May I quote you on that?

[Avery]

Tom,

Who is "Mr. Granholm"? Jeannie used to ALWAYS ask permission. Maybe 
he should take some lessons from her!

Avery

At 06:41 PM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
>List
>
>I was dismayed to find that I was quoted in the latest PTG Journal.
>
>It seems as though anything we may write on the Pianotech List can 
>be usurped and published without our permission.  At least, no one 
>asked my permission for the quote and my name published in the Q & A 
>Roundtable in the August 2006 PTG Journal.
>
>I remember some years back, getting an email from Paul 
>Revenko-Jones, asking if he might use one of my posts on Pianotech 
>in his Q &A column.  I agreed, of course.  And I would agree, should 
>someone ask me if they might publish my words again.
>
>It seems more than just common courtesy to ask permission to publish 
>someone's material.  It seems like the legal way to do something like that.
>
>I'm not embarrassed by what was written.  Go ahead and read 
>it.  It's just a bit shocking to find your words taken and used for 
>a different purpose.  Words I wrote in response to a fellow tech's 
>inquiries are now part of a published magazine with a subscription 
>price of $70/ year.  Doesn't seem right.  Not without my having the 
>option to say, "No".
>
>The truth is that I would have agreed to have the material included 
>in the article if I had been asked.  I simply take issue with the 
>fact that I wasn't asked at all.
>
>I just thought you all would want to know that whatever you might 
>write here, Mr. Granholm may see fit to publish, and not see fit to 
>ask your permission beforehand.
>
>Tom Sivak
>Chicago
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