Re: Email Disclaimers...Legally Liable if breached?

[Ray P <sixsigma98 () hotmail com>]

There is a good reason. There are two types of copyrights in the US: implicit and registered. For a long time now, a 
work receives an implicit copyright at the instant it is created. If someone violates an implicit copyright, the 
owner's only legal recourse is to go to court and get an order to stop the infringing use. Zero dollar damages.

If the work is registered by filing a copy with government on the appropriate form (TX?) and a fee, then the legal 
recourse includes the ability to get money in damages.

The copyright fee used to be $20 per. Imagine if you couldn't send an email until the contents had been filed, fee paid 
and a registration document received. Not only would email get really expensive, it wouldn't be very timely. :-)

Ray

Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:44:08 -0700
From: gimmespam () gmail com
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Email Disclaimers...Legally Liable if    breached?

On 10/10/07, Ray P <sixsigma98 () hotmail com> wrote:

Would the _intended_ recipient have a case against the sender for contractual failure to protect confidential 
information (or whatever) if the _un_intended recipient posts it somewhere or otherwise discloses its contents?

 
I'm surprised we don't see more disclaimers with a copyright statement in them. I would think that using copyright law 
as an argument against unauthorized distribution of an email would stand a better chance in court than a non-binding 
disclaimer at the bottom of the message.

 

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