Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:37:12 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 18:03:00, James B. Shearer wrote: >On October 12, 1999 at 17:46:15, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On October 12, 1999 at 16:22:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>To find out about this supposed letter written to Rebel (Ed), I simply asked >>>Hsu what happened. >>> >>>Frederic Friedel (not sure that is spelled right) wrote a personal email to >>>Hsu asking about the "deep blue junior" machine at the WCCC this year, >>>probably after reading my explanation of how the machine was 'limited' >>>here on CCC. >>> >>>Hsu sent FF a personal email reply explaining exactly the same details >>>that I had given here. FF then took that personal email and posted it on the >>>Gambitsoft site, apparently, and the snowball began. >>> >>>Hsu nor Murry care beans about what the Rebel advertisements say, as they >>>assume that everyone that 'counts' has already read a factual description of >>>what was in Paderborn playing demo games. So the accusations directed toward >>>the DB team for "calling Ed a Liar" ought to be directed at ChessBase, where >>>the email was posted. It is generally considered good net ettiquette to not >>>post personal email without permission. >>> >>>Apparently that isn't known by everyone... >> >>It's not just good nettiquette, but it is actually illegal (at least in the US >>-- not sure about elsewhere) to post private email without the sender's >>permission. The sender has copyright on their expressions [with or without an >>explicit (C) Copyright notice]. >> >>[snip] > > What is your authority for making this claim? I suspect this is not >clearcut and that in any case that you have no practical recourse. > James B. Shearer US copyright case law is clear here. _any_ text anyone writes has an implicit copyright that they must explicitly give up before the text can be copied with no permission. This includes things posted on a public message board, sent thru email, thru usenet news, etc. There are reasonable use things to iron out, ie if you post something to usenet, Deja archives it. But they will remove anything if asked by the original poster.
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