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Subject: Re: question about the warning about rebroadcasting games

Author: Adrien Regimbald

Date: 07:40:40 07/09/00

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Hi,

>"The live rebroadcast of these games is exclusive to kasparovchess.com. this
>transmission is deemed "time-sensitive information"  and any party
>rebroadcasting these games while they are in progress will be prosecuted for
>rights infringement. we appreciate your cooperation in making chess sponsorship
>a viable enterprise and chess a succesful professional sport!"


You can't copyright the actual moves of a chess game.  You can copyright
annotations and such, but not the actual moves played.

I personally wouldn't re-broadcast the event from their web-page, but if I had a
commercial interest in doing so, I'd likely consult a lawyer, they'd most likely
say it's a bluff from club kasparov, and I'd broadcast the event without any
apprehension whatsoever.

My guess would be that no lawyers were involved in the making of that statement,
and the web master simply put it in to try to intimidate people with it.


Regards,
Adrien.



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