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Yeah use if producing great work is much better than copying it its greatness. Since I find writting passionante to be a passion more term should be sent on it than material which is being reproduced.

Copyright and having ownership of reading material only exists so that you can profit from it. Yes it sounds petty minded because it is. The issue which is of far greater importance is the experience of great art/writing. The arguments being presented here are flawed because this copyright issue you...

That link to Edward Winter's fine and very extensive article on Diggle was given in this thread by Gerard Killoran on 18 November. It is, by the way, a link that Mr McCready's webpage does not give, despite his claims about wanting Diggle to be better known. How many of the ten or so posts on Diggl...

And in case you haven't noticed, which you could say also holds true for the vast majority of the chess playing public, you are unlikely to continue to improve if you spend your time fretting over whether your opponent may or may not be cheating. As Piaget made quite clear, better to focus on your o...

I think the chances of that are either pretty slim or non-existent

Presumably we don't know what Diggle did, if anything. Nevermind whether you think Diggle sold his works for profit. It's not important. What you should be asking yourself is 'Since Diggle became an established writer for decades, and in doing so became a very respectable figure in a literary genre...

It's irrelevant, most importantly would Diggle object to having his works made more accessible? If Diggle has sold/given the rights to his work to someone else, that's also irrelevant. You need to explain yourself, are you saying that Diggle has in fact sold his works? If so, what was the motive be...

It's irrelevant, most importantly would Diggle object to having his works made more accessible?

I think you are missing the point somewhat, publishers produce what writers give them. Because they acquire publications for business related reasons the principle motive being profit, why do you assume that a law estimates the true value or worth of a piece of literature? As you must surely know, w...

The two volumes of 'Chess Characters: Reminiscences of a Badmaster' were published by 'Chess Notes, Geneva, 1984'. Wikipedia also gives: Geoffrey Harber Diggle (6 December 1902 – 13 February 1993) So they were published during the lifetime of the author. I'm sure Diggle would have had something to ...

Mr McCready, Diggle was a great believer in the rule of law and respect for other people's work, so your present stance on this matter is certainly not what he would have wished. On the contrary, he would have deplored it. I'd certainly be very happy to see evidence of this. If you could link examp...

Polite note to M.J. McCready: Re: Chess Characters : Clearly, you appreciate Diggle's writing, as do many of us, but that does not give you the right to reproduce what is not yours. You do not have the right to use either Edward Winter's format, as publisher, or the content. I feel it would be best...

Given that a thread already exists for Chess history trivia, I would suggest we don't want to start a new thread or heading whenever a question contains some distressing information. In the past, a question which referred to the burning down of Parsloe's by a 15-year-old boy, who was sentenced to d...

Gerard, Yes, I know of the on-line scans of Chess Characters , and I absolutely deplore what has been done. However, that's an entirely different matter. Mr McCready's contribution to the present thread should be judged on its own merits. I take your point but I think I am justified in saying that ...

Yes correct.