<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I would like to make two comments on this subject. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>First, I don't know a good technician who doesn't own a copy the PPA. So most of us have already paid for this information. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Secondly, this information is readily available on the web at no charge.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do believe it is unethical to infringe on someone's copyright material, but in this case most of us already have this information and if we don't we sure know where to find if.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">Leslie Bartlett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, 2008 5:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: unethical and illegal behavior on the part of some</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=019495322-28022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=019495322-28022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=019495322-28022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Oh my gosh, if technicians are unethical enough to actually quote the PPA, what has the world come to?  But, then, most of the people who buy the Atlas are likely piano technicians, so it is unlikely the book would survive much without us.  I wonder if they would consider it infringement if we allowed customers to read from it.............  I've paid for my copies for 10 years or more. What rights DO I have?   And isn't most of this stuff now available other places on the internet?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=019495322-28022008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>les bartlett</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>