On Wed, Mar 17, 1999, Keith Galestock <kgalestock[_at_]nacs.org> wrote:
>
> as a part 2 of my Q on e-mail copyright protection... I understand
> that the law regarding postal letters is that the recipient may do
> as they please with the content of a letter sent to them; would it
> not be the same for an e-mail message?
That's not correct. The recipient of a posted letter may do as he pleases with the actual letter itself (the physical item); but the copyright in the content of the letter belongs to the author, and no right of copyright may be exercised without permission. Thus the recipient may not copy, distribute copies of, display, perform, or create derivative works from the original letter without the permission of the sender.
Bob Cumbow
cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com
206-583-8566
Received on Thu Mar 18 1999 - 21:42:50 GMT
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