X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4383fff00d4822ba X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Ender Subject: Re: Comic: Save the Frogs Date: 1999/02/01 Message-ID: <36B60985.C430A245@prism.gatech.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 439473845 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <36B36958.D66E9264@mindspring.com> <36B3C3A3.DCC9288E@sympatico.ca> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises X-Server-Date: 1 Feb 1999 20:05:43 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Sara Wallen wrote: > Pete Casso wrote in message <36B3C3A3.DCC9288E@sympatico.ca>... > >> I knew, I /......... > >> _ shouldn't have /.......... > >> (_\ eaten his legs... /........... > >> _ \ \ / ! /............ > >> ) \_____________\ \_.---o-, OO /............. > >> )_)________()_____)_ \ < = (-() /.............. > >> __ `---o-' /............... > >> <__> /................ > >> ________________________________________________/db/petecasso..... > > > >Wow, there is another 'stein emulator, I award 2.5 Frogsteins! > > > > .oo .oo .o > > ( -) ( -) ( | > > " " " " " > > > >I would be happy to see an acknowledgement next time! > > > >================================================================ > >[] [] > >[] /( )\ Visit the Gallery of the 'steins! [] > >[] ( "> <" ) http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/ [] > >[] (> )><( <) Woodpeckersteins dancing the boogie-woogie [] > >[] ^^ ^^ [] > >================================================================ > > Being a lay reader of alt.a-a, I hate to interrupt, but I think this > copyright thing is getting a *tad* petty. As you know, there is a limited > amount of characters available, and often, when a picture need to be small, > there is only one way to make it look like what it is meant to. Therefore - > some frogs may look similar. > > Personally, I love the 'steins, and they are VERY distinctive - the way they > are used and the expressions put on their faces. The frog, on the pitch > above... > > OO oo. > (-() **Vs.** (- ) > (c) DerBlut " " (c) Pete Casso > > ...is VAGUELY similar to Pete's Frogstein - but hardly. Both are small, and > so will have to include similar characters to look plausible as frogs. > > Take a Close look. How similar are they really? Personally I think they are > completely different. Besides which, if I recall correctly, Mr. Pete Casso Himself made the point a few months ago that the identifying points on the Frogstein are the dot behind the eyes and the quotes for feet. As DerBlut's frog has neither of these, I think it is fair to say that DerBlut's creation is in no way an infringement of Mr. Pete Casso's copyright on the 'steins. Ender