[Dragaera] Off-Topic Discussion: Occupy Wall Street

[Joshua Kronengold]

On 12/15/2011 02:19 PM, phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu wrote:
> Everything I can find online points to you being totally wrong here.

Look further.

For instance:

http://misssnark.blogspot.com/2005/12/more-on-letters-and-copyright.html

And the discussion here:

http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/02/copyright-in-letters.html

The copyright of letters is a complex and murky topic -- and a lot 
depends on context.

Moreover, I would argue that quoting sufficient from a letter (as is a 
common practice in any case) to the public in order to make a 
comprehensible reply is fair use -- even if this involves/requires 
quoting the entire letter.