Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:46:15 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 16:22:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >To find out about this supposed letter written to Rebel (Ed), I simply asked >Hsu what happened. > >Frederic Friedel (not sure that is spelled right) wrote a personal email to >Hsu asking about the "deep blue junior" machine at the WCCC this year, >probably after reading my explanation of how the machine was 'limited' >here on CCC. > >Hsu sent FF a personal email reply explaining exactly the same details >that I had given here. FF then took that personal email and posted it on the >Gambitsoft site, apparently, and the snowball began. > >Hsu nor Murry care beans about what the Rebel advertisements say, as they >assume that everyone that 'counts' has already read a factual description of >what was in Paderborn playing demo games. So the accusations directed toward >the DB team for "calling Ed a Liar" ought to be directed at ChessBase, where >the email was posted. It is generally considered good net ettiquette to not >post personal email without permission. > >Apparently that isn't known by everyone... It's not just good nettiquette, but it is actually illegal (at least in the US -- not sure about elsewhere) to post private email without the sender's permission. The sender has copyright on their expressions [with or without an explicit (C) Copyright notice]. [snip]
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