Re: Permission to use feedback on products

by Doug Isenberg <disenberg(at)GigaLaw.com>

Date:	Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:40:59 -0400
To:	hgquinn(at)attglobal.net, "hwg-business(at)hwg.org" <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	attglobal
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>In other words, who owns the
>letter and its contents -- the person who wrote it, or
>the person or company to whom it was sent?

         Under U.S. copyright law, the writer of a letter typically owns 
the rights to the contents of the letter.  Therefore, another person who 
reproduces the letter (such as by posting it on a web site) may be 
committing copyright infringement.  Of course, if the letter writer 
consents to have his or her letter reproduced, then there's no infringement 
(assuming the letter writer did not infringe anyone else's rights when he 
wrote the letter).


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