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Subject: Re: Re Fritz8: I have the German multimedia disk but I only speak Engli

Author: margolies,marc

Date: 21:36:25 10/21/03

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if he bought it on e-bay from a user, not a vendor, then the serial number may
already be used -- he might not be entitled to upgrade service.





On October 21, 2003 at 20:10:20, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On October 21, 2003 at 12:17:52, Peter Collins wrote:
>
>>Would it be ethical to obtain a copy of the english language multimedia disk
>>(for free from someone, I didn't ask chessbase yet) if one purchased an original
>>German version of Fritz 8?
>>
>>If not, forgive the very thought of asking...it was purchased via eBay because a
>>few dollars were saved!
>
>That is sort of like the question -- if a tree falls in the woods and there is
>nobody around , does it make a noise ?
>
>so the answer is yes - but I don't think anybody would care including Chessbase
>... I think you best bet is to send the CD back to Chessbase - explain the
>situation and tell them you got the wrong version -- since it's useless to you
>anyway - what do you have to lose?   another option is just to buy a a different
>engine -- most of the media disks are very similiar if not the same -- also with
>the Kasparov/Fritz match coming - you know they will have a new Fritz version
>right after the match...



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