http://anthropos-lab.net/bio-nano/2009/02/e-mail-status/ ARC Collaboratory: Ramifying Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnology Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://anthropos-lab.net/bio-nano/2009/02/e-mail-status/comment-page-1/#comment-61030 ckelty Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:46:27 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bio-nano/?p=187#comment-61030 email is like any text, protected by copyright as soon as it is written. Less likely to apply than fair use, however, are doctrines like libel and defamation, depending on how you frame the email if you reprint it. If you have to ask the question, then posting it probably isn't a good idea without permission... :) email is like any text, protected by copyright as soon as it is written. Less likely to apply than fair use, however, are doctrines like libel and defamation, depending on how you frame the email if you reprint it. If you have to ask the question, then posting it probably isn’t a good idea without permission…

]]> http://anthropos-lab.net/bio-nano/2009/02/e-mail-status/comment-page-1/#comment-60941 Drew Endy Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:35:53 +0000 http://anthropos-lab.net/bio-nano/?p=187#comment-60941 I am not a lawyer. My sense is that email is protected by the author's copyright. I don't know how far fair use would apply to reposting or excerpting from private email (if at all). The best comic book on this topic to study is "Bound By Law" (see http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/). Or, talk to Jamie Boyle at Duke. I am not a lawyer. My sense is that email is protected by the author’s copyright. I don’t know how far fair use would apply to reposting or excerpting from private email (if at all). The best comic book on this topic to study is “Bound By Law” (see http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/). Or, talk to Jamie Boyle at Duke.

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