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Funniest emails - 10/24/2005 7:13:22 PM

Aileen68

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Just out of curiosity what are some of the funniest, most unusual, most bizarre emails you've received on this site?

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/24/2005 9:39:14 PM

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Please don't post private emails in the forums.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/24/2005 10:56:02 PM

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Just out of curiosity what are some of the funniest, most unusual, most bizarre emails you've received on this site?

Well.... It wasn't long ago that I received a message from a lady who said '' I don't know much about politics but I love to drink wine'' It was funny the way it hit me that day.

A message that I would classify as bizarre, asked me if I knew anything about people being kidnapped in the Columbia Gorge --- Didn't know what to think about it, so I wrote back and asked for a clarification. She wrote back and said since she thought I was a ''Park Ranger'', I might have the inside scoop. LOL!

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/25/2005 2:41:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: Aileen68

Just out of curiosity what are some of the funniest, most unusual, most bizarre emails you've received on this site?

most bizarre : The first message was from a60+ yo man searching a female slave ro live with him, in another country (a very long C&P). Given that he probably sends the same message hundreds of times every day, it's surprising that he sent a second message one minute later to say "never mind" (or something like that).

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/25/2005 5:38:56 PM

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Please don't post private emails in the forums.

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This isn't a challenge or anything, this is an honest question.

If an e-mail is posted w/out names associated with it, why is that bad or against the rules? If a message is posted w/out names, the only one that knows who sent it aside from the poster is the one who sent it.

One who posts e-mail isn't violating anyone's privacy but their own--they were the one who recieved the message, it was corespondance dirrected at them. Assuming no personal details are revealed, the person who sent it never has to claim it and has no link to the message.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/25/2005 6:23:21 PM

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Email is a copyrighted creation and the recipient doesn't have the authority to post it here without the sender's permission.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/25/2005 6:39:48 PM

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Email is a copyrighted creation and the recipient doesn't have the authority to post it here without the sender's permission.

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I am curious about this so I looked into it.

Turns out this is sorta true and sorta not true.

E-mail -is- the copywrited property of the writer. HOWEVER there is no legal standing for this unless that e-mail has been registered with the copywrite office.

Additonally, the fair use provision of copywrite law allows for limited quotation of any copywrited work, and e-mail definatly falls under this. Republishing portions of e-mail, or breif e-mail in its entirety to a message board or another list falls under fair use, especially if the publication is not in an arena designed to generate profit.

Basically, under fair use, as long as you aren't republishiing someone's disertation, and as long as you do not interfear with the author's ability to profit either off that work or future works, limited republication is totally legal.

Perhaps not polite, but legal.

My info came from here--

http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm

http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/05-01/field.html

Net sources arent' teh best, I know, but I'm home for the evening

(again, this is NOT me trying to be a jerk, this is something I've wondered aobut for a while and it's good to have accurate info.)

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/25/2005 8:39:59 PM

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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic

I am curious about this so I looked into it.

Turns out this is sorta true and sorta not true.

It's only 'sorta not true' in so much as there is no case law (that I'm aware of) that takes a stand either way.

For something to be eligible for copyright, it must met these three criteria:

• Creation must be fixed to a tangible medium
• Originality
• Minimal creativity

Email arguably meets all these criteria.

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E-mail -is- the copywrited property of the writer. HOWEVER there is no legal standing for this unless that e-mail has been registered with the copywrite office.

This is incorrect. Work is copyrighted upon creation. While there are benefits to registration it is not a requirement for copyright.

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Additonally, the fair use provision of copywrite law allows for limited quotation of any copywrited work, and e-mail definatly falls under this. Republishing portions of e-mail, or breif e-mail in its entirety to a message board or another list falls under fair use, especially if the publication is not in an arena designed to generate profit.

Basically, under fair use, as long as you aren't republishiing someone's disertation, and as long as you do not interfear with the author's ability to profit either off that work or future works, limited republication is totally legal.

Yes, fair use allows for limited excerpting of the original work.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/25/2005 10:40:46 PM

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ORIGINAL: ModeratorEleven

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Turns out this is sorta true and sorta not true.

It's only 'sorta not true' in so much as there is no case law (that I'm aware of) that takes a stand either way.

Seems that way. For the purposes here, though, it's unlikely that case law would really go one way or the other. Someone generally is quoting excerpts, or e-mails so brief as to be unable to be excerpted. From what I can tell, it still falls under fair use.

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E-mail -is- the copywrited property of the writer. HOWEVER there is no legal standing for this unless that e-mail has been registered with the copywrite office.

This is incorrect. Work is copyrighted upon creation. While there are benefits to registration it is not a requirement for copyright.

No, it's accurate, but I stated what I was trying to say poorly.

There is no legal standing for the copywrite in the sense that a suit for copywrite violation cannot be brought if the copywrite isn't registered.

I got that from this--
"Copyright law gives people the right to exclude others from copying what they have written. Copyright arises automatically as soon as a protectable work has been fixed in a tangible medium such as a floppy disk or hard drive. Thus, a poem or letter, once saved to disk, is as much protected as if it were put on paper.

Registration is required only if a U.S. copyright owner wants to bring suit. Copyright notice is unnecessary. Yet, as explained below, promptly registering a work provides important advantages, as does providing notice such as "Copyright 1999 Journal of Electronic Publishing."
( From "Copywrite in E-mail" By T G. Feild Journal of Electronic Publishing and reproduced at http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/05-01/field.html)

So, it's copywrited, but one cannot bring a legal suit against someone for violating copywrite unless that copywrite has been registered.

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Yes, fair use allows for limited excerpting of the original work.

*nod* Fair use seems to be encouraged and allowed to provide for criticism of an individuals thought--quote the original thought to shoot it down. Seems like the posting of someone's e-mail definatly falls into that one.

Honestly, this is all academic, all this tends to apply to more...serious...communication than we're likely to see posted here.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/26/2005 1:07:27 AM

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It's certainly interesting information and my sponge of a mind is filing it away for possible need-to-know in the future. Never would have suspected that email was copyrighted. Ehh, I'm just insatiably curious and love learning new things, which this certainly is.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/26/2005 10:33:25 AM

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It's certainly interesting information and my sponge of a mind is filing it away for possible need-to-know in the future. Never would have suspected that email was copyrighted. Ehh, I'm just insatiably curious and love learning new things, which this certainly is.

Me too, honestly. My librarian gene got tripped and I was incredibly curious. I feel much smarter now and can back up my ability to quote any e-mail when someone e-jumps me with the "OMG that's MY e-mail it's COPYWRITED" :) Which I've gotten a few times.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/27/2005 5:12:20 AM

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Well I expected things more lighthearted along the lines of the one who wants to make me a cheescake if only I would send him my address. Or the ones I've been getting lately asking if I would like to breed. I find I learn things in posts that I least expect it. Thanks for all the info.

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RE: Funniest emails - 10/27/2005 12:27:11 PM

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Not too funny, but I did get one yesterday asking me if I had a Dom. I replied back that he obviously hadn't bothered to read my profile. *rollseyes*

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