Subject: Public Domain Legal Citations
   Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:50:28 -0600
   From: Marshall Leighton Wilde <mlwilde@law.uoregon.edu>
     To: citation@teo.uscourts.gov

Dear Sir or Ma'am:

     I would like to write in support of the development and 
implementation of a public domain system of legal citations. The 
Feist case puts into doubt the copyrightability of a citation system 
by abolishing the sweat of the brow doctrine. This suggests that it 
is only a matter of time before copyright protection is eliminated 
for products with as little originality as a system of citations.  
Rather than wait for this to happen, we should move forward with a 
new system in the public domain.

     Thank you for your consideration.

                                   Sincerely,

                                   Marshall Leighton Wilde
                                   2305 W. 27th Avenue
                                   Eugene, OR 97405
                                   mlwilde@law.uoregon.edu
                                   Second Year Law
                                   University of Oregon School of Law