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From: fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair)
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Subject: Re: peripheral issues to the Mark Smith discussions
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Date: Mon, 25-May-87 20:00:08 EDT
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It turns out that I was only partially correct in stating that paper
mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service becomes property of the
recipient. While this is true, copyright still resides with the sender,
and thus the recipient must ask the sender for permission to publish
before doing so.

Whether we should (or are required to) treat electronic mail in the
same fashion is another question.

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu