At 07:40 AM 5/31/2008, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: >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 ??? OK, people, once again: Telling somebody a piece of copyrighted information is "fair use" and allowed. Posting copyrighted information on a public e-mail list constitutes "publication" - whether for profit or not, it's irrelevant. (You can't publish it i n your church newsletter either.) Publication of copyrighted information is a violation of the copyright. Now let's bury this once and for all. Israel Stein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080531/d1e69e3c/attachment-0001.html
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