Subject:
   Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 18:08:06 -0800
   From: Dave Millman <dave@tactics.com>
     To: citation@teo.uscourts.gov
     CC: love@tap.org

     This message is in comment on the ABA Citation Resolution. I 
believe the issues are very simple:

     1. As a taxpayer, I pay for court actions, court employees, and 
court documents, as does every other taxpayer. I am extremely 
concerned that any court would grant ownership of those documents to 
any private party, or allow a private party to "own" citations to 
those documents.

     2. US Government documents are not copyrightable by the 
government. It is the government's duty to make them available to 
every citizen in the most convenient form possible. This means free 
electronic distribution over the internet, referencing a citation 
system that all citizens can use.

     3. It is inconconceivable to me that West Publishing has been 
granted an essential monopoly on court records, and that my tax 
dollars must be used by other courts and government agencies to 
purchase those citations exclusively from West.

                                   Sincerely yours,

                                   Dave Millman


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