Re: The Official FAQ of alt.ascii-art

>Message-id: <361...@sympatico.ca>
>> Get your arguments right.... I never
>> did anything to your copyrights... you may
>> have the stein characters-- all of them.
>That's not what I said.

Oh please, reread what you yourself wrote...
that *I* disrespected *YOUR* copyright.. I did
no such thing.  In fact, if you go back and
check dejanews, you'll find that I supported
your copyright claim...

The thanks I get, dear Pete, is that you play
around with the credits of my ASCII art. (and others)

>What I said was that you ridiculed copyrights, and in so doing, weaken the
>already virtually non-existent awareness of ascii art copyrights. This
>damages
>your own "keep initials on the pic" insistance, which is nothing else but an
>explicit assertion of copyrights, even if you are not aware of it.

Of course I am aware of copyrights... you
obviously have not been to my website... I
have had links to internet copyright info
and intellectual property sites for close to
a year.

I don't think that there is a 'virtually non-
existant awareness' of copyrights within
this newsgroup... er, have you forgotten
the issues of Lennert Stock and the ascii
art software?  There is an awareness...
Most people seem to pay attention to credits.
Occasionally there are newcomers to the
newsgroup who are not aware of copyright
concerns.  The FAQ does refer to it and if
transgressions do occur, they are confronted
by regular members of the newsgroup.

What you have been doing recently-- changing
credits on ASCII art pictures is malicious and
cruel... it does not serve any purpose except
to show that you don't follow your own rules...
(do as I say and not what I do...)  you have set
a poor example of yourself.  And in return,
you have made a fool of yourself.

Not to mention the fact that many newcomers
to this newsgroup will now copy and use the
mis-credited ASCII art....  You have done a
mis-service to the artform which you obviously
enjoy.

Another thing that I don't understand, is that you
have requested that no one repost your
characters-- even  though at one point you
encouraged it. It reminds me of the time that
I linked to your site and you requested that I
remove the link.  You want your stein characters
to be popular, but you seem to cut off your
nose despite your face.

Perhaps it is time that you grow up Pete... and
act like an adult... (you are, aren't you?)

-joan
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