Another Gmail Thing!

That article gives the whole story about these 100MB email accounts. I think the author is correct about the emails turning into database records after a certain time. The RIAA must be licking it's legal chops right now waiting for the MP3 abuse and they will being in suing heaven.
 
Wouldn't the same be true of Hotmail or Yahoo or any service then? Why is Google so different?

After 180 days in the U.S., email messages lose their status as a protected communication under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and become just another database record. This means that a subpoena instead of a warrant is all that's needed to force Google to produce a copy. Other countries may even lack this basic protection, and Google's databases are distributed all over the world. Since the Patriot Act was passed, it's unclear whether this ECPA protection is worth much anymore in the U.S., or whether it even applies to email that originates from non-citizens in other countries.
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