Newsgroups: alt.fan.wodehouse
From: hoey@sun13.aic.nrl.navy.mil (Dan Hoey)
Date: 1997/03/04
Subject: Re: Plum's kindness to a young fan

bhurk...@pilot.msu.edu (Augustus Fink-Nottle) writes:

> .... To put it simply, would you care to post the contents of the
> letters that Plum wrote you? Most of us, I am sure, would appreciate
> it greatly.

And I am sure the Wodehouse Estate would appreciate it greatly if you
do not violate their copyright by posting those letters without their
explicit permission.

When you are sent a letter, you own the letter itself, but this does
_not_ grant permission to publish the contents.  Copyright remains
with the writer (or his heirs, in this case).

I do not wish to reopen the eternal network copyright debate on
alt.fan.wodehouse, which is better served by discussing PGW's works.
Any questions you might have about copyright law may be answered in a
copyright FAQ (http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html)
or should be posed in the "misc.int-property" newsgroup.  Though if
you decide that the law is not applicable for some reason, you may be
better served by consulting a real attorney instead of relying on the
net, since a real attorney can defend you if you are sued for real
money.

Dan Hoey
Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil