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- From: larry@spike.rprc.washington.edu (Larry Shupe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Copyright of letters (was Re: ewright is full of Bull.....)
- Keywords: copyright mail
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.151427.18985@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 15:14:27 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Sep4.151427.18985
- References: <1992Sep3.180744.22831@ntg.com>
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- In article <1992Sep3.180744.22831@ntg.com> dplatt@ntg.com (Dave Platt) writes:
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- [deleted for brevity]
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- > If the letter was transmitted privately, then it was the
- > (implicit or explicit) decision of the author to keep the content of the
- > message private, and the recipient does not have the legal right to
- > override the author's decision without permission.
-
- I believe it is only the senders words that cannot be used. There is
- no reason why the recipient cannot DESCRIBE the CONTENTS of the
- message in his or her own words as he or she interprets the letter.
- Also it is probably permissible to quote excerpts from the letter as
- long as they are clearly marked as quoted. Does anyone know more
- about this?
- --
- Larry Shupe
-