Laws of Trinidad & Tobago CD ROM
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Icame across this ad while reading the Sunday Guardian. Holy crap! $5,000 for a CD ROM? First of all who is going to drop $5,000 on a CD ROM? Secondly, who was in charge of pricing? Thirdly, isn’t extortion against the law too?
The ad also says that you can purchase 10 CDs for $5,500 or 25 CDs for $6,500, but it stipulates that that is for server use only – whatever that means. The thing is you can find the revised laws already displayed on the Ministry of Legal Affairs website, so why charge $5,000?
Meanwhile, you can get the entire Encyclopedia Britannica Deluxe 2007 DVD-Rom for under $20 on Amazon.
I don’t care if I were the Chief Justice himself, here meh nah, I would burn a copy. Don’t be surprised if this is the next hottest item from the sidewalk DVD vendors.
15 Responses to “Laws of Trinidad & Tobago CD ROM”
By Jumbie on Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
Tha’is one advantage you have over me – you can see the ads when you hold your newspaper; I can only read online, so I can’t see these little things. (^_^)
I suppose the 10 CD and 25 CD really refers to a 10 and 25 ‘user licence’ rather than the individual CDs. And it would be installed on a server and accessed by client machines… but that price seems a bit steep.
The only software I know more expensive than that is AutoCAD 2007 and 2008….
And after paying all that money, what if it is not compatible with my Windows server 2008 or Vista Premium… , eh?
And the way Pa-trick rushing through news laws, that will be outdated before the end of the year….!
By jonathan bhagan on Aug 13, 2007 | Reply
funny that it will still fool a lot of people and make this conman money.
By D Trini in Me on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
????
By Mani on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
But jumbie, the thing is that this is not even software, it’s a public document. The price is ridiculous.
Jonathan Bhagan, do you mean “the government” when you say “conman”? lol. Same difference anyway.
By Jumbie on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
Mani, I figured it out. Since you have access to the ad, check it fuh meh.
I bet that thing sold by John Jeremie, retirement fund after he feck up the entire legal system, starting with the Sharma and Shermie fiasco and coming down….
By Crankyputz on Aug 14, 2007 | Reply
ahh i remember those days when people went around selling those massive encyclopedias….
$5000 is a smidge steep
By ttfootball on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
lawd who goin an pay dat for dat?!?!?
Like yuh say Mani, this is a public document. I doh even know if to say i surprise…
By Trini Down Under on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
WTF!!??
Ent it free? But let’s say someone can’t afford to buy the laws of TnT CD, can’t they use it as a defence? “Boss man, yuh honour, sir, ah didn’t have de change to buy de CD. How ah man suppose to know dat was illegal.”
By ed on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
So can I make my own pdf of the docs on the Legal Affairs website (public domain!) and then burn them onto a CD? I will sell at HALF PRICE. Bargains, people! Gonna be rich…. don’t worry Mani, you will get a cut for bringing this to my attention.
By Anonymous on Aug 15, 2007 | Reply
All the law firms and medium chambers will pay because hopefully it is completely harmonised and the amendments of the amendments of the amendments are in. And hopefully it is amendable and comes with an update subscription priced in.
Considering that Lawyers fees start at $500 per hour these days it is not that unreasonable.
By Chennette on Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
Laws and other legal materials like journals are always hideously expensive when packaged like this on CDs. In fact any sort of academic journals or collections like this are really really expensive. It should also include updates in that price. And hopefully searchable indexes etc – some level of software?
This is really something marketed for libraries and law firms for ease of electronic access, since as you point out the laws are available free online. I am sure the full volume set (actual books) would cost quite a bit as well. The old revision (1980) used to cost in print, a couple thousand maybe at least? I don’t think they intend this for the lay consumer (no comment as to whether that is good or bad – just that it is not a tactic exclusive to the Law Revisers). But kudos for having it online. The Parliament website is a good resource for recent legislation too.
By Kayode on Aug 17, 2007 | Reply
What Chennette said.
That isn’t really being marketed to John Public. There’s the library and the internet for that.
By Hon. Patrick Manning on Aug 23, 2007 | Reply
I told Christine K those CDs were too damn expensive!
Manicou, send me an e-mail at patrickmanning2007@gmail.com and I’ll get them to burn you a copy.
By Mani on Aug 28, 2007 | Reply
Yeah I think what Chennette said was right. Thanks all for your comments.
By Taran Rampersad on Sep 14, 2007 | Reply
Yikes. You just KNOW I’m going to have to use this post as a reference.
If it is done by the government… the only cost should be media. There should be no copyright on it by the Copyright Act.
Where that information should be – especially with Vision 2020 on it – is on the web. Period.