Perhaps you should try convincing Shepard's that this is unreal by
dropping all your CD=ROM subscriptions and switching to doing all
citation verification on Autocite or Instacite. It would probably
be cheaper than this pricing scheme and more up to date. And if you
need the other benefits of Shepards occasionally, you can also
Shepardize when you need to on Lexis or Westlaw. So you see, there
is competition of a sort.
Mary Brandt Jensen University of Mississippi
Director of the Law Library University, MS 38677
Assistant Professor of Law mjensen@sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu
On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, LAUGHLIN RIVA wrote:
> Q-Case here in Texas tried this pricing when they first released their
> CD-ROM product. They quickly changed that policy when West started
> billing only for concurrent users. Unfortunately, Shepard's has a
> virtual monopoly on their information. Our best bet is to try to
> convince Shepard's that their pricing is not only ridiculous but
> really unfair. Most network CD-ROM servers are set up with a maximum
> number of access points (ours, for example, only allows 10 users
> access to the server at one time even though we have 50 attorneys and
> 10 legal assistants). Maybe our complaints will reach someone who
> will listen.
>
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