From: Katsutoshi Seki TKA ATT NE JP> Date: 16 jul 2003 Subject: Re: Copyright of game score Hi, everyone. Marc, Larry, Sam, and Andy, thank you for yor reply on my post on copyright. Your comments were very helpful for me, and I now understand that game score of chess, and of course shogi, is not under copyright in at least US and European copyright law. I have also seen similar kind of discussion among Japanese such as game score of shogi is no more than game score of baseball, and I believe the discussion of copyright between FIDE and chess players also applies to Japanese law. The article that Marc recommended, http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz17.txt that Tim wrote was very interesting. His discussion is not only rational and reasonable, but also full of love for chess He worries about the outcome when game score was to be protected by copyright. I have the same worry toward Japanese shogi, where most people are not willing to exchange game score because of the unnecessary fear. I introduced this discussion on a Japanese BBS, and I hope Japanese people will better understand this issue. Thank you for forwarding my message, Mark. Best regards, Katsutoshi Seki