Author: <shoe@sedona.net> at -Internet
    Date: 3/13/0  11:29 AM
Priority: Normal
     BCC: citation at AO-OCPPO
      TO: citation@ao.uscourts.gov at -Internet
 Subject: west publishings monopoly

     I copied the following from West publishing website, when I 
wanted to see exactly how things worked there. I heard from C/net 
central's news homepage that West had a monopoly, in a perspective by 
Margie Wylie. I learned that they charged users for copies of legal, 
public cases. The following was taken from the West publishing's 
search page:

     There are no subscription fees with WestDoc. Each case viewed 
is just $8.00, and you can bill it to your credit card.

     They then wanted a user i.d. and a password to access their 
database. I feel this is grossly wrong. The internet was made to 
freely exchange ideas and public, non-copyrighted materials. This 
act infringes upon that god-given right.

                                   Liberty Young
                                   Cottonwood, Az.
                                   shoe@sedona.net