On 27 June 2010 13:55, Dennis During <dcdur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you saying that one can't disclose correspondence to any third-party > without consent of both parties? In what jurisdictions?
The law is a little out-of-date. When someone sends you a physical letter you can give that letter to anyone you like, since it is a piece of tangible property that you own (unless you've signed a non-disclosure agreement, or something). However, giving someone an email involves copying it, so copyright becomes a factor. I think forwarding an email without permission is, technically, a copyright violation in any jurisdiction that hasn't created an exception to the usual law for it (I suppose some jurisdictions might interpret sending an email as including an implied license to copy it, so don't require a statutory exception, but I don't know of any such interpretations). What jurisdictions have such exceptions, I don't know. Google will find you plenty of discussions (some reasonably well-informed) about this issue. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
