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THEFEDERALJUDICIALCENTER
THURGOODMARSHALLFEDERALJUDICIARYBUILDINGONECOLUMBUSCIRCLE,N.E.WASHINGTON,DC20002·8003
JUDGEBARBARA
J.
ROTHSTEINDIRECTOR
January12,2009
Mr.
CarlMalamudPublic.Resource.Org1005GravensteinHighwayNorthSebastopol,CA95472DearMr.Malamud:
TEL.:
202-502-4160
FAX:
202-502-4099
Email:brolhstein@fjc.gov
Thankyouforyourletter
of
December
9,
2008andforyourcomplimentsontheFederalJudicialCenter'spublications.YouraisedseveralquestionsregardingFJCvideoprograms,theFederalJudicialTelevisionNetwork(FJTN),andtheFederalJudicialCenterFoundation.Iwouldliketorespondtotheminturn.
(1)
Regardingthevideo"AnIntroductiontothePatentSystem,"aDVD
of
whichyouobtainedfromtheAmericanIntellectualPropertyLawAssociation,theFJCisnotassertingacopyrightonthatprogram.
(2)
RegardingFJCvideosattheNationalTechnicalInformationService(NTIS),theFJChasbeensendingvideostoNTISsince1992
as
awaytomakeourprogramsavailabletothepublicforeducationalpurposes.TheNTISwasformerlypart
of
theNationalRecordsandArchivesAdministrationandisnowpart
of
theDepartment
of
Commerce,anditspurposeisto
m,ake
government-producedmediamaterialsavailabletothepublic.WelastsentvideostoNTISinDecember2007.Wedidnotsendthemprogramsin2008whileweconvertedtoDVD.Weare,however,resumingourtransmission
of
videos
to
NTISandwillsoonsendthemseveral2008productions,andweunderstandthatNTISisoffering,orwillsoonoffer,videosinDVDformat.OtherthannotifyingNTISwhensome
of
ourvideosareoutdatedandnolongeraccurate(because
of
changesinlaw,forexample),wehavenoinvolvementinhowNTISdecideswhich
of
ourprogramstoputintheircatalog,andwhichtheydonot,andwehavenoinfluenceatallontheirpricingstructure.
(3)
Youask
if
we"wouldhaveanyobjection
if'
youweretoprocureasatellitedishand"provideamirror
of
theprogrammingontheInternet."Wewouldhavean
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