Author: Volker Annuss
Date: 03:43:32 12/10/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 06:07:58, Gabor Szots wrote: >Once I was asked by a fellow winboard member to send him a file because he had >problems with the download. The file was too big to send via e-mail so I put it >on my web page from where it could be downloaded for a couple of days. >Now was this illegal? That depends on the copyright for this file. As long as you provide only a link by e-mail and do not make it available to all (including search engines) you have a good chance that nobody will complain, even if it is illegal. Take my engine Hermann as an example. When you download it from my site, I allow private use. I am now a lawyer, but I thought until yesterday that everyone would agree, that private use is playing chess games with it. So if you send it to someone by mail, this is illegal. I will not complain if you do so. If you offer it for download it is illegal. I will not complain if you upload it to your website, send a link to some friends and remove it some days later. But you will definitely get much trouble, when you offer it for download for the whole world. >I feel the case is similar to what Peter Skinner did with >Arena. This case is different. - There are no problems with the download from http://www.playwitharena.com . Everyone can download it from there. You do not need a password for the arena forum for that. - Although he writes, the license allows him to offer it, he should know that this is not true. Read http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/copyright.htm and not only the parts Peter Skinner quotes. - Peter Skinner knows very well, that the arena team does not want him to offer the download. He intentionally continues to offer it. Greetings, Volker
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