<html> <body> At 07:40 AM 5/31/2008, pianotech-request@ptg.org wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""> 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 ???</blockquote> 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 </body> </html>