May I quote you on that?

[Alan R. Barnard]

They printed one of my list answers one time (I was actually kind of flattered) and put RPT after my name, which was, uh, not correct. No one contacted me.
On the other hand, I wonder if one actually has any right to his/her material posted on the list ... someone who cares more than I do could read the fine point of the pianotech signup page, but I'm guessing PTG "owns" what's on there, as list sponsor.
As our chapter newsletter guy, I published something from the list awhile back and had not asked permission, first. I sent a curtesy copy to the post-writer and ended up having to retract it and apologize because I had read the whole thing wrong from the beginning and ended up misrepresenting this person's point of view. So, yeah, I think asking is a great idea even if it isn't a "legal" issue.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO
Joshua 24:15






Original message
From: "Tom Sivak" 
To: pianotech 
Received: 07/31/2006 11:41:04 AM
Subject: May I quote you on that?


List
 
I was dismayed to find that I was quoted in the latest PTG Journal.  
 
It seems as though anything we may write on the Pianotech List can be usurped and published without our permission.  At least, no one asked my permission for the quote and my name published in the Q & A Roundtable in the August 2006 PTG Journal.  

I remember some years back, getting an email from Paul Revenko-Jones, asking if he might use one of my posts on Pianotech in his Q &A column.  I agreed, of course.  And I would agree, should someone ask me if they might publish my words again.
 
It seems more than just common courtesy to ask permission to publish someone's material.  It seems like the legal way to do something like that.  
 
I'm not embarrassed by what was written.  Go ahead and read it.  It's just a bit shocking to find your words taken and used for a different purpose.  Words I wrote in response to a fellow tech's inquiries are now part of a published magazine with a subscription price of $70/ year.  Doesn't seem right.  Not without my having the option to say, "No".
 
The truth is that I would have agreed to have the material included in the article if I had been asked.  I simply take issue with the fact that I wasn't asked at all.
 
I just thought you all would want to know that whatever you might write here, Mr. Granholm may see fit to publish, and not see fit to ask your permission beforehand.
 
Tom Sivak
Chicago
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