Re: The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present, by Arpad Elo

samsloan wrote:
> On May 16, 8:15 am, ttk5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > On May 9, 12:54 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > > Elo's book, The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present, is
> > > reprinted today.
> >
> > >http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891277
> >
> > > Professor Elo's book, long out of print and almost impossible to
> > > obtain, has just been reprinted.
> >
> > > Sam Sloan
> >
> >   So, Sam, what about that copyright?
>
> You obviously know nothing about copyright law and I am not here to
> educate you.
>
> Sam Sloan


Perhaps, Sam, but I suspect I know rather more about the subject than
you do. (Not a major achievement, of course.) The book was copyrighted
at one time. The copyright has not expired. Either a) the current
holder of the copyright transferred it to you or gave you permission
to reprint the work, b) some owner of the copyright between now and
1978 explicitly put it in public domain, or c) you pirated the work
and are breaking the law. Which is it? It's a simple question.