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Subject: Re: Are nalimov EGTB's a copyright from chessbase?

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 10:27:45 06/07/04

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On June 07, 2004 at 13:04:46, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On June 07, 2004 at 12:42:34, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On June 07, 2004 at 09:03:24, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>Chessbase has filed a legal complaint at the police schachserver.de for selling
>>>cdroms filled with nalimov databases.
>>
>>I could be wrong but I seriously doubt Chessbase is concerned about CDs filled
>>with tablebase files.
>>
>>He might have sold pirated copies of programs and databases from Chessbase as
>>well. Maybe one of those dubious Powersellers?
>>
>>The police from Waiblingen has most likely no clue about Nalimov tablebases.
>>
>>Michael
>
>The police inquiries explicitly *only* mention Nalimov tablebase sales as the
>primary reason for their inquiry. Nothing else gets mentionned. I'm 100% sure
>Chessbase would file a complaint to the police regarding other software if that
>was the case and it would explicitly get mentionned here.

Why???

This is a letter to K-H Milaster.
It is clear that the police has no reason to mention other software if he only
bought the Nalimov tablebase CDs from the ebayer.


>
>The police has just as many clues as the information you give them.
>
>Please read what is written at the url i gave. it's very explicit.
>
>>
>>>
>>>http://www.schachserver.de/Kripo/kripo.html
>>>
>>>If chessbase complaint is seen as a valid one, then the person in question will
>>>go to jail for asking copycosts for Nalimov EGTBs.
>>>
>>>As Nalimov never reacts on his email, perhaps Nalimov can comment whether
>>>persons (so non-programmers) are free to obtain his EGTBs or whether it is
>>>chessbase who has his rights to sell them and only chessbase?
>>>
>>>I was under the impression that lately Nalimov claimed copyrights on his source
>>>code to read his egtb's, and that the egtb's themselves were free to copy
>>>around.
>>>
>>>a) Is there author rights on every EGTB file now?
>>>b) Is nalimov aware that chessbase files complaints against everyone asking
>>>copycosts for CD's with nalimov format EGTBs on it?



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