Re: Brian Bell on harassing email

[tph@fmicos.uucp (Tom "Tom" Harrington)]

Scott Weiser (Scott.Weiser@worldnet.att.net) wrote:

: So, each time that Mr. James publically "copies" and "publishes" a private 
: e-mail correspondence, he violates U.S. copyright law, and the authors of 
: those messages are the victims of tortious conduct and can sue him.

: All of which is interesting, but since the courts would likely not find 
: against a mentally deranged person, it's probably a waste of time to sue.

It's probably a waste of time anyway.  If someone violates your
copyright, you can sue for financial damages.  Except in very rare 
cases, you'd have a hard time proving any sort of financial loss 
as a result of posting private email.

Then there's the forgery question.  It's easy to forge a Usenet
article in someone else's name; so even if you sued, it'd be
possible for the defendant to claim that the posting was a forgery,
from someone else.

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