Author: Earl Castillo
Date: 09:36:44 05/03/05
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On May 02, 2005 at 22:01:53, Mike Hood wrote: >On May 02, 2005 at 12:35:34, Uri Blass wrote: > >>Somebody told me that he had problem to connect to playchess because playchess >>asked him a serial number(note that playing in playchess is supposed to be free >>for people from Israel). >> >>I suggested him to register in a different name. >>I also told him that I had a case when it happened to me and I gave my serial >>number. >> >>He asked me if I can give him my serial number. >>I replied that I am afraid that it is illegal to do it but another moderator in >>the israeli forum claims that it is legal. >> >>I am interested to know if I am allowed to give my serial number and if not then >>based on what rule I am not allowed to do it. >> >>In the fritz8 manual I find that I can register 3 accounts with the serial >>number but I do not find a claim that I am not allowed to give it to other >>people. >> >>Uri > >The very first people who bought Fritz 7 were lucky. Everyone who registered >with Playchess back then received lifetime membership to Playchess. Later on >Chessbase realised they'd been too generous, and they only give one year's >membership with the serial numbers in their products. I thought they might go >back on their word and my Playchess membership would expire, but no, it's still >valid after all these years. But I'm a regular Chessbase customer, and every new >engine I buy has a new serial number with a year's membership that I'll never >need. Would Chessbase object to me giving away or even selling my unused serial >numbers? Well if you believe it is legal then I welcome your generosity. You could email me one. Cheers! :)
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