Klarinet Archive - Posting 000102.txt from 1996/12

From: Richard Johnson <rjohnso@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: forwarding private e-mail
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 02:48:32 -0500

On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Peter Stoll wrote:

> Klarinetters,
> >snip<
> My understanding of forwarding someone
> else's personal communications is that you ask their permission first; in
> these litigous times, it seems only prudent to reward someone's
> confidences with discretion. Comments?
>
> Cheers,
> P
>
I recently read an article (I don't remember if it was on line or in a
magazine) which opined that all mail "published" on the net is
automatically covered by copyright law, which if true means that an
unauthorized fwd is in fact an infringement. I don't know if you would
get anywhere in a suit over it. Legalities aside, it is really poor taste
and bad manners to violate someone's trust by sending their mail to
someone else without permission.

Rick