Re: REQUEST: frogs

Spunk1111 wrote:
> Get real Pete...  I thought your copyright
> went more towards the "jokes" and the "characters"
> that you created...

Look, look, look! Spunkystein is again giving me attention ... not that
I appreciate it ...

Anyway, my copyright encompass the pics too and their variations. The
following is copied from the Copyright FAQ of the US Copyright Office,
that is basically valid everywhere on the globe, NZ included (this is
also in response to Brian's post)

   49.How much do I have to change in order to claim copyright in someone
      else's work? 

      Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or
      to authorize someone else to create, a new version of that work.
      Accordingly, you cannot claim copyright, no matter how much you
      change it, unless you have the owner's consent. See Circular 14. 

Also, in this context, Dave Bird by his own acknowledgement was using
other authors' works as well in his composition, without giving any
credits to anyone.

As I said in the past, I don't think that the issue is personal (to
Brian and Dave Bird,) but general, i.e. people generally don't consider
ascii art as protected by copyright law, and you are doing yourself a
disservice with your antics, Spunkystein, I thought you insisted on
keeping initials? That's a copyright notice in short form whether you
realize it or not ...

Coming back ...

>      @..@        |\__/|        ,,///;,   ,;/    _,/
>     (\--/)       /     \      o:::::::;;///    <__ \_.---.
>    (.>__<.)     /_.~ ~,_\    >::::::::;;\\\       \_  /   \
>    ^^^  ^^^        \@/  fox   ''\\\\\'" ';\ fish    \)\ /\.\
>    frog      A___A               ';\     _            //   \\

I don't think that Donna Shepherd's frog resembles Frogstein or
Birdstein at all, even after you manipulated the pic. Just compare the
the pic with the Frogstein in my sig.

> I don't belittle your claim of the "jokes" w/the characters as

Ha ha ha! You have always tried to make me look bad and instigate others
since I rejected your offer to work together two years ago!

> I'd buy it if there were more substance to the Frogstein--
> but there isn't.

Aha, an example for belittling, anyway it is not simple to make
recognizable small ascii art. 

> Perhaps I ought to go back and reclaim my "copyright" on
> the letter "S".   It's nearly as ridiculous.

You did do nearly as ridiculous things as copyrighting the "S", e.g. you
added your initials to a Grinch recently, because the author drew the
smile on its face the same way you drew it in one of your pics.

> I'm sure that you'll reply in your typical way-- crying and
> pleading for more attention.

Ha ha ha! It is you who gave me unsolicited (and unwanted) attention! Oh
dear, oh dear, two long years ...

> Make a scene now.

Your turn ...

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