Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Nov 1999.
Question--is this original?
alt.ascii-art
· 10 messages · 17 Nov 1999 - 23 Nov 1999
Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an
original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever
see it before? The fishies, I mean.....
~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~
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Thanks for your help!!
NANFLY777 <nan...@aol.comnocrap> wrote in message news:199...@ng-xb1.aol.com... > Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an > original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever > see it before? The fishies, I mean..... > > ~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~ > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > > Thanks for your help!! Well, I won't say yea or nay. It is quite possible this person screaming foul did make it, their own se'f. It are also in the possibles, that a hundred other people have, too. JRO
Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.comqq> wrote: :>Message-id: <199...@ng-xb1.aol.com> :> :>Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an :>original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever :>see it before? The fishies, I mean..... :> :>~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~ :> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> :> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> : Oh pluh-leeesse. : These fishies have been around for years! : (just how else could you make a : one-line fish?) Yes. All of the good characters were already taken. And I agree, that very small pictures can't be copyrighted. -- )-OOOO`- brojek. -'OOOO-(
> Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an > original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever > see it before? The fishies, I mean..... > ~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~ > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > 1st .. what other newsgroup .. you mean to say there are other groups that deal with ascii-art ?? -- Where can i find them ! 2nd .. I have seen a slightly different rendition of the fishies. ><)))'> - like that. But it really _is_ hard to tell if a very simple ascii was made by one person or the other ... With such a simple ascii that chances of it being created to an exact likeness by someone how never saw the original creation is quite large. - CeeJay
>Message-id: <199...@ng-xb1.aol.com> > >Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an >original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever >see it before? The fishies, I mean..... > >~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~ > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> Oh pluh-leeesse. These fishies have been around for years! These are the kind of things that one person cannot take credit for... kindof like a smiley/ emoticon. or a flower @>-->------ When you get to a text picture of some significant size, then perhaps you can argue copyright. As for these fish, I think you ought to let others know that they have been around for quite a while-- and will continue to be around - as others "reinvent" them when trying to make a one line fish (just how else could you make a one-line fish?) -joan -- , __ _.-"` `'-. /||\'._ __{}_( Not the 'NET POLICE |||| #'--.__\ jgs = spu...@juno.com | L.( ^_\^ \ .-' | _ | ASCII ART GALLERY | | )\___/ http://www.ascii-art.com | \-'`:._] jgs \__/; '-.
On 17 Nov 1999 20:06:19 GMT, nan...@aol.comnocrap (NANFLY777) provoked the following text: >Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an >original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever >see it before? The fishies, I mean..... >~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~ > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> It's impossibe to copyright a one-liner, thet's all i can say about it. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ SENILE.COM found... Out Of Memory.
Peter Punk wrote: > > On 17 Nov 1999 20:06:19 GMT, nan...@aol.comnocrap (NANFLY777) provoked > the following text: > > >Someone is having major hissy-fits on another newsgroup, claiming this is an > >original creation of his and is being (EEEEK) stolen by others....anyone ever > >see it before? The fishies, I mean..... > >~~~~~~ with Aloha from Hawaii ~~~~~ > > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > > ><}}}*> ><}}}*> > > It's impossibe to copyright a one-liner, thet's all i can say about it. *bzzzzzzt* WRONG!....Thanks for playing though...... "Are you ready to rumble" is copyrighted and that guy has sued and won several times over it...AND its a one liner. HA! -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Ben Norwood wrote: > > On Yesterday, Krogg wrote: > > : *bzzzzzzt* WRONG!....Thanks for playing though...... > : > : "Are you ready to rumble" is copyrighted and that guy > : has sued and won several times over it...AND its a > : one liner. > > Most advertising slogans are also one-liners... :) > > e.g. "Where do you want to go today?" (a computer company) > "Always..." (a soft drink - doubt that could be (c)'ed...) > "Generation Next" (another soft drink) > "Simple. Impartial. Advice." (a UK mobile phone shop) > "...Inside" (a computer chip manufacturer) > "Shopping in the real world" (a UK supermarket) > "Making Life Taste Better" (another UK supermarket) Some of these and...... > Then even single words can be copyrighted (look on the packaging of > practically any toy spin-off from a TV series...) _Those_ are _trademarks_ and are not subject to the same laws as copyright....But your sentiment is correct about it all. > But back to ascii, and I doubt anyone could copyright one-line asciis > (unless they were *seriously* long...) There _was_ one guy here that claimed to have officially registred his 2 and 3 line ascii's AND thier storylines but he was a real dork and no one really gave a shit about it......Besides he was a troll... I doubt that anyone could claim copyright on any one liners _now_ unless they ARE really long and they could PROVE that they was first in creating them because ascii art has been around long enough that about every thing that can fit in a short one line ascii has been done or at least a varaint close enough to it has been done.But it would be _easy_ to claim and use one as a TRADEMARK. all this copyright shit is boring,but i guess its improtant to understand it when poeple start trying to bullshit people about it.... Fuck all this shit,just have fun. Obascii: Little monkey in a tree ready to start the flinging of his own feces at everyone. _ ___( ) ( _) (_ T_X_) \|(_) |/ ______|________ -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
> Little monkey in a tree ready to start the flinging > of his own feces at everyone. > > _ > ___( ) > ( _) > (_ T_X_) > \|(_) > |/ > ______|________ > A picture from your highschool years ? *Evil Grin*
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999 22:34:55 -0500, Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> provoked the following text: >> : *bzzzzzzt* WRONG!....Thanks for playing though...... >> : "Are you ready to rumble" is copyrighted and that guy >> : has sued and won several times over it...AND its a >> : one liner. >> Most advertising slogans are also one-liners... :) >> e.g. "Where do you want to go today?" (a computer company) >> "Always..." (a soft drink - doubt that could be (c)'ed...) >> "Generation Next" (another soft drink) >> "Simple. Impartial. Advice." (a UK mobile phone shop) >> "...Inside" (a computer chip manufacturer) >> "Shopping in the real world" (a UK supermarket) >> "Making Life Taste Better" (another UK supermarket) DANG!!!!!! These two posts never made it onto my 'puter. :-((( Anyway, i _was_ talking about ASCII, not text. >all this copyright shit is boring,but i guess its improtant to understand >it when poeple start trying to bullshit people about it.... > >Fuck all this shit,just have fun. HEAR HEAR!!! >Obascii: > >Little monkey in a tree ready to start the flinging >of his own feces at everyone. > _ > ___( ) > ( _) > (_ T_X_) > \|(_) > |/ >______|________ <g> -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Mail not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic (B)lame sysop
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