MSN Instant Messenger Sharing Of Personal Conversations

I have noticed that individuals who have recorded personal IM conversations
with others share the personal conversation of IM with others publicly
irregardless of the other parties consent of such acts...My question is: is
this practice illegal and in violation of MSN Instant Messenger CoC or are
there any implications to copyright infringement?


thanks

Shenan
Tue Nov 08 20:57:00 CST 2005

LukeCorvus wrote:
> I have noticed that individuals who have recorded personal IM
> conversations with others share the personal conversation of IM with
> others publicly irregardless of the other parties consent of such
> acts...My question is: is this practice illegal and in violation of
> MSN Instant Messenger CoC or are there any implications to copyright
> infringement?

Is it illegal to share the contents of a letter mailed via the postal
service to someone else?
(Given you are the recepient of the mail?)

I would call it - at best - a gray area that is unlikely to be defined
either way - ever. After all - you are assuming your un-encrypted IM
messages were intercepted on the pathway to the intended recepient anyway.
heh

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

PA
Tue Nov 08 21:30:46 CST 2005

Consider /anything/ you send in IM or email the electronic equivalent of a
postcard. Assume the postcard will be posted on your bulletin board at
work/church/local grocery store, etc.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

LukeCorvus wrote:
> I have noticed that individuals who have recorded personal IM
> conversations with others share the personal conversation of IM with
> others publicly irregardless of the other parties consent of such
> acts...My question is: is this practice illegal and in violation of MSN
> Instant Messenger CoC or are there any implications to copyright
> infringement?
>
>
> thanks

LukeCorvus
Wed Nov 09 06:45:04 CST 2005

yes I understand that mail and/or any communications may in fact be
intercepted as such and found in the most clandestine of areas...however, am
I then to assume that Microsoft's CoC which includes the following (Microsoft
does not allow behavior or content related to illegal activities. You cannot
use MSN communication services to publish, post, distribute, or disseminate
defamatory, infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or discussion.
This includes, but is not limited to, child pornography, bestiality incest,
illegal drugs, software piracy, and harassment. ) is not enforced to any
degree?

thank you all so much for replying

Malke
Wed Nov 09 07:42:07 CST 2005

LukeCorvus wrote:

> yes I understand that mail and/or any communications may in fact be
> intercepted as such and found in the most clandestine of
> areas...however, am I then to assume that Microsoft's CoC which
> includes the following (Microsoft does not allow behavior or content
> related to illegal activities. You cannot use MSN communication
> services to publish, post, distribute, or disseminate defamatory,
> infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or discussion. This
> includes, but is not limited to, child pornography, bestiality incest,
> illegal drugs, software piracy, and harassment. ) is not enforced to
> any degree?
>
> thank you all so much for replying

Contact an attorney and ask them if this is really important to you. Or
contact MSN to ask them directly. The MSN attorneys will know the
answer to your question.

Contact MSN Support - http://support.msn.com/contactus.aspx
Phone: http://support.msn.com/accessnumbers.aspx

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

LukeCorvus
Wed Nov 09 07:54:05 CST 2005

thank you Malke for your response...I will indeed do such

"Malke" wrote:

> LukeCorvus wrote:
>
> > yes I understand that mail and/or any communications may in fact be
> > intercepted as such and found in the most clandestine of
> > areas...however, am I then to assume that Microsoft's CoC which
> > includes the following (Microsoft does not allow behavior or content
> > related to illegal activities. You cannot use MSN communication
> > services to publish, post, distribute, or disseminate defamatory,
> > infringing, obscene, or other unlawful material or discussion. This
> > includes, but is not limited to, child pornography, bestiality incest,
> > illegal drugs, software piracy, and harassment. ) is not enforced to
> > any degree?
> >
> > thank you all so much for replying
>
> Contact an attorney and ask them if this is really important to you. Or
> contact MSN to ask them directly. The MSN attorneys will know the
> answer to your question.
>
> Contact MSN Support - http://support.msn.com/contactus.aspx
> Phone: http://support.msn.com/accessnumbers.aspx
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

PA
Wed Nov 09 14:26:52 CST 2005

Please include all of previous message(s) in your replies to the newsgroup.

You can post further queries about this MSN Messenger-specific newsgroup:

microsoft.public.msn.messenger

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.msn.messenger

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.msn.messenger
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

LukeCorvus wrote:
> yes I understand that mail and/or any communications may in fact be
> intercepted as such and found in the most clandestine of areas...however,
> am I then to assume that Microsoft's CoC which includes the following
> (Microsoft does not allow behavior or content related to illegal
> activities. You cannot use MSN communication services to publish, post,
> distribute, or disseminate defamatory, infringing, obscene, or other
> unlawful material or discussion. This includes, but is not limited to,
> child pornography, bestiality incest, illegal drugs, software piracy, and
> harassment. ) is not enforced to any degree?
>
> thank you all so much for replying

Mark
Wed Nov 09 20:54:32 CST 2005

As with all personal communications; only one person need consent - and they
have no requirement to tell you.

That simple.

--
- Mark Randall
http://zetech.swehli.com

"Those people that think they know everything are a great annoyance to those
of us who do"
Isaac Asimov

"LukeCorvus" <LukeCorvus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6B8DA3B0-6C20-4D81-AD7A-6B29A2B8DDE2@microsoft.com...
>I have noticed that individuals who have recorded personal IM conversations
> with others share the personal conversation of IM with others publicly
> irregardless of the other parties consent of such acts...My question is:
> is
> this practice illegal and in violation of MSN Instant Messenger CoC or are
> there any implications to copyright infringement?
>
>
> thanks