Jim Balter wrote:
> > However, you can hardly expect both to be rude to someone in a
> > private communication and to have them show you the courtesy of
> > protecting the privacy of your communication.
>> Yes, I most certainly can expect that, from people with any regard
> for the rule against making private communications public.
> Of course some morally corrupt persons find all sorts of
> justifications for their corruption, such as "oh, that rule doesn't
> apply if the person was rude".
Well I don't know about a "rule", but legally speaking you probably have
copyright over your private communication (I know I do, because I live
in the UK, where copyright exists in an original work from the moment of
creation). Publishing it in a public forum is a breach, and you have
legal recourse. Whatever the excuse ...
d.
