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Re: Mladen Pejic... Cool down.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:00:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
> From a legal standpoint, the author of an e-mail or letter certainly
> owns copyright, and then any re-publication will be looked from a
> standpoint of "fair use." I think just about any court would find
> re-publication of excerpts in an endeavor to understand a threat which
> is being made is "fair use", even if those threats are not death
> threats.
Good point. "Fair use" probably has a much broader than usual definition
when applied to interpersonal correspondence. Snail-mail letters are made
public all the time, often via media "leaks," but they're released
nonetheless. I'm not sure how the copyright issue applies, since it can also
be argued that, in mailing me, my correspondent is giving me an item that I
can then publish or keep private according to my wish.
Maybe we could lobby for a law to require that all correspondence includes
a disclaimer re: copyright and fair use! 8^)
Dave!
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| (...) While as a general rule I agree with this, I think there also is a time for asking what others think of a communication one has received. In this case, perhaps Rick didn't have to share the whole e-mail, but I understand his desire for (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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