I don't understand most of this copyright stuff, but I was under the impression that in order for material to be protected under the laws of copyright, some kind of formal paperwork had to be submitted? While I can understand why the incident you described had upset you as we don't intend our personal email messages to be seen by everyone, it seems the person responding did it with good intentions and without malice. In addition, I personally think attaching the copyright note to your messages as you described would be a little unsettling and I would think twice about future correspondence for fear of being sued. Just my thoughts, Heide Patricia Tidmarsh wrote: > I sent a private message to a list member saying that I found the use of a > word inflamatory. The listmember sent the original post to the list and > apologized. I then sent a second warning that my personal mail was > copyrighted and my copyright had been violated. The listmember resonded > that since it was an official message from the List Admininstrator it was > not a copyright violation. > > I have now instituted a rule that no private email may be forwarded > without the express written permission of the copyright holder -- > > Any comments? > > Thanks for your attention > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi