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Saturday, November 12, 2016

U.S. Judge Rejects World Chess Bid to Block Websites From Airing Moves; Reuters, 11/11/16

Reuters; U.S. Judge Rejects World Chess Bid to Block Websites From Airing Moves:
"Organizers of the World Chess Championship on Thursday failed to persuade a federal judge to block rival website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the upcoming Nov. 11-30 match in New York.
U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled that the tournament organizers had not made a sufficient case to justify a preliminary injunction. He said the public interest would be served by "robust reporting," and analysis of the event...
The defendants E-Learning Ltd and Logical Thinking Ltd, which operate website Chess24.com, had argued in court papers that World Chess was seeking to stop websites from reporting on information already in the public domain and not protected by copyright law."