<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Cambria Math; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: Consolas; } @font-face { font-family: MS Sans Serif; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-style-type: personal-reply } .MsoChpDefault { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Scanned the whole thing to the web ???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Tat's surely copyright infringment !!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Well you're absolutely correct, and I agree totally . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Like the famous radio columnist, Paul Harvey often says,  . . .  "now you know the rest of the story'</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>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 . .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Jim</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=dporritt@mail.smu.edu href="mailto:dporritt@mail.smu.edu">Porritt, David</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> Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:34 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Pierce Piano Atlas</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868">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 <I>copyright!</I>  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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868">dp <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas">David M. Porritt, RPT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; COLOR: #215868; FONT-FAMILY: Consolas"><A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #215868"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jim<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:22 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Pierce Piano Atlas<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">Is there not a significant difference between telling someone something you read in a book . . . . </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">and trying to sell it and pass it off as your own . . .</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">The later would be the copyright issue . . </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">Jim Kinnear</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Sans Serif','serif'">Happily telling customers the age of their piano . . maybe I should make them buy the book ???</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 5pt 0in 5pt 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: black 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A title=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:31 AM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> Re: Pierce Piano Atlas<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>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!<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>If you cannot give me the year due to copyright, then we had better erase that information from our client database systems!<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>paul bruesch <paul@bruesch.net></I></B> wrote:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN-LEFT: 3.75pt; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 1.5pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">Mr Todd,<BR>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.<BR>Paul Bruesch<BR>Stillwater, MN<o:p></o:p></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Matthew Todd <<A href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">toddpianoworks@att.net</A>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>Can someone with an 11th edition, give me the year of a Boston s/n 133176?<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">Matthew<o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>