Ah, a John M. Ford fan. "The Final Reflection" - one of the best non-canon ST novels out there.
I don't think it's an issue of prior restraint. It's an issue of no restraint whatsoever. However, taglines and disclaimers do at least provide a modicum of protection to the sender, if worded correctly, so that a message cannot be used as a legally binding agreement (and believe me, it's been tried) which can come back to bite the sender in the bee-hind. Frankly, I think that folks should try to have a bit of fun with those darn things, viz: "The information contained in this e-mail message may be proprietary and/or confidential. Then again, it may not. It is for intended addressee(s) only, but can be read by anybody at the CIA, MI6, Mossad, the Tal'Shiar or the Obsidian Order. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution, bending, folding, spindling, mutilating, sautéing, roasting, deep-frying, or other Preparation (H) of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense, cause economies to fail, empires to fall, large cracks to appear in the Earth's surface and the end of all existence across the entire multiverse. Void where prohibited. Your mileage may vary. Auntie Em! Auntie Em! It's a Twister, It's a TWISTER!" -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 23:07 To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Disclaimers Does anybody realise that you cannot issue prior restraint? You cannot legally enforce the fact that you cannot disseminate an e-mail that was sent to you, stating you can't send it from here! If an email was sent to you, unsolicited, you can do whatever you want with it. Sending to a list server is unsolicited. I know this is the law in Canada; I'm pretty sure it's the same in the US. As the Klingons say: "if you don't want it heard, you shall not say it". I'm not sure, but I think this is a little bit on topic. If I'm wrong, then what's the purpose of contributingg? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
