Pleading the 5th

[Jim Choate]

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Reese wrote:

> Napster has a problem because what they are holding was initially purchased
> by someone, who then violated the copyright notice by .mp3 encoding it and
> uploading/making it available.  They are a more lucrative target than the
> millions of somebodies, so they were targeted by the RIAA.
> 
> OTOH, I didn't pay you for your email I have on my hard drive, and I see
> no copyright notice on it.  I think I'll send it to a couple different
> places.

A copyright notice isn't required to copyright a work. It's automatic.
Moot point.

Napster has a problem because they're distributing work that belongs to
somebody else.

Consider this, do you own the music on a CD that you purchase? No.

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