Talk: ASCII Art Contest
From Bryant Fong <bry...@netcom.com>
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· 17 Nov 1994 23:51 · View full thread
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gra...@acsu.buffalo.edu (MJ) writes: >In article <3adeg8$4f...@gagme.wwa.com>, Stef zing <ste...@aol.com> wrote: >>OPEN CALL FOR ASCII ART >>The ten best submissions, as determined by Zing Systems LP in its sole >>discretion, will receive a two-year subscription to WIRED magazine. All >>submissions will become the sole property of Zing Systems LP. ^^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >I guess seeing this just made me wonder... Say, for instance, that people >who wanted to enter that contest also posted their art here. Several >people like it, copy it, distribute it, and it shows up all over the place. >Now how in the fudgeciscle can those submissions become sole property of >Zing Systems LP? Say then, for instance, Zing whoever picks winners and >then finds THEIR (supposed) art on the net again later, being reposted or >tweaked or whatever? Do they sue? How can they say that this art is then >THEIR property? I don't like it one bit. Yea, not only that..but anybody can take something awesome by Normand or Row and claim its theirs. Nobody will find out, and if they win, its not really their art... I hope nobody submits any pictures..I sure won't..atleast not with an incentive like a years subscription to a magazine I've never heard of or need. -- .... __________ __ \______ \_______ ___.__._____ _____/ |_ Bryant Fong | | _/\_ __ < | |\__ \ / \ __\ California, USA | | \ | | \/\___ | / __ \| | \ | bry...@netcom.com |______ / |__| / ____|(____ /___| /__| \/ \/ \/ \/
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