Art pour l'art.

Artists and Lawyers.

Personally I couldn't care less about 'copyrights' on ascii-art. I hope I
have a style of drawing which is a bit recognizable and really doesn't need
the 'Ojo' underneath. Just like Joris' pictures of people are always 
recognizable as his. 

Anybody who copies and uses things I once diddled will know who made it
and I'll know I made it. That they wish to behave like rappers and steal
their fame of others...sad, but well, I won't loose any sleep over it.

Some people here however have a different attitude towards the subject and
think the name is even more important than the drawing. For some people this
is understandable because their "art" has no personal style whatsoever.

Some people are not artists at all, they are lawyers...

Go to a museum of arts and see how many times you see the word Copyright or
the (c) under a painting or sculpture.
Usually artwork is signed, dated and sometimes numbered.

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[]  The Holy ASCII and the Three Wise 'steins           []
[]  Copyright 981009 Pete Casso                         []
[]                                                      []
[]    \ /                                               []
[]   -   -                                              []
[]    / \                                               []
[]                          +                  @        []
[]                         \^^/   o    o    @           []
[]                          oo     \oo/    @   oo       []
[]           .-            (- )    (- )    =--(- )      []
[]           \ ASCII ;    <(:<)   <(:<)      <(:<)      []
[]            `/----\       ^^      ^^         ^^       []
==========================================================
Mainly three times the same figure (combination of [o(-:<^] )

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[]  The 'steins - The Holy ASCII and The Three Wise 'steins            []
[]  Copyright 981009 Pete Casso Revision 981010                        []
[]                                                                @    []
[]                                                                @    []
[]                                                            @   @    []
[]    \ /                                                     @   @    []
[]   -   -                                              @ @   @   @    []
[]    / \                                        @ @   @      @        []
[]                                        @     @      @      @        []
[]                                       @ @     @ @   @               []
[]                  Birthday            @@@@@       @   @ @            []
[]          Happy           \          @     @   @ @                   []
[]               \   +      .::::.    @       @                        []
[]                  \^^/     \oo/    @  oo.                            []
[]       _           oo      (c )    =--(- )                           []
[]     /            (c )    <(:<)       <(:<)                          []
[]     \ ASCII ;   <(:<)      ^^          ^^                           []
[]      `/-----\`    ^^                                                []
=========================================================================
Notice here that two of the 'dash'-mouths have changed into a 'c' and
that the 'at'-smoke is now some text. Stein(TM)2 has changed its crown...
(That's three changes, nothing NEW!)

   .oo    .oo    .oo
  (  -)  (  -)  (  -)
   " "    " "    " " Pete Casso's Frogstein(TM)-awards...
Yes! That's exactly the same thing three times... Not even taken the time
to make one of them wink or even to add a bellybutton...

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[]  The 'steins - Thanksgiving in Hell                                 []
[]  Copyright 981011 Pete Casso                                        []
[]                                                                     []
[]                                 I roasted Birdstein for dinner!     []
[]                                /                                    []
[]                               /           Thanks, I took her hat!   []
[]                              /           /                          []
[]                           ,,         _==_                           []
[]                          ( ">   ,,    OO.                           []
[]                         ,(> )>`""'   (-  ),                         []
[]                        (  ^^          " "  )                        []
[]                                                                     []
[]               @                                                     []
[]             @                                                       []
[]       .oo  @                                                        []
[]      ( -)--=                                                        []
[]    ,(>:)>                                                           []
[]   (  ^^                                                             []
[]    Oh dear, Hell has really bad ethics!                             []
=========================================================================
The Stein(TM) with the pipe is now mirrored and has a tail. The Frogstein(TM)
also has a tail now (To show how evil it is) and has a close encounter with
a 'hat'. Devilstein(TM) is a Birdstein with a tail (Devil=evil=with a tail)
and two 'horns'. It's holding something that's never been drawn before and
(from the text) seems to be a roasted Birdstein(TM)...
            ________________________
           {WOW! I have actually    }
           {made it into a FAQ!     }
           {Now my life is complete!}
          //""""""""""""""""""""""""
        /'
    ,-.
   qPjPp
    \-/   ;/_
   /\v/\_//'
  || | .-'         I wish no-one knew who I was.
  || |u|          Then maybe I'd be famous too.
  ('"|"|         / 
   | | |     .PC   
  ,|_|_|,   (  -)___________________________________
__(_,|,_)___/" "
This is NOT a Stein(TM) character. The Stein(TM) characters have 'o's for eyes
and this one has PC (Stands for Pete Casso, which hints strongly to Picasso, who
was by the way a real artist)

          111  111
         1   11   1
         1   11   1
     111  111  111
   1               1
  1                 1
  1             111 1
  1                 1
   1               1
      1 1     1 1
      1 1     1 1
by Johan de Koning
This doesn't even remotely look like ANY Stein(TM) Pete Casso has EVER created.
All his Steins(TM) fit in four lines and consist of 8-12 different characters.
Besides, Frogstein(TM) has a point behind his eyes ( Repeatedly stated so by 
Pete Casso ). This drawing has three '1's, making a 'dash' or 'underscore'.

I have to point out to Mr Pete Casso that a lot of the Stein(TM) characters have
been made up by other people. The ASCII-War characters forinstance weren't his.

The rest of the 25 posts in the newsgroup are just text with somebody else's
ascii-art. A lot of whining about copyrights (Are you really registering
8 ascii-characters? Show me!)

By the way, all claimed copyrights by Pete Casso are expired... They are all
valid (not really, but well...) for one day.

This leads me to believe that Mr Pete Casso can safely change his name to
'Judge Dread', stop posting here and go to any of these...
news://alt.philosophy.law
news://alt.lawyers.sue.sue.sue
news://alt.law-enforcement
news://clari.news.law
news://clari.news.usa.law
news://law.class.581-Goldstein (Not a Stein(TM) by Pete Casso, how appropriate!)
news://law.class.IBT271-Steinberg (Not a Stein(TM) by Pete Casso either!)
news://law.class.conlaw2-goldstei 
where he doesn't even have to bother to add the Steins(TM). He can moan about 
copyrights without even having to 'create' anything! (Heaven! Not, Pete?)

Either that or get his own newsgroup:
news://alt.pete_casso.is.fantastic(moderated)

I kindly request Pete Casso not to talk to me again without actually making
some NEW ascii-art. And I do not mean RECYCLE your once-funny-same-drawing-with-
different-text-everytime gags.

Phew, that feels better!

Ojosh!ro.

And just to create something and annoy you...
############################################
#### .....+# .....+# .....+# .+# .+## .+####
####. XxxxX#+x+ XxX#. XxxxX#. x#.  -#. x####
####. x#######. x###. x#####. x#.   -. x####
####. x#######. x###. x#####. x#. .    x####
####. +...+###. x###. +...+#. x#. XX   x####
####+xxx+ x###. x###. XxxxX#. x#. x#X  x####
########. x###. x###. x#####. x#. x##+ x####
########. x###. x###. x#####. x#. x##. x####
#### ...- x###. x###. +...+#. x#. x##. x####
####+xxxxxX###+xX###+xxxxxX#+xX#+xX##+xXOjo# 
############################################
-- 
    ____	Time :	Tue Oct 13 11:54:59 1998
  .X+.   .
.Xx+-.     .	A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise
XXx++-..	are living in a dreamworld.    Lazarus Long (47)
XXxx++--..	
`XXXxx+++--'	
  `XXXxxx'	
     ""

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