Reply to Michael Leach

["Joseph J. Esposito" <espositoj@worldnet.att.net>]

I thought Michael Leach's post on usage data was brilliant.  A quibble with
one point only:

>License agreements would have to be adjusted with publishers to include a
>provision for publishing and pooling the statistical data.

JE:  I don't think you need a license (lawyers, chime in, please).  You
can't copyright data or facts or ideas.  There might be something
copyrightable about the presentation of the data, but you can reuse the data
without the specific presentation.

Joe Esposito