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Topic: Sahovski Informator Vols 01-88 (1966~2003)
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Miguel, my file is simply a collection of chess games in PGN format. I understand there is no such thing as copyright for this kind of data, am I wrong? 
The name 'Sahovski Informator' appears just because they have published the very same games of this collection, but it has nothing to do with copyright infringement.
May I put the link again?
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capmo, I think that's a dubious argument. A chess game isn't subject to copyright. But Sahovski Informator have gone to the trouble of selecting what they think are the best chess games. In other words its the choosing of the games to include in their magazine that is an original work and therefore subject to copyright.
If the games included analysis then there's no question, the analysis is copyright.
I'm no lawyer though.
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No.
I don't know if what you are doing is legal or not, I just know that you are not the author of this compilation, I can't allow you to post the link unless the author agrees to it.
Miguel
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jahhaj wrote: A chess game isn't subject to copyright. But Sahovski Informator have gone to the trouble of selecting what they think are the best chess games. In other words its the choosing of the games to include in their magazine that is an original work and therefore subject to copyright. If the games included analysis then there's no question, the analysis is copyright.
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I'm not a lawyer, either, but my understanding is that everything you wrote in your post is correct.
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Hi capmo.
I tend to agree with jahhaj... The effort to make a nice collection is copyrightable.
The copyright apply to the criterion invented by who make the collection, not to the games itself.
The controversy is that different criteria can lead to the same collection.
For example, suppose John choose 100 games and say it is the best 100 chess games ever (in his opinion, i.e., his criterion).
Just by chance, all of that 100 games are very old, indeed they are the first 100 games known ever. So, if Mary makes another collection with the criterion "the 100 oldest games ever", she will have the identical collection as John, but because the criterion is different she is free to use it.
It is also possible that after Mary compiles her collection, it is more likely that John has problems with the law, because Mary's criterion is much more feasible.
Cheers,
Beco
Edited: The comments and possible variants one add to the original PGN games are also copyrightable. The discussion above only applies to pure PGN with only the moves played
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