Copyright on e-mail belongs to the writer of the message, not the recipient. If there's any doubt in your mind about forwarding another person's e-mail, don't.
Granted, in our routinebusiness e-maik it's standard practice to forward e-mail to someone else who can or should handle a situation (or know about it). But standard practice is not legal practice.
Ask yourself these filter questions about e-rnails you plan to forward: 1) Will the author be upset that I forwarded the message? 2) Does this information contain a copyright note? It's not necessary for the author to place a copyright note on a document for it to have legal protection. But you can be sure that when there's a formal copyright note, the author is dead serions abont copyright infringement.
If there's a question about forwardingsomeone's e-mail, reconsider before you risk ire and the law.
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