X wrote:
>> 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 ...
It was only a reference to something I said privately,
not a quote verbatim, and even if so it probably would have
fallen under fair use. None of this, however, is to the point.
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