It depends on the country you are living in, but in general
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
"What Is Copyright
...
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United
States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of ?original works of
authorship,? including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and
certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both
published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act
generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and
to authorize others to do the following:
To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale
or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical,
dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and
other audiovisual works;
To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical,
dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic,
or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion
picture or other audiovisual work; and
In the case of sound recordings*, to perform the work publicly by
means of a digital audio transmission.
...
Who Can Claim Copyright?
Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created in fixed form."
summary: As your email written (the time the work is created in fixed
form) you have "owner" of the Copyright rights. |
