Re: Verbal Diarrhoea [General Mayhem]

_punk1111 wrote:
>...
> From this day forward, I am exhibiting
> my intellectual property rights and am
> copyrighting the letter, "S" (both lower
> and upper case).
> 
> From now on, if you use the letter "S" in
> any of your email, internet posts, heck, even
> in your written correspondence, you
> must now add the following.
> 
> "the letter "S" copyrighted by joan stark"
> and you must seek my approval before
> using it...
> 
> If you do so without my approval, you shall
> hear from my copyright attorney.   ;)
> -joan

PLEA_E NOTE: The above wa_ quoted solely for the purpo_e_ of critici_m
and fair review, and a_ _uch doe_ not con_titute a copyright
infringement ...

Dear Joan

I _ympathize with your claim, but I mu_t di_agree with your legal
ground_.

May I refer you to the following me__age, in which I used that letter,
which you claim to have copyrighted, in an A_CII art picture, almo_t
four month_ ago:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: Re: [Req] Challenge: Cute Monkey
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 13:50:07 +1200
From: Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land>
Organization: University of Canterbury (opinions expressed are my own)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
References: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

PeteCasso wrote:
>...
> Please note:
> Frogstein awards are for 'stein art only!
> Birdstein awards are for 'stein literature only!
> 
> Perhaps that belongs in the FAQ?
>...

And a couple of minutes later:
> 
>...
> Please note however, that there are two kinds of people in this world,
> those who love the 'steins, and those who don't. Perhaps this belongs
> in the FAQ as well?
>...

To which I reply: No, They Most Certainly Do Not.

        ,',
   /\ ,''          ) "
 ,-|(<:'`'     vv
(_    `.` .  <(  )>  Uuurgh! My feathers are falling off!
| `""' |`.    <6 ) -'
| Stein|       ''    "
|Repel-|    "     )     "
| lent |     -
`-.__,-'mt-2

-- __
  /_/\   Matthew Thomas, Master of the Mail
 _\_\/_  My real address is mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz
/_/\/_/\ http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/
\_\/\_\/ THE ASCII ART FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note the fir_t letter on the label of the _pray-can.

Joan, it i_ the opinion of my lawyer_ that you are not entitled to
copyright _omething which you have plagiarized from me in the fir_t
place. While I am temporarily complying with your copyright claim, I
_trongly urge you to withdraw it a_ _oon a_ po__ible, or a very me__y
legal ca_e could re_ult (not to mention an enormou_ literacy problem
among_t the U_enet u_er_ of the world).

Perhap_ the fact that the re_t of u_ would be forced to refer to you a_
`punk1111', rather than your previou_ more cla__y name, will alone be
enough to convince you of the folly of your deci_ion.

Regard_
-- 
   .._o  Matthew Thoma_ (mpt26 @ _tudent . canterbury . ac . nz)
 ..://\/ http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/ (_ite for _ore eye_)
..:_/\   Read my _tuff in New_Room (http://www.new_room.co.nz/)
  ..:/   Tho_e damn _uccubi!

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