Friday March 4th AGON announced a controversial move to monopolize the chess games from the Candidates 2016. During the following days little more than a white paper was available on their official website, and communication with AGON or its director Ilya Merenzon went unanswered. As a result, Chessdom’s CEO Anton Mihailov decided to bring the issue to the public domain via an open statement. That prompted AGON to finally initiate conversation by listing series of conditions. In a good spirit, Chessdom decided to compromise and accept all suggested points, in the name of higher chess promotion and spread of the game. However, AGON’s tone deviated from the initial points and reached to baseless court threats and unwarranted bullying strategies.
Everyone will be made to agree to AGON’s policy
AGON’s new policy, that tries to defy the very basis of chess, has disturbed many. But even higher perturbations are expected when users see the actual conditions they have to agree on when entering the official website. AGON’s lawyers were “kind” enough to threaten Chessdom again and to send the full click wrap agreement. Soon we will present the full story to you, until then here is an excerpt:
“You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, or in any way exploit any part of Broadcasting Materials (ed chess moves), except that you may access and display materials and all other content displayed on the website for non-commercial, personal, entertainment use on a single computer or device only.”
Stay tuned for the full story, until then feel free to send us your opinion here or on Chessdom Twitter