Reply #114: it's almost as if they don't want people reading their publications....

[Lisa]

In the case of the Patriot Act, that's very convenient for them!

Thanks for the info, MountainLaurel. I'm in Canada, and until fairly recently, our feds gave out quite a few freebies to major libraries and also some college and universities. I even lucked out and got some educational videos from the provincial environment department ... on the condition that I passed them along to the library when I was done with them. (Data from the weather service used to be free, too ...) Of course, that changed with the cost-cutting of the 1990s (and with the Conservatives in power, I don't think it'll shift back anytime soon). Those were the days!