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From: calway@ecsvax.UUCP (James Calloway)
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Subject: Re: Posting Mail
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Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 22:12:13 EST
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It's been a while since I studied communications law, but I don't believe there
is any legal restriction on a recipient's publishing of a letter unless the 
contents of the letter are copyrighted. Newspapers do this all the time,
usually with at least the implicit permission of the sender, as in the
"Letters to the Editor" column.

Sometimes it goes further. For example, Sports Illustrated recently published 
letters from college recruiters to basketball player Chris Washburn. I don't
know the details, but I doubt SI got permission from the recruiters.
 
Usually, of course, if a sender explicitly asks that a letter not be published,
the request is honored.


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James  Calloway
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