[thelist] legalities of posting received emails on a website
AJ Dalton
a_j_dalton at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 18 12:31:00 CST 2002
Hi All -
The web is a new ball game - and I'm glad we're seeing discussions on this
and other things like it.
RE: the original question - 'is it legal'?
The discussion went to ownership. Maybe that is not the right question. A
painting or a car are items with value. E-Mai is communication. It is not
a work of art produced for one's own sake or for sale.
I doubt that any court would uphold any claim if you posted verifiable
copies of communication as 'information' or 'news'. We see this all the
time.
I assume that the recipient isn't trying to sell it or convey title to it
and probably is not trying to make a profit from it directly. Consumer
reporters write about businesses' actions and communications all the time.
They are merely reporting on something that happened.
FWIW,
AJ
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