The information highway: On ramps, checkpoints, and tollbooths

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-158

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EID: 0030525253     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-624X(96)90101-X     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. see Perritt Henry H. Jr. Sources of Rights to Access Public Information. William & Mary Bill of Rights. 4:1995;179.
2. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Should Local Governments Sell Local Spatial Databases through State Monopolies? Jurimetrics Journal. 35:1995;449.
3. Public Law 104-113, 109 Stat. 163 (May 22, 1995) codified at 44 U.S.C 3501-3520.
4. 44 U.S.C. 3506(d), as amended by Public Law 104-113, 109 Stat. 163 (May 22, 1995).
5. 584 N.E.2d 665 (Ohio, 1992).
6. 584 N.E.2d, p. 669.
7. 584 N.E.2d, p. 669.
8. State ex rel Athens County Property Owners Association, Inc., v. City of Athens, 619 N.E.2d 437, 439 (Ohio App. 1992).
9. 619 N.E.2d, p. 440 (citing and discussing Margolius v. Cleveland, 584 N.E.2d 665 (Ohio, 1992) (governmental agency must allow copying of computer records if requester shows why paper would be insufficient medium).
10. Higg-a-Rella v. County of Essex, 660 A.2d 1163 (N.J., July 19, 1995) (affirming intermediate court; electronic publisher had common-law right to electronic tax assessment records).
11. 17 U.S.C. 105 (1988).
12. 17 U.S.C. 102 (1988). Section 102(a) allows copyright in "original works of authorship." Facts are outside the scope of this phrase because no original effort is involved with respect to pre-existing facts. To remove any doubt, section 102(b) says that copyright protection does not extend to "any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery"
13. 499 U.S. 340 (1991).
14. See, e.g., Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Peters) 591 (1834).
15. Georgia v. Harrison Co., 548 F. Supp. 110, 114 (1982), vacated 559 F. Supp. 37 (N.D., GA, 1983) (on unanimous request of parties after settlement).
16. 548 F. Supp., p. 114.
17. 548 F. Supp., p. 114.
18. Building Officials & Code Adm. v. Code Technology, Inc., 628 F.2d 730 (1st Cir. 1980) (expressing doubt whether privately developed model code subsequently adopted by state legislature could qualify for copyright).
19. 632 F.2d, p. 734.
20. 632 F.2d, p. 734.
21. 632 F.2d, p. 735.
22. See generally Perritt Henry H. Jr. Payment Infrastructurres for Open Systems. Data Law Report. 3:(1):July, 1995;1.
23. 44 U.S.C. 3506(d), as amended by Public Law 104-113, 109 Stat. 163 (May 22, 1995).
24. This natural monopoly does not mean that private-sector entities are prohibited from collecting the information; it just means that it would not pay them to do so.
25. Mansfield Edwin. Microeconomics: Theory and Applications. 2nd. edition :1992;241 Norton, New York.
26. Mansfield Edwin. Microeconomics: Theory and Applications. 2nd. edition :1992;241 Norton, New York, ("Price may be above or below average total cost, since there is no necessity that profits be zero or that fixed costs be covered in the short run.").
27. 1 Code of Federal Regulations. 1995;. 305.88-10.
28. 1Code of Federal Regulations. 1995;. para. H.
29. More bandwidth costs more, of course. There is no question, however, about the feasibility of sending large volumes of images over a wide area network. This routinely occurs in the WWW.
30. This is not always possible, for example, when real evidence, such as a weapon or a defective part is admitted into evidence. Then, the most the electronic system can do is to refer to whether the exhibit can be found, and perhaps contain a digitized image of the exhibit.
31. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994;. section 1.4.
32. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994;. section 2.5.c.
33. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994;. section 2.5.
34. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994;. section 6.2.1.
35. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994; (noting need for further demonstration and experimentation and suggesting that good record system design can insure adequate audit trails and that signature and writing requirements can be met in essentially the same way they are met with electronic data interchange (EDI) by good system design to enhance system integrity and to permit documents to be authenticated.) section 6.2.2.
36. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994; (noting need for further demonstration and experimentation and suggesting that good record system design can insure adequate audit trails and that signature and writing requirements can be met in essentially the same way they are met with electronic data interchange (EDI) by good system design to enhance system integrity and to permit documents to be authenticated.) section 6.2.2.
37. Perritt Henry H. Jr. Report on Public Information in the National Information Infrastructure. 1994; (noting need for further demonstration and experimentation and suggesting that good record system design can insure adequate audit trails and that signature and writing requirements can be met in essentially the same way they are met with electronic data interchange (EDI) by good system design to enhance system integrity and to permit documents to be authenticated.) section 7.8.1.
38. 60 Federal Register 451. August 30, 1995.