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hi all kathrynne and i wrote, in part: >> there is no privacy in cyberspace and >> no 'laws' governing behaviour > > In the United States, the 1978 Copyright Law... > Canadian copyright laws ... that is precisely my point 'we' are not in the usa or in canada here no one nation's laws apply to cyberspace it is a new frontier all the old rules are under scrutiny in any case the general premise behind copyright is protection against loss caused by 'stealing' another's property for gain if someone photocopies a page from your book [with attribution] and distributes them at no charge to their non-profit pd support group there is no loss to you, no gain by the support group and no theft of copyright; in fact, it could be construed as free advertising for your book based on the above, PubMed and NandoNet both assured me a couple of years ago that posting credited articles of theirs to you lot was not a problem the same principle would probably apply to e-mail in re martha rohrer's message to me there is no inherent value in it she could not sell it i forwarded to a non-profit group at no charge so once more, there is no loss, and there is no gain however, since she sent it to me uninvited and unsolicited and i found the wording offensive as well as false, i believe that arguments could be made for spam or misuse of communications or libel or invasion of privacy but like i said this is a whole new world and a whole lot of existing national regulations are inapplicable, unenforceable and probably irrelevant janet janet paterson 52 now: 41 dx: 37 onset e-mail: [log in to unmask] a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/>