Author: Slater Wold
Date: 10:44:49 05/04/02
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On May 04, 2002 at 04:22:25, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On May 03, 2002 at 20:10:23, Slater Wold wrote: > >As I told you I am not an employee of the Rebel company. So the rule given below >doesnot apply to me. > >So it would be interesting to state what happens in the following case: Somebody >(I am not talking about myself, but in general) likes to make openingbooks and >gives this to the programmer of a well known chess program. What does the >copyright law says about this? Who is the owner of the book, who owns the >copyright? > >Jeroen It would be yours, of course. But looking at the Rebel copyright, it looks like he doesn't mention your name anywhere. Which means that he is either stating a.) the book has no copyright or b.) the book belongs to him. >>Although the general rule is that the person who creates the work is its author, >>there is an exception to that principle; the exception is a work made for hire, >>which is a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her >>employment; or a work specially ordered or commissioned in certain specified >>circumstances. When a work qualifies as a work made for hire, the employer or >>commissioning party is considered to be the author.
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