Post by Jürgen R."samsloan" schrieb im
Botvinnik's Selected Games in Russian by Сэм Слоан (Sam Sloan)
Here is my publication of Botvinnik's Selected Games in Russian.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/4871875822#reader_4871875822
As you can see, this is by me, Сэм Слоан
You probably did not realize that I could write Russian so well.
Sam Sloan
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I knew that you are a dung beetle and a thief, nevertheless this latest
exploit
of yours surprises me.
In the beginning of the pirated Botvinnik book you have inserted an
"Introduction by Sam Sloan",
for which you claim copyright.
The text of this introduction is copied word for word out of the article on
Botvinnik in
Шахматная энциклопедия
Автор: В. И. Линдер, И. М. Линдер
Издательство: Астрель, АСТ
ISBN 5-17-006939-1, 5-271-06492-1; 2004 г.
ACT is the second largest publishing house in Russia and they might be
interested.
Usually they hire somebody from Brighton Beach to break your kneecaps in
such
cases, because it is much cheaper than hiring a lawyer in the U.S.
It is probably time to draw the attention of the Attorney General to your
systematic commercial copyright infringement. Don't you think?
In case anybody is impressed by R. Jurgen (fake name) rants, the
Botvinnik book was published in 1949 in Leningrad. It was apparently
never reprinted. It is almost impossible to obtain a copy of the
original book and when one becomes available it is in tattered
condition, especially since the original book was published on poor
quality paper.
The USA does not recognize Soviet copyrights because they did not
recognize ours and because they never signed the international
copyright convention. Even if the Botvinniik book had been published
in America it would be public domain now.
Isaac Maksovich Linder was born November 20, 1920. I have seen no
report of his death.
Much of my introduction came from the Russian Language Wikipedia
article on Botvinnik at
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA,_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
Sam Sloan
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In other words you plagiarized not only the Encyclopedia but also Wikipedia.
Wikipedia allows copying freely, provided that the license terms are adhered
to.
This certainly does not mean that you are free to claim authorship for text
lifted from Wiki.
As to Russian Copyright Law, you are, as usual, completely wrong. Russia
joined
the Berne Convention in 1995 and this has a *retroactive* effect on books
published in Russia.
For your further edification, here is a sample U.S. court case:
Facts:
Itar-Tass Russian News Agency sued Kurier, a Russian-language newspaper in
New York that copied articles originally published by Itar-Tass, for
copyright
violation. District court held for Itar-Tass; Kurier appealed.
Decision Affirmed:
Under the Berne Convention and Universal Copyright Convention, the issue
of ownership of copyrights in works created by Russian nationals and first
published in Russia would be determined under the law of Russia, which
was the country of origin. The owner of the copyright, including one under
Russian law, may sue for infringement in U.S. courts if it has standing,
which Itar-Tass does since the articles were copied in the U.S.
Under Russian law, Itar-Tass did not own copyright in the text of the
articles,
but had protectable rights in their arrangement and display.