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From: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Posting Mail
Message-ID: <761@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 15:22:15 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.761
Posted: Wed Feb 27 15:22:15 1985
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Reply-To: rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir)
Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center
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Summary: 

>Legally mail can be seen privately by the recipient but only
>published with the permission of the sender.  

Now, I have been told just the opposite: anything you write to someone
becomes their property as far as publication rights.  Are there any
legal experts who can say what the common legal view is?  

(Of course, net etiquette can say anything it wants;  the law and good
manners are 2 separate ideas).

In general I would not publish anything personal from mail w/o permission, 
but might pass on technical comments w/o checking first IF it was clear
that it wasn't proprietary company information or some such.
-- 
"1985:  Why 1985 isn't like 1984"

Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC
1210 West Dayton St/U Wisconsin Madison/Mad WI 53706
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