Murph Sewall <[log in to unmask]> said: >The LONG STANDING tradition of the Internet is that unless you go to >extraordinary means to insure otherwise ANYTHING posted to ANY list is in >the PUBLIC DOMAIN (so far as I know, this one has never been subjected to a >court test; if you have deep pockets and desire LOTS of publicity, maybe >you could take it on). Perhaps the "tradition of the Internet" has been to widely repost messages. But that has little effect on their copyright status. Having seen a number of such discussions on various library-related lists, I'm fairly sure that an email message is a copyrightable work. Under the current law, then, even if there is no copyright symbol or mention of "copyright by..." every email posting is a copyrighted work. Like this one. Bob Kosovsky Student, PhD Program in Music Librarian Graduate Center Music Division City University of New York The New York Public Library [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Listowner, [log in to unmask] Administrivia to: [log in to unmask] -------My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions-------