Re: [Harp-L] The Ashby Method for Overbending

["Harmonicology [Neil Ashby]" <harmonicology@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

An original teaching method can be Copyrighted (although Patent protection would be stronger if the issue would be revenue) and the "Ashby Method for Overbending" is an original teaching method; the Copyright serves notice on potential plagiarists as discussed below.

It is indeed Copyright infringement to just re-word and attempt to re-publish; you would be quickly sued would you just re-word any full article in "The New York Times" and published that as your though it would be your personal work-product. You would also be liable under the laws of defamation for defaming of the original author via misrepresenting yourself as though you would have been the developer of this Method instead of crediting Neil Ashby II.

Another way to consider this issue is that you can write anything you want pertaining to the Theory of Relativity BUT do not attempt to claim credit for the Theory itself. Would somebody write anything pertaining to the "Ashby Method for Overbending" without including proper credit then they would be plagiarizing and be liable for damages relating to defamation.

I received this (among) other comments today: "Brilliant! I completely agree that the method you've described works".

I would figure the Michael might be using more than the _minimum_ amount of air-pressure _or_ his (perhaps) customized gaps are set wrong for this Method.

/Neil (" https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004575466934 ")

On â11â/â2â/â2014 at 4:03 PM, "Michael Rubin" <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I also am
>confused as to whether a teaching method can be copyrighted.  I do 
>have a
>copyright on my book, but I think that's just so no one can 
>reprint the
>book and sell it under their own authoriship.  The concepts are
>everybody's, it's is my language I am copyrighting. Or can you 
>copyright a
>technique?
>Michael Rubin
>michaelrubinharmonica.com