Can you imagine if the Journal...

[Don Rose]

Hi John,

Not so easy to copy if it were on CDROM(s)

At 10:13 AM 11/16/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 12:16 PM 11/15/96 -0600 (on Pianotech), Don Rose wrote:
>
>>Too bad we can't get the journal on line or on disk!
>
>I'm glad it isn't available either way (with some qualification). Having it
>on-line would be OK if its use were limited to PTG members only (since we've
>already paid for a subscription), but I woudn't want to see it be available
>for open access. Non-members can subscribe to the hard copy if they want it.
>
>As for being on disk, it opens up another can of worms. Disks are very easy
>to copy, and conceivably there could be hundreds of copies made of a Journal
>for redistribution. Not that it WOULD happen, but if you pass a hard-copy of
>a journal to a friend you're going to make sure you get it back, but disks
>cost only a few cents each.
>
>On the other hand, a hypertext-linked CD-ROM of back issues (perhaps with
>yearly updates) and PTG publications would be HIGHLY welcomed!
>
>One suggestion I've made in the past is to appoach Microsoft to create a
>"Multimedia Piano" CD-ROM with movies and sound detailing everything about
>the piano from harvesting the wood and wool to acoustical physics (like a
>multimedia version of "Five Lectures") and construction with limited access
>to Journal articles with a "Professional Version" with full access to
>everything. The royalties on PTG-approved (and Microsoft marketed)
>Multimedia Piano could mean an additional source of income for the Guild as
>well.
>
>Any comments?
>
>			John
>
>John Musselwhite, RPT
>Calgary, Alberta Canada
>musselj@cadvision.com
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
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