Copyright does apply to e-mail. However, most genealogical postings that copy e-mail would likely NOT be infringement as they would be considered "fair use." According to "THE COPYRIGHT HANDBOOK" by Stephen Fishman, an attorney: ... - for example, it's undoubtedly a fair use to quote portions of an email message for a scholarly, journalistic or educational purpose. Please note that this applies to US copyright. Other nation's copyright laws will differ. Mike Goad http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/copyright/copyright.htm At 05:13 PM 3/6/01 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Crossposting a genealogical message related to >other genealogical mailing lists is not considered >as "a technical infringement of copyright", is it? >A separate issue, correct? I need to know because >I own some mailing lists. Your assistance would be >appreciated.

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