419ers relying on copyright?

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

Amongst my spam, this morning, was rather an oddity:

Apparently from:
> Received: from live.com (host2.vscloud-cust.net [217.16.182.111])
> Reply-To: matthew_west37 () o2 co uk
> From: darahman147 () live com
> Subject: Claims Notice
> Date: 09 Nov 2013 02:12:00 -0800
> Message-ID: <20131109021200.BF33A3AA9DECA950 () live com>

The message had a whole bunch of hypened lines printed across the page, and then:

> ****  Commercial use of this software is prohibited  ****
> **** Please purchase a license to remove this notice ****

There was the usual:

> Congratulations,you have won two million pounds on the o2 mobile 
> ltd  promo lotto.Please Contact Dr.Matt West,email: 
> matthew_west37 () o2 co uk for payment.

and then another copyright notice.

Now, my first thought was that it was maybe an attempt to sound legal and 
official, but then I started to wonder if this was maybe an unlicensed copy of 
"iSpam," which "Advanced-Fee-Fraudsters-Backwards-R-Us" was trying to protet 
from use by "Joe's Basement Nigerian Spam Corporation" ...

======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
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My son was a one-man, unpaid band, drumming up excitement about,
and interest in, the space program in a way that made me both
proud and grateful.  For years my kids had rolled their eyes
whenever I launched into a sermon about the importance of public
service.  But Evan had outed himself: he was a Samaritan in
cynic's clothing.
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