> Title 17 makes it specific, as I recall, that medium is irrelevant -- a
> copyright book is no less copyright for being on a diskette than it is as a
> printed work.  And letters are copyright to the authors thereof, which
> makes for quite a potential hassle for biographers.  Ergo, I rather suspect
> the law would stand behind anyone who claimed that an e-mail message was
> copyright to the person who composed / sent it.
 
This is something that has been argued back and forth on the copyright
list for a long time.  As Pete suggested, best to take it there.
 
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