Pleading the 5th

[Reese]

At 09:10 AM 4/7/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
 >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.

Can I play that CD where/when I want, or give it away?  Yes.  I just can't
give away copies of that CD.  Your email, otoh, is taking up space on my
hard drive, so if I send it out, then delete it,,,

Reese