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Subject: Re: Need to know

Author: Shep

Date: 10:26:19 04/08/02

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On April 07, 2002 at 20:00:16, pavel wrote:

>I have Chessbase Mega Database 2001.
>I need to know that if I convert all 1.7million games into pgn and offer it to
>download for free to everyone, will I be breaking any copyright law?

Depends on the regulations in your country. In Germany, you would. A database
falls under copyright law, provided it was created with more than just a small
bit of work. Even a link list such as the one on Steve Pribut's pages would be
covered by copyright law (in Germany).

>I didnt see any copyright information mentioned on the games.

Lack of copyright claims does not mean there are none. :)

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Shep



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