Glenn--I must correct myself. The offending word was "quoted" as was my message, so it is probably not a violation of copyright. Your comment is interesting. Thanks for your thoughts on the matter. On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Glenn Randers-Pehrson wrote: > At 02:47 PM 12/7/99 -0500, you 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? > > I think you were on firm legal ground and your list member (or more likely, > former list member) was not. > > However... it also seems to me to be a pointless escalation of the problem, > probably more on your part than the list member's. > > Glenn > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >