X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6e651c21af9d46c6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: spunk1111@aol.com (Spunk1111) Subject: Re: SigZag - !!!! The ULTIMATE signature creater !!!! Date: 1998/02/19 Message-ID: <19980219190801.OAA11427@ladder03.news.aol.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 326675898 References: <34EC2943.43D@freent.toronto.on.ca> X-Admin: news@aol.com Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art >From: llizard >Message-id: <34EC2943.43D@freent.toronto.on.ca> >If you are asking for money, whether it is 200 dollars or 2 cents, then >it is completely wrong Absolutely! Making $ from other people's work is wrong. Internet copyright laws are there for a reason... it goes for webpages, email, and usenet postings. Just because you find a picture not on a webpage, it DOES NOT mean that you have public domain... It has been the concensus of the ASCII artists to share our work with others-- FOR PRIVATE USE. Read the FAQ- look at the disclaimers on the home- pages. What you are doing is not private use-- you are selling our ASCII pictures. I don't care for that. It is my opinion that if anyone is going to financially profit from my ASCII artwork (and I will assume that you have a couple of my pictures in your program)- then it ought to be me! I am with the crowd of making this sig creater free-ware or removing the copy-righted ASCII pictures or sharing the profits with me. -joan -- _ ~0 (_| < spunk1111@juno.com > |(_~|^~~| SPUNK'S GALLERY OF ASCII ART: TT/_ T"T < http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ > jgs^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^