In an earlier technical life I was in the 'Library Automation' biz, where I designed and built library information systems and public online catalogs, and was a VP of Software Development for a major vendor. Central to these systems are bibliographic records - a standard description of a work, such as author, title and subject (which gets more arcane from there.)
The above case was just filed in the Northern District raising antitrust and unfair competition issues. Read more » about SkyRiver v. OCLC Ohio College Library Center (CA ND 10-3305) - A case that was waiting to happen.
