Re: copyrighting of an email

David Post <postd[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
>
> But isn't 'printing a copy' also 'expressly impermissible' under the
> copyright law? I'm not suggesting the distinction Bob Cumbow's trying
> to make doesn't make sense -- I just don't think it is the one the
> copyright law makes, at least not clearly.

Well, it is the making of a copy. So, from that point of view, yes. However, this is a place that implied license and the like would come into the analysis.

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