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...Barnes & Noble Inc., which manages the Coop bookstore, sent a cease and desist letter to BrunoBooks.com CEO Jesse Maddox, threatening legal action unless the Web site stopped taking textbook information from the Coop’s site...
...According to Coop President Jerry P. Murphy ’73, the “copyrighted database” that the letter refers to includes book titles, as well as used and new textbook prices. But Maddox says Barnes & Noble’s claims are unsubstantiated, since this information is in the public domain and cannot be copyrighted...
...Maddox said that the Coop’s current claims against BrunoBooks closely resemble the 2007 incident involving CrimsonReading, and that the only difference is that the book titles and prices are now being taken from the Coop’s Web site instead of being manually copied down in-store...
...Though the letter said that further legal action would be taken if BrunoBooks did not respond within seven days, Maddox said that Barnes & Noble has not followed up on its threats, although three months have passed...
...Maddox said that BrunoBooks is not planning to respond with legal action of its own, and is simply hoping that Barnes & Noble will retract the letter...