Pascal Georges wrote: Hi!
> 2008/6/24 Claus Behl <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > i would be glad to add 5o Exercises. But i have a question about > copyright. Is it allowed to take examples from books? It should be, > because this books about tactical (or endgame) exercises are filled with > mostly the same examples. So would it be ok, to take the positions from > Bernd Rosens endgame Book, or Kasparjans "Domination in Endgame > Studies"? > > I don't know and the answer depends of countries, publication date among > other things. And even if you have the right to take games and > positions, I think it is not fair for the book's author. > > But taking a couple games should not infringe copyrights and is fair use > for me. First, I'm no lawyer but librarian and physicist. In german copyright (Urheberrecht) there is no such thing as fair use. Hence, you can not use that as an argument. On the other hand there is still some dispute whether a game of chess has a copyright at all. Anyway, lets try to be on the safe side... It is always allowed to _cite_ limited parts of a book. You've to give the full reference though and embed it into your own context. Therefore, I think (I'm not entirely sure) it is legal to set up a collection from various sources, giving these sources as reference. For giving the refs I'd suggest to use something like: [Ref "Rosens, Bernd: Fit im Endspiel, p. 25, No.47"] Additionally, there is rule that renders making a copy is legal: if the book is out of print and unavailable for more than two years. I'd not key in a whole book here either, but make a collection of the above style mentioned. Anyway if you mainly use out of print publications this should also be pretty safe. (This paragraph allows us as a library to get a copy of whole books.) To check whether a book is out of print you can use the VLB (in germany at least) at http://www.buchhandel.de. The VLB is the official source for books in print. -- Kind regards, / War is Peace. | Freedom is Slavery. Alexander Wagner | Ignorance is Strength. | | Theory : G. Orwell, "1984" / In practice: USA, since 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
