David,<div>As a member of the PTG you have the option of contacting the Members' Rights Committee (go to the Members section of <a href="http://www.ptg.org">www.ptg.org</a>, and click the Committees link) to consult on this matter.</div>
<div>You might also wish to correspond with Clint Sears at the PTG Home Office, as he ought be able to advise you regarding what "terms of service" may apply in this case. If Clint doesn't know off the top of his head, he can consult with our Executive Director for further direction.</div>
<div>Yours truly,</div><div>Patrick Draine RPT, NERVP<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 11:50 AM, David Boyce <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com" target="_blank">David@piano.plus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Arial">With my customer's permission, I sent to this
list two photograps he took of his piano, to facilitate technical
discussion about it and the room it was in.<br>
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A member of the PTG, an RPT, has saved a copy of one of those
images and used it on his home page without reference to me. I
would have been pleased to check beforehand with my customer about
use of the photo, and perhaps to put the RPT in touch with my
customer.<br>
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As it is, I cannot get the RPT to acknowledge the law on
intellectual property theft, despite having emailed him a link to
<a href="http://webnet77.com/webstuff/copyright.html" target="_blank">http://webnet77.com/webstuff/copyright.html</a> which explains the
law.<br>
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Instead, the RPT calls me an ass and tells me to buzz off, tells
me that the law does not apply to him in this case, accuses me of
refusing to put him in touch with my client the owner of the image
(I have not refused), and says he took the image and used it
because he liked it. He says now that I am becoming an
insufferable ass.<br>
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I like my neighbour's car much better than mine so.....<br>
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I feel as if my client entrusted me with appropriate use of the
two images of his piano. He gave me permission to use it in
connection with this list, but nothing else. I feel that there is
potential to make me look bad with my client, who did not, surely,
reckon on part of his holiday home living room being shown on the
home page of a technician in the USA.<br>
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Can anyone clarify the stance of the PTG's code of ethics on this
matter?<br>
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I have to say that I am really puzzled by this event. This is the
first time I have come across such a thing on this list. I have
two photos on my own website which were posted to this list, but I
gobtained permission before using them. Until now there has
always been appropriate respect here for other people's
intellectual property.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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David Boyce.<br>
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