Im not sure re ethics and emailing stories... read this and see if you can tease out what I am trying to say
it would get very complicated in this day and age, where the author was known by a psuedonym in the first place, and only contactable by email (which may or may not still be in operation???) in the 2nd...
it is my general impression though (through my own opinion only) that since the author published in an electronic medium based around fanfiction, the author would have never gained any royalties etc. from when s/he posted it way back when ... hence the FANFIC genre is a special case
I do agree, however, that without explicit permission from the author, it should not be published on the archinve, nor should it be published here on the MBs, as it would possibly lead to complications....
Like you said...If I get a free book, therre is nothing stopping me from lending it to some-one, only there are laws against me claiming it was my own work in the first place,... so if you have saved a hard copy that was previously published and distributed free of charge via email...
this is different from republishing it (even under the original authorship that you claim to now know was "AY") in a medium/forum that the author has not expressed permission
do you understand the difference....
and while there is still the potential for the author to find their work published on our sites (since we have no way of knowing whether or not they are dead) and hence the 75yr copywrite law would be applicable for publishing it on the web, but not for sharing via private correspondence something already published...
Better yet... look at all the blogs on the internet re: any opinion someone has on anything...
sending a link to a specific blog via email to a friend, or posting a link on yourown blog to one that you found interesting/informative....is different from printing on your blog that:
" I saw this one on a website, i don't know... written by Ann Onymouse Pseudonym, but I cant contact them to verify it or ask permission, so I am quoting..."
