By Graham Hayday, 8 November 2000 10:07
NEWS The major news networks had agreed not to publish the results until polling had closed throughout the country for fear of influencing the vote in states in later time zones. But at least two sites, including inside.com and the infamous Drudge Report (http://www.drudgereport.com ), got hold of the information from 'unofficial' sources and published the data throughout Tuesday afternoon. The Voter News Service - the consortium representing the news networks - claims this could be in breach of copyright law and is thought to be considering legal action.
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