Wouldn't publicly available information (e.g. the kind you would have found in a phone book 20 years ago) be allowable under the laws of Fair Use? The only rea

Wouldn't publicly available information (e.g. the kind you would have found in a phone book 20 years ago) be allowable under the laws of Fair Use? The only reason I can see a directory being disadvantageous is because it undermines all the money-spent-on-education/ years-spent-ass-kissing to get into "the network" of good-old Washingtonites and the referrals they bring.