Re: Comic: Save the Frogs

Sara Wallen wrote:

> Pete Casso wrote in message <36B...@sympatico.ca>...
> >>                                   I knew, I             /.........
> >>                             _   shouldn't have         /..........
> >>                            (_\ eaten his legs...      /...........
> >>               _             \ \    /        !        /............
> >>              ) \_____________\ \_.---o-,    OO      /.............
> >>              )_)________()_____)_ \ <  =   (-()    /..............
> >>                          __      `---o-'          /...............
> >>                         <__>                     /................
> >> ________________________________________________/db/petecasso.....
> >
> >Wow, there is another 'stein emulator, I award 2.5 Frogsteins!
> >
> >   .oo    .oo    .o
> >  (  -)  (  -)  ( |
> >   " "    " "    "
> >
> >I would be happy to see an acknowledgement next time!
> >
> >================================================================
> >[]                                                            []
> >[]   /(      )\     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
> >[]  ( ">    <" )   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
> >[]   (> )><( <)   Woodpeckersteins dancing the boogie-woogie  []
> >[]     ^^  ^^                                                 []
> >================================================================
>
> Being a lay reader of alt.a-a, I hate to interrupt, but I think this
> copyright thing is getting a *tad* petty. As you know, there is a limited
> amount of characters available, and often, when a picture need to be small,
> there is only one way to make it look like what it is meant to. Therefore -
> some frogs may look similar.
>
> Personally, I love the 'steins, and they are VERY distinctive - the way they
> are used and the expressions put on their faces. The frog, on the pitch
> above...
>
>      OO                    oo.
>     (-()     **Vs.**      (-  )
>  (c) DerBlut               " " (c) Pete Casso
>
> ...is VAGUELY similar to Pete's Frogstein - but hardly. Both are small, and
> so will have to include similar characters to look plausible as frogs.
>
> Take a Close look. How similar are they really? Personally I think they are
> completely different.

Besides which, if I recall correctly, Mr. Pete Casso Himself made the point a
few months ago that the identifying points on the Frogstein are the dot behind
the eyes and the quotes for feet. As DerBlut's frog has neither of these, I
think it is fair to say that DerBlut's creation is in no way an infringement of
Mr. Pete Casso's copyright on the 'steins.

Ender

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