Tom, Who is "Mr. Granholm"? Jeannie used to ALWAYS ask permission. Maybe he should take some lessons from her! Avery At 06:41 PM 7/31/2006, you wrote: >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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060731/c06e05c5/attachment.html
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