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In article <Bxo10K.4M7@cs.uiuc.edu>, Carl M. Kadie writes:
 
|> rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) writes:
|> 
|> >I think that this is not the case.  For First Class mail, a LETTER is the
|> >property of the sender, and not the recipient!
|> 
|> Not so. The letter is the recipient's property. The recipient can burn
|> it, sell it, and show it to others privately. The copyright, however,
|> belongs to the sender. This prevents the recipient from publishing it,
|> copying it, or exhibiting it publically (beyond what fair use allows).

Indeed -- I wasn't precise enough.  I should have said that the CONTENTS of
the letter remain the property of the author, and cannot be made public
without the author's consent.  This was the context of the discussion
regarding the publication of email.  It is NOT fair use to post email.

Sorry, and thanks for the correction.

Rich