Re: REQUEST: frogs

Pete Casso wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Thats right....it says that...however i doubt you can claim copyright on
those 8 chars :) (uh oh...did i break a copyright law by not giving
credit to whoever invented the smiley?) 


> 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 ...

There is a big difference about claiming copyright on larger scale works
and small figures...where the limit is?...hard to say. but come on...8
chars... is this christmas smiley copyrighted too then? *<:-)
If someone copies your jokes or is making something similar then you are
in your good right to complain.

[SNIP] That part is better left alone ;)

Go to your corners and do what you are best at...make ascii art ;)

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Troels Tolstrup - u97...@daimi.aau.dk
Computer Science student at the university of Aarhus.

Real men dont comment their programs. It was hard to write,
It should be impossible to understand.

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