Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site zehntel.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Re: Copyright of mail (e.g. UNC corr - (nf) Message-ID: <1508@zehntel.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 04:25:09 EDT Article-I.D.: zehntel.1508 Posted: Tue Jun 5 04:25:09 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Jun-84 08:24:13 EDT Sender: berry@zehntel.UUCP Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 35 #R:fortune:-348800:zinfandel:4900018:000:883 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)