published material without permission from
the publisher and credit to the author.

"I also refused to allow them to use the manual I had written and
copyrighted, which they wanted to present to the students as their own
after they had added to it.

"I was ordered to do this by Lyle and when I refused, I was threatened
with a lawsuit and then told that they would take what they wanted
anyway.

"When I first wrote the manual, I offered it free of charge to Ian for
the course. He was delighted and most grateful that I had undertaken
the project. The manual was well accepted by the students and was used
in the course for two years.

"I had no objection to it being used the next year--the year I was not
in the course. But, I would not allow them to revise it or steal it."

Diana Trenchant went on to explain that her manual was strictly
concerned with basic radiology information; information that would
prepare students for the more demanding courses in radiology therapy
that they would encounter the next year.

"One year, I audited those courses so that when I wrote the manual, I
could make sure that students would be well prepared for them.

"There was never any question that I supported the presentation of
experimental material in addition to the basics contained in the
manual. Actually what they proposed adding to the course was not new.
We have been doing this for several years, before Randy came to NERD,
using legitimate reference material obtained from publishers."

"Was there any connection between all this and the alleged fictitious
SmurFFs?" pursued Esther.

"It does seem rather strange to me that they suddenly appeared at the
time Ian and Randy were facing copyright infringement charges--according
to Ian's testimony."

Diana continued by telling the committee that there had been no
problems until Randy had come into the course. When she worked with
Ian, things went fine. They conferred and cooperated with each other.
Ian's evaluations gradually got better.

"After Randy came in, I was left out of the loop. He, Ian and Lyle
made decisions and I was not informed. For example, two years ago,
Randy was made co-director of the course with Ian. I was not told about
it."

The door to the hearing room opened and Mark's head floated through the
opening. Ah good, thought Henry, just the kind of distraction I need
to stop this line of questioning. "We will now introduce this
material," he said as he