Talk: ASCII Art Contest

In article <3adeg8$4f...@gagme.wwa.com>, Stef zing <ste...@aol.com> wrote:

>OPEN CALL FOR ASCII ART

>Zing Systems LP, an interactive television company from Englewood, CO,
>seeks ASCII art representations for a contest. Winners will receive a
>two-year subscription to WIRED Magazine.

>The ten best submissions, as determined by Zing Systems LP in its sole
>discretion, will receive a two-year subscription to WIRED magazine. All
>submissions will become the sole property of Zing Systems LP.       ^^^
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I guess seeing this just made me wonder... Say, for instance, that people
who wanted to enter that contest also posted their art here.  Several
people like it, copy it, distribute it, and it shows up all over the place.
Now how in the fudgeciscle can those submissions become sole property of
Zing Systems LP?  Say then, for instance, Zing whoever picks winners and
then finds THEIR (supposed) art on the net again later, being reposted or
tweaked or whatever?  Do they sue?  How can they say that this art is then
THEIR property?  I don't like it one bit.

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gra...@acsu.buffalo.edu (MJ) writes:
>In article <3adeg8$4f...@gagme.wwa.com>, Stef zing <ste...@aol.com> wrote:
>>OPEN CALL FOR ASCII ART
>>The ten best submissions, as determined by Zing Systems LP in its sole
>>discretion, will receive a two-year subscription to WIRED magazine. All
>>submissions will become the sole property of Zing Systems LP.       ^^^
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  

>I guess seeing this just made me wonder... Say, for instance, that people
>who wanted to enter that contest also posted their art here.  Several
>people like it, copy it, distribute it, and it shows up all over the place.
>Now how in the fudgeciscle can those submissions become sole property of
>Zing Systems LP?  Say then, for instance, Zing whoever picks winners and
>then finds THEIR (supposed) art on the net again later, being reposted or
>tweaked or whatever?  Do they sue?  How can they say that this art is then
>THEIR property?  I don't like it one bit.

Yea, not only that..but anybody can take something awesome by Normand or 
Row and claim its theirs.  Nobody will find out, and if they win, its 
not really their art...  I hope nobody submits any pictures..I sure 
won't..atleast not with an incentive like a years subscription to 
a magazine I've never heard of or need.
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stefzing:
>The language of the Ascii Art Contest is simply to assure that Zing
>Systems LP can make use of the entries it receives.

can you be a little more specific?  What are you going to use the
pictures for?  I'm not planning to enter, but I'm curious.
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