

| Subject: | Re: AlldataCD? Not so fast! |
| From: | Rick Gordon |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Nov 1998 00:39:26 -0800 |
a further data point on AllData - at one point on my EVC web page I had a page which contained nothing but a listing of the Tech Bulletins available on the AllData Cd. Not the actual content, just a list of them, about 1 page I think. I got it by going to their Web site and running a query. Seemed innocuous enough, and when I posted it I fully credited them as the source, had a link to their page and everything. I thought they were a good source of material and I'd help them out. Anyway, a few months later I got a "cease and desist" notice from them. Polite but firm if you know what I mean. Now, I thought that simple compilations of items such as this particular list of Bulletins wasn't a copyrightable entity, but I didn't feel like arguing with them about it so I took it down, plus I removed all the "free" links to their site, plus they annoyed me enough that I'm sending this out to all of you now! -rick
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