Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 15:03:00 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 17:46:15, Dann Corbit wrote:
>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]
What is your authority for making this claim? I suspect this is not
clearcut and that in any case that you have no practical recourse.
James B. Shearer
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