vegazzchik65’s Comments

• Sep 9th, 2009 @ 5:06pm

  Re: Argh...

  on Court Says Court Reporters Do Not Retain Copyright On Transcripts They Prepare
  again, it's the court reporter's work product!!! it's not a conversation in a court hearing or trial. it's called testimony and evidence. there's a difference. get a clue!!! obviously you have never been deposed or in court before and given testimony. there's things called admonitions and you're told this is not like a normal conversation when you give testimony.
• Sep 9th, 2009 @ 5:00pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Court Reporter Salaries and Fees

  on Court Says Court Reporters Do Not Retain Copyright On Transcripts They Prepare
  it's the court reporter's work product. you know what? you go sit in court and take the record down then. as a court reporter, we don't just transcribe...we write in stenography first to get the transcript. there's a difference.
• Sep 9th, 2009 @ 4:56pm

  Court reporters

  on Court Says Court Reporters Do Not Retain Copyright On Transcripts They Prepare
  Obviously only about 2 of you know what a court reporter is and what they do...i'm just reading these comments and shaking my head because I am a court reporter. If you're going to order a copy of my work product (transcript) then you're going to pay for it. That's what all us court reporters fight for every day is people like you (read: attorneys) who want everything for free. We bind the transcripts, which is our work product, so they can't be copied. We used special non-copy paper so our work product can't be copied. If you want a copy of the transcript, then obvioulsy it's of value to you. So there's a price for that value. That's how we make our living. We have to be certified in most states to even be a court reporter and take the record down. When you get that transcript, you are going to get a Reporter's Certificate stating that it is true and accurate. If you don't care how the record is made, then don't hire a court reporter. Get someone to monitor a digital recording and find someone to transcribe it for you. I'll tell you that it's going to cost you way more for that than to have a court reporter produce a transcript. See how accurate the digital recording transcript is. That's what most courts are doing now because of budget problems...get rid of the court reporter and put in some equipment and forget to turn it on. Then you will see how valuable the court reporter's transcript would be....