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Subject: Re: Re: Copyright of mail (e.g. UNC corr - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 04:25:09 EDT
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zinfandel!berry    Jun  1 12:29:00 1984

/***** zinfandel:net.followup / fortune!rcb /  3:18 pm  May 31, 1984 */
>>If I send you a letter:

>>	(1) Do you have the right to show it to the world?
>>	    (i.e., to publish it?)
>>	(2) Does it make a difference where I live?  
>>	(3) Does it make a difference where you live?

>>Does the answer to these question change if I include in my letter
>>something like  "(c) 1984 L.J.Dickey" ?
 
>>  Lee Dickey,

(1) No.
(2) No.
(3) No.

Bob Binstock
/* ---------- */

I seem to recall reading somewhere that in the US, a letter is the property
of the recipient.  Thus if I get a letter, it is MINE and I can do with it
what I will.  In the UK, however, a letter remains the property of the
sender, and you cannot publish it without consent.  The motive
of a mystery story hinged on this.  This is not a very authoritative reference,
sorry.

  --berry
    (This note NOT copyright)