West publishing just lost their bit for the Supreme Court to hear their case: West Denied Supreme Court Review On Copyright Claim Legal publishers at West Group have fallen short in their effort to copyright internal pagination and editorial enhancements to court decisions. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of two separate decisions of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that went against West, West Publishing Co. v. Matthew Bender & Co. Inc., and West Publishing Co. v. HyperLaw Inc. (The Recorder -- Read the story.) Their only hope is the database bill...but some are saying they don't think the bill will pass...West has tried to get a similar bill passed with the Bono Amendment and it was deleted so the Bono Amendment would pass...in other words if the database protection clause would have been left in the Bono Amendment it would not have passed.... Charlotte _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com