Author: maria clara benedicto
Date: 18:14:43 04/30/02
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nice. simple, effective. regards maria clara benedicto On April 30, 2002 at 17:24:20, Vine Smith wrote: >On April 30, 2002 at 16:16:16, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On April 30, 2002 at 16:01:33, Slater Wold wrote: > >A similar problem exists in the field of cartography, where the information >conveyed by a map is public domain, but its assemblage and presentation is not. >One approach that has been used is to include trivial, but fictitious geographic >elements in the map, such as small towns or lakes that don't actually exist -- >if your map is substantially swiped, the inclusion of these fictitious elements >in the copy is proof positive of plagiarism. Perhaps authors of chess program >books should do the same. In each significant opening, a "false" line full of >outrageously bad moves could be included, and the program would be "hard coded" >not to use them (as opposed to marking them in some way in the book itself, >which would be too obvious). Finding these lines in another book would >constitute quick and conclusive proof of intellectual theft; whether this could >be used for legal purposes is not clear to me, but certainly the offender could >be dealt with by the ICCA and other organizations according to their rules.
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