Theos-Talk Archives (June 1997 Message tl00636)

kymsmith@micron.net wrote:
> Isn't all e-mail posted to public lists, in essence, public property?

	A) These lists are not public and,
	B) No.

> And the gentleman did label his post "Announcement" which seems to imply
> he would be happy to spread the message.

	Not necessarily.

> One can find through search
> engines other people's e-mail - what laws are there that govern what
> people do with these messages?

	Actually, you can't find e-mail through search engines, and copyright
laws govern what one can do with other peope's messages.

> Or are you arguing, perhaps, the moral side of this issue?

	Well, that too. Actually, I have been arguing with the author of the
message in the list in which he originally posted. But I have been the
victim of having been quoted out of context in an area I had never
visited, been roundly torn apart, and, when I finally did show up, I
found a lynch mob waiting for me. I did not like it then, and I would
not like to see it happen to anybody else.

	Bart Lidofsky