Re: REQUEST: frogs

.----- On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 22:38:43 GMT, Pete Casso posted:
|Troels Tolstrup wrote: 
|> 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? *<:-)
|
|Well, I hope you don't judge a painting by the number of brushstrokes.
|The fewer the better, in fact, same here. And yes, a painting with 8
|brushstrokes is copyright protected, same here. And copyright protection
|is automatic BTW, it exists the moment the work is created. Read the
|copyright FAQ that I post every week.
|
|And surprise, surprise, someone recently asserted her copyrights on a
|smiley drawing! I find it ridiculous, but she acted undoubtedly within
|her legal rights.
|
'------------------------

the way I see it, it's not anything to do with amount of characters changed,
it's whether the picture generally resembles the original. If I wanted to be
pernikety (although I don`t, since I can`t even spell the damn thing) I
could claim that face thing to the right of Meph's sig as a slight mod of my
portrait, since which it has different characters it still looks like my
pic.


     |||||
    | o o |
    |  >  |
    | \_/ |  <--- My mini-me
     \___/
    __| |__

Meph's sig......
+===================================================+  ,,,,,
I   _,,,_      __  __   ___   ___   _  _            I.|_   _|.
I  / o o \    |M \/ M| |E__| |P_ \ | || | ASCII     I(| O-O |)
I  >  �  <    | |\/| | | _|  |  _/ | HH | & more    I |  I  |
I  \_\_/_/    |_|  |_| |E__| |_P   |_||_| ~~~~~~    I | \_/ |
I                                                   I  \___/
I http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/ascii/ascii.htm I    I
I                                                   I  \_M_/
I http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/index.html      I    W
+===================================================+  _/ \_

  ,,,,,
.|_   _|.      |||||
(| O-O |)     | o o |
 |  I  |      |  >  |
 | \_/ |      | \_/ |
  \___/        \___/
  Meph!        Mart!

  |||||
 | _ _ | 
(  o o  )
 |  >  |   <--- one of my original versions as seen on
 | \_/ |       one of my first sigs in a.a-a.
  \___/  
___| |___

Similar huh?

The point is that a pic can look almost the same even with a few characters
changed. Let's play spot the difference...


                         _____
            __       .-'`     `'-.       __
           / _'-._.-'--,       ,--'-._.-'_ \
          | / ' .'  .--.\     /.--.  '. ' \ |
          ||  .' .:/____\\   //____\:. '.  ||
           \,/.   |  \o/ |   | \o/  |   .\,/
         ,-`/ :.   '.___.|   |.___.'   .: \`-,
       ,--`/.  '::'    / /   \ \    '::'  .\`--,
     ,'--'| :.       /` /     \ `\       .: |'--',
     ,'`.  \ ':.:' /`  (`'---'`)  `\ ':.:' /  `',
     ,'  _  '-..--'|  . '.   .' .  |'--..-'   ', 
      `.-`         \  .'  `:`  '.  /         `-.`
      `.-'_  .  _   \,__.--'--.__,/  __ . _'-.`
         ' `/.-' ''-)            (-''  '-.\`
                    |            |
               jgs  |            |
                    \            /
                     '.________.'

                         _____
            __       .="`     `"=.       __
           / _"=._.="==.       .=="=._.="_ \
          | / " ."  .==.\     /.==.  ". " \ |
          ||  ." .:/____\\   //____\:. ".  ||
           \./.   |  \o/ |   | \o/  |   .\./
         .=`/ :.   ".___.|   |.___."   .: \`=.
       .==`/.  "::"    / /   \ \    "::"  .\`==.
     ."=="| :.       /` /     \ `\       .: |"==".
     ."`.  \ ":.:" /`  (`"==="`)  `\ ":.:" /  `".
     ."  _  "=..=="|  . ".   ." .  |"==..="   ". 
      `.=`         \  ."  `:`  ".  /         `=.`
      `.="_  .  _   \.__.=="==.__./  __ . _"=.`
         " `/.=" ""=)            (=""  "=.\`
                    |            |
               jgskinda          |
                    \            /
                     ".________."

They look like the same pic don`t they?

/me now checks out of this thread before anything big happens. No point in
replying to me the thread is now on ignore.

Byez,
-Martin
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