Pynchon-L Public Discourse?

[Henry Musikar]

How about snail mail? If I receive a letter from you, is it mine or
yours? Can I (legally) publish it without your permission. I'm just
askin'.

On 23 Apr 97 at 21:35, jester <jester at snet.net> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> Just some thoughts...
> 
>         Pynchon-L Public Discourse?
> 
> Hmm... doesn't one have to be a member of the list to recieve the
> posts? They are archived on the Web and publically available, but
> the people posting EXPECTED the posts only to be read by list
> members.  Though email is certainly NOT private and CAN be accessed
> by "others," there is FAIR EXPECTATION that email is generally
> private, and certainly there is FAIR EXPECTATION that it will not be
> used (published or anthologized) without the author's permission if
> it is to be profited from, as Jules and his publisher will certainly
> profit from this book.  It's not private, but it is OWNED. In many
> ways, email is SELF-PUBLISHED onto the internet by the poster, and
> thus that poster never relinquishes legal rights to the work, he/she
> only allows it to freely exist in the electronic arena (not
> downloaded and published in paper form for PROFIT).
> 
> Just some thoughts... I may be wrong... but...   JJ "Jester"

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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