It is hard to imagine that they result in any response. Others use this powerful new resource more intelligently. At Monash, while we certainly put out calls for assistance of our own, we have made a practice of answering calls for help, particularly with regard to Australian law. In part this is out of a genuine desire to help and in part with the aim of building a network of contacts in strategic locations around the globe. The result of this information traffic is that we now have a network of such contacts with whom we have reached understandings about the free exchange of information - information that could not be got from our own resources or electronically.
Information is a valuable commodity.
We all own or have access to information that others do not. It can be sold, but it can also be traded and sometimes the latter option results in an ongoing relationship which pays better dividends.