Re: copyrighting of an email

From: Robert Honan <robertus[_at_]adrift.harbornet.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:10:55 -0700

On Monday, April 28, 1997, John Lederer <johnl[_at_]ibm.net> wrote
:
: Does anyone else find a certain Kafkaesque touch in the fact that
: those who point out that copying of email is a copyright violation
: usually copy the prior email in their comments so as to maintain
: the thread of thought?
:
: Maybe our copyright system needs an overhaul?

I would tend to assume that this discussion group would qualify as scholarly discussion and /or criticism with regards to copyright law. Besides, I would assume that there exists an implied consent for other members to quote our submissions to this list in other submissions to THIS list.

Robert Joseph Honan
robertus[_at_]harbornet.com
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