving the index to the New York Times Index is,
according to a quick Lexis search:
The NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Microfilming Corporation of
America, Arno Press, Inc., and the New York Times
Information Service, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. ROXBURY DATA
INTERFACE, INC., Byron A. Falk, Jr., and Valerie R. Falk,
Defendants.
Civ. A. No. 77-225.
United States District Court, District New Jersey.
434 F. Supp. 217; 194 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 371; 2 Media L. Rep.
2209
May 3, 1977.
The case involves a hard copy index to the Index, not a computer
database, but it has always seemed to me that it is very pertinent to
the issue of compiling indexes or concordances from electronic texts. I
believe that the New Jersey reached the correct result; but notice that
the decision is not binding on any court except the United States
District Court for New Jersey.
If you would like a copy of the opinion, I can fetch one over from Lexis
and send it to the Editors for the archives. I doubt if anyone would
worry about that as a potential copyright violation--as it is a good
advertisement for the Lexis system.
Peter D. Junger--Case Western Reserve University Law School--Cleveland, Ohio
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