InterNACHI releases Thermography Addendum to Inspection Contract. Free.

[Michael Larson]

Must everything be run by the lawyers these days?

Let's wait for Nick to respond before passing judgment fellas.

All we have now is an accusation and no knowledge of any communication between Kevin and Nick.

[David P. Valley]

Nick and Kevin,

I appreciate sharing this agreement.

I'll be using it for all my IR clients.

[Nick Gromicko]

We have everyone and his uncle tweaking it. By Tuesday it should be close to bullet proof.

Kevin, see post#1, it only appears public to you because you are logged in as a member.

Only after it is all done will we remove the member-only password protection from the doc.

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Originally Posted by gromicko

We have everyone and his uncle tweaking it. By Tuesday it should be close to bullet proof.

Kevin, see post#1, it only appears public to you because you are logged in as a member.

Only after it is all done will we remove the member-only password protection from the doc.

So, that makes it ok to copy it?

Simply amazing

I can sleep at night nowing my side of the street is clean. You should abide by the very same Code of Ethics just like every other member.

It's obvious to me that you feel you're above and beyond that, and that speaks volumes about your character.

I'm done with it all.....I will not be posting on this subject further.

Kevin

[Nick Gromicko]

We have 2 attorneys, 2 IR trainers, 1 IR camera company exec, the folks on this message board, and myself all working on it and tweaking it and 2 other similar addendums and YES... if we find anything good in anyone else's addendum we're going to canabalize it and incorporate it into InterNACHI's for the benefit of the members. No shame in that.

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Originally Posted by gromicko

We have 2 attorneys, 2 IR trainers, 1 IR camera company exec, the folks on this message board, and myself all working on it and tweaking it and 2 other similar addendums and YES... if we find anything good in anyone else's addendum we're going to canabalize it and incorporate it into InterNACHI's for the benefit of the members. No shame in that.

Shamless indeed!! It's also against the law and considered unethical. You may consider yourself "beyond reproach" when it comes to etical standards, but you are NOT above the law.

You have infringed on my intelectual property. The damage has already been done, regardless of whether you remove the text or not.

Copyright infringement (or copyright violation) is the unauthorized use of material which is covered by copyright law, in a manner that violates one of the original copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.

Again, I will ask that you immediately remove from the "Thermography Addendum to Inspection Contract" all text that is copy written by Kevin A. Richardson, of Richardson Home Inspectons, LLC and Kevin O'Hornett of Prospex, Inc.


Regards,

Kevin A. Richardson
Owner
Richardson Home Inspections, LLC

[John McKenna]

I new a man who had such a hard time sharing anything that George Washington squint his eyes when he opened his your wallet ..

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Kevin

I'm just curious,when you shared this document with Nick what exactly were your intentions?

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Kevin

I'm just curious,when you shared this document with Nick what exactly were your intentions?

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin A. Richardson
To: 'nick gromicko'
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: Nick

Here you go.

Kevin

Ps. Please do not reproduce or publicly post documents without written permission of Richardson Home Inspections.

From: nick gromicko [mailto:gromicko@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 2:10 PM
To: kevin@richnspect.com
Subject: Nick

Can we review your IR agreements please?
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Nick Gromicko
Founder, International Association of Certified Home Inspectors www.nachi.org
Founder, Master Inspector Certification Board, www.certifiedmasterinspector.org
Executive Director, International Association of Certified Indoor Air Consultants, www.iac2.org
Host, NACHI TV, www.nachi.tv

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Originally Posted by jmckenna1

I new a man who had such a hard time sharing anything that George Washington squint his eyes when he opened his your wallet ..

Frankly, John I don't think this concerns you. And for the record, I have freely given my time to members who call me or PM me on a regular basis. I have given documents and marketing materials to members without hesitation.

Your out of line, and you should mind your own business.

Kevin

[John McKenna]

Originally Posted by krichardson

Frankly, John I don't think this concerns you. And for the record, I have freely given my time to members who call me or PM me on a regular basis. I have given documents and marketing materials to members without hesitation.

Your out of line, and you should mind your own business.

Kevin

Nick probably made the mistake of thinking you were part of the team and you would not mind sharing a few lines of text, as long as the review process was kept private to a few members only inspectors. He will not that mistake again, I assure you.

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Kevin

The e-mail is self explanatory, but could Nick or anyone in the office have misunderstood your copyrighted document or the reason you e-mailed it ?
In any event IMO both of you are grown men and this could have been handled more discreetly between you and Nick.

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Kevin

The e-mail is self explanatory, but could Nick or anyone in the office have misunderstood your copyrighted document or the reason you e-mailed it ?
In any event IMO both of you are grown men and this could have been handled more discreetly between you and Nick.

I think it's pretty cut and dry, Mario.

I tried to handle it dircreetly through an email exchange last night. Nothing happened.

I seem to recall another situation on the this BB about copyright infringement a while back. Noboby was givng Mr. Swift any flack for posting it on the board. Is there a double standard here.

I'll have to look for the thread.

[Mario A. Kyriacou, CHI]

Originally Posted by krichardson

I think it's pretty cut and dry, Mario.

I tried to handle it dircreetly through an email exchange last night. Nothing happened.

I seem to recall another situation on the this BB about copyright infringement a while back. Noboby was givng Mr. Swift any flack for posting it on the board. Is there a double standard here.

I'll have to look for the thread.

Kevin

I remember the thread about Keith. That was completely different,it involved a non member (vendor) and Keith. We are talking about our founder here brother.

I'm not giving you flack Kevin (and please don't take these comments as such), I'm just trying to understand the situation.

Can we at least move this discussion to the Canadian members section?

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Originally Posted by mkyriacou

Kevin

I remember the thread about Keith. That was completely different,it involved a non member (vendor) and Keith. We are talking about our founder here brother.

I'm not giving you flack Kevin (and please don't take these comments as such), I'm just trying to understand the situation.

Can we at least move this discussion to the Canadian members section?

I don't see any difference! Copyright infringement is copyright infringement.

We are talking about our founder here brother.

Exactly my point!!!!! Should he be held do a different standard just because he is the founder of InterNachi? Does being the founder give him the right to copy original work and use as he pleases.

Maybe it's a matter of principle more than anything else, but I for one don't feel like rolling over and "taking one for the team."

Kevin