tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post5843772790013547674..comments2023-09-30T18:56:06.919+09:00Comments on The Closet Grandmaster: Macieja on Copyrighting GamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-53649932211567399332008-12-15T18:36:00.000+09:002008-12-15T18:36:00.000+09:00If a game of chess were subject to copyright then ...If a game of chess were subject to copyright then the estate of a certain Ruy Lopez must now be owed a fortune beyond the realms of calculation.<BR/><BR/>Indeed the silliness of the concept is illustrated by this - namely question whether all or only part of a game should be so subject. In many cases the genius or invention lies in a single move or a variation such as an Opening, or a line in an opening, not a whole game. <BR/><BR/>DJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14539885.post-87742133179285788592008-12-14T21:22:00.000+09:002008-12-14T21:22:00.000+09:00It's funny debating copyrighting games because of ...It's funny debating copyrighting games because of the many ingenious (or not) methods one could come up with for getting around it. A newspaper column could consist of "an extremely exciting game was the game between Anand and Kramnik. Interestingly a game played by your correspondent against his 5 year old son shortly afterwards followed the same course. Here is the latter game..."<BR/><BR/>(I agree, btw, that it's extremely surprising that action hasn't been taken on ICC, Chessbase live broadcasts, although even then there would probably be fairly easy loopholes).<BR/><BR/>RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com