> All mail received is normally copyrighted by someone else and belongs to the s... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		cerberusss on May 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I've spent the last two years building a new email... > All mail received is normally copyrighted by someone else and belongs to the sender or/and his/her company Source please? Shouldn't there be a creative aspect about it? Which is probably not the case for lots of emails.

theyinwhy on May 11, 2018 [–]

Correct, that's why I wrote this at the end if the paragraph:

>[...] if it bears any artistic value.

Source: As this depends on the country you live in you would have to look up your country's copyright law and see if it's true for your country.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact