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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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