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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Lifted material...
From: "Andy Thompson" <andy.thompson@...>
Date: 2006-11-15
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From: "Ken Leonard" <ken@...>
To: "Mellotronists" <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:44 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Lifted material...
> Hit "Delete" if you don't want to hear me grit my teeth (mostly
> because I am in an incredibly foul mood today (most days, actually))...
>
> There is a large section on this page:
>
> http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27492&PN=57
>
> ...about our little tape-replaying friends (scroll down a little to
> see it). The person who posted it lifted material from various
> places. I think I see stuff from Andy, maybe Frank's book, and maybe
> even Jerry K. (Pinder site).
That's a bit cheeky, isn't it? Especially with all that 'Nice work, Erik!'
stuff... Yeah, must've been difficult doing all that cut'n'pasting.
> The author of the post is asking for permission from me after the fact.
>
> In case he lifted something from you but has not contacted you or
> doesn't have a suitable attribution, I have his e-mail address and
> will send him your contact information if you would like me to.
Please. Although he does mention our various websites at the end of the
article.
> This is about as bad as my arm being sold on EBay last month...
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270043036969
> ...see the 2nd picture. Fortunately nobody bid on it. Man, what an
> insult.
You'd have been stuffed if someone had won it.
Andy T.