File spoon-archives/bhaskar.archive/bhaskar_2000/bhaskar.0006, message 4


From: jmage-AT-panix.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:58:12 -0400
Subject: BHA: RE: various queries


Tobin wrote

>
>Actually, our email discussions are *not* in the public domain: they are
>published (distributed).  Copyright remains with the authors and in general
>permission must be granted -- at least according to U.S. law, and I think
>under the international copyright agreements.  I'm sure nearly anyone here
>you wished to quote would be delighted to grant permission, but as far as
>the actual copyright law goes, email is covered, even to discussion lists.
>(In the U.S., the copyright law covers unpublished material too.)  Besides,
>it's good policy to ask permission anyway -- in fact I think most people
>would be flattered!
>

My understanding, and though for my sins a lawyer (but not a copyright
specialist), is that - whether "public domain" or not - citation never
requires permission and quotation in the academic context Ruth proposes
also does not require permission (so-called "fair use").

john mage





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