Author: Mike S.
Date: 12:21:43 04/30/02
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On April 30, 2002 at 14:42:50, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >(...) >I want to make it clear that if I find out (at a tournament or elsewhere) that >somebody is using my book, that I will undertake steps. As far as I am >concerned, such programs are banned from all the important events, or something >like that. I will also suggest such a rule to the ICCA. I'm not a programmer and so I'm not looking forward to compete in such an event. - I understand your point. But I have a question related to that: Obviously, it would be illegal (in terms of copyright) if a programmer would take your book or parts of it, and include it into his program or product as if it was his own work. That's no question IMO, at least as soon as he sells that. But what, if an amateur programmer has bought a Rebel product including your opening book, and uses it - like a normal user so to speak - in such a tournament. For example, I think he could run his own WinBoard engine in Chesspartner AFAIK, and use your opening book. The same question goes for an UCI engine and i.e. Fritz Powerbooks for example (everbody mixes all kinds of engines and all kinds of books in various GUIs). I don't ask if this is ok in terms of sportsmanship (probably not much :o) or ICCA rules, but if that is *illegal* (against law)? (I think it doesn't matter in that respect, if it are "official" tournaments or not. Because actually they are not more official like any (other) private tournaments, just bigger organised.) Regards, M.Scheidl
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