[pianotech] Steinway parts list

[David Boyce]

Been meaning to say, Del, entirely agree.

Best regards,

David Boyce.

> I see your point as it pertains to telephone lists---a poor example on 
> my part. However, I would suggest that Steinway's parts and price list 
> goes well beyond a collection of publically available facts that 
> Steinway is required to compile under law and therefore should be free 
> for the taking. Or, as has been happening on Pianotech, copied and 
> publically distributed at will.
>
> The same Wikipedia article also says:
>
> "Since facts are purely copied from the world around us, O'Connor 
> concludes, "the /sine qua non 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_qua_non>/ of copyright is 
> originality". However, the standard for creativity 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality> is extremely 
> low. It need not be novel, rather it only needs to possess a "spark" 
> or "minimal degree" of creativity to be protected by copyright."
>
> Knowing a little something about how price lists are created I can 
> assure you that any company's parts and price list is considerably 
> more than a collection of publicly available facts that can be "purely 
> copied from the world around us." The quantity and cost of raw 
> materials has to be estimated and analyzed; the amount and cost of 
> factory labor has to be determined; indirect costs such as warehousing 
> and transportation around the factory floor have to be estimated; some 
> amount of factory burden has to be estimated and added to other costs; 
> the cost of pulling the part from assembly, assigning it to tech 
> services and estimating tech services costs have to be estimated; and 
> the list goes on. Few, if any, of these times and costs are publically 
> available facts, nor are they absolutes; they take analysis, thought 
> and, yes, a certain amount of creativity to create.
>
> ddf
>

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