Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!TURING!MIKE From: mike@TURING.CS.UNM.EDU (Michael I. Bushnell) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet Subject: Reprinting whole texts from e-mail Message-ID: <9002202332.AA03104@turing.cs.unm.edu> Date: 20 Feb 90 23:32:48 GMT Sender: Gaynet Distribution List Reply-To: mike@UNMVAX.CS.UNM.EDU Lines: 10 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.BITNET Gateway Comments: W: Field "Resent-Reply-To:/Reply-To:" duplicated. Last occurence was retained. X-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: LCREW@DRACO.RUTGERS.EDU's message of Mon, 19 Feb 90 09:23 EST <9002191426.AA15108@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> The latest revision of the US Copyright statutes, to bring them in line with the Bern convention, has all but eliminated any distinction between "private" and "public" dissemination. It hasn't been tested yet, but it seems that there is no requirement that someone refrain from fair use any differently with respect to a letter as with respect to a "public" publication. The same rules seem to apply; the same language is used in the law. -mib