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Old May 7, 2001 | 9:22 am
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aqueouschief
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally posted by doc:

Statement by Orbitz General Counsel Gary Doernhoefer in Response to the Lawsuit by Southwest Airlines:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010504/2391.html


[This message has been edited by doc (edited 05-04-2001).][/B]
Here is a good quote:

"Southwest currently provides this information [in question] to leading airline fare and schedule clearinghouses, and Orbitz pays a fee to license this data with the right to offer it online. Through these same clearinghouses, Southwest provides its flight information to thousands of travel agents and other travel providers. We think it is unfair and improper for Southwest to single out Orbitz and prevent this information from reaching the traveling public through our site. Furthermore, there are no legal restrictions on the of use this public information on the Orbitz website."

So where's the beef?
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