Pierce Piano Atlas

[Jim]

Scanned the whole thing to the web ???
Tat's surely copyright infringment !!

Well you're absolutely correct, and I agree totally . .

Like the famous radio columnist, Paul Harvey often says,  . . .  "now you 
know the rest of the story'

Thanks for clarifying the issue . .  I hate it when I only have part of the 
story, and hate it even more when I make fool of myself . . hey I'm used to 
it . .
cheers
Jim
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Porritt, David
  To: Pianotech List
  Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:34 AM
  Subject: RE: Pierce Piano Atlas


  You can indeed tell someone what you read in a book.  That is the only 
purpose of the book.  You just can't copy it - that right belongs to the 
holder of the copyright!  You can't republish it in any way, though you can 
cite small excerpts with attribution.  The flap over copyright came up 
because someone scanned the whole book and published it to the list.  That's 
a clear violation of the copyright laws.



  dp





  David M. Porritt, RPT

  dporritt at smu.edu



  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On 
Behalf Of Jim
  Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:22 AM
  To: Pianotech List
  Subject: Re: Pierce Piano Atlas



  Is there not a significant difference between telling someone something 
you read in a book . . . .

  and trying to sell it and pass it off as your own . . .



  The later would be the copyright issue . .



  Jim Kinnear

  Happily telling customers the age of their piano . . maybe I should make 
them buy the book ???

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Matthew Todd

    To: Pianotech List

    Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:31 AM

    Subject: Re: Pierce Piano Atlas



    I guess I missed that!  But I did search the archives to find the very 
threatening letter by Mr. Ashley.  And that's all it was.  It's been more 
than 12 days and I am still finding Atlas information in the archives, from 
1999!  You guys better comply!



    If you can't post the year on the list, then you may e-mail me 
privately.  Giving me the year is no different than letting your customers 
know the age of their piano.  You are not infringing on the copyright by 
giving the year.  But I did see in the archives where some people here were 
giving actual information compiled and written in the Atlas.



    If you cannot give me the year due to copyright, then we had better 
erase that information from our client database systems!



    Matthew

    paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net> wrote:

      Mr Todd,
      I guess you missed the legal copyright notification posted here by 
none other than the Pierce publisher that we ain't s'pose ta' be postin' 
copyrighted info like that here on the list. Check the archives. It was a 
coupla months back. It was big. Very annoying. Let's not start that again.
      Paul Bruesch
      Stillwater, MN

      On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Matthew Todd 
<toddpianoworks at att.net> wrote:

      Can someone with an 11th edition, give me the year of a Boston s/n 
133176?



      Thank you.

      Matthew




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