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From: susie@netcom.com (Susie Oviatt)
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Date: 24 Aug 1994 20:58:32 -0500
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jhgreve@epx.cis.umn.edu wrote:

: If you don't want to get into trouble, why ask that your name be
: reproduced should anyone else copy the artwork?

: The only reason I can think of to ask that one's name go
: along w/the art is so credit can be given where credit is due...
: anyone else see a minor ethical problem here?

: Don't get me wrong, I think its cool that you can convert
: someone else's artwork from a GIF to ASCII by yourself.   :-)


Well, whatever.  I can see that this is not worth following up.  I won't
be posting here in the future.  For what it's worth, though, I'm not 
converting gifs.  I'm looking at a picture and drawing with keystrokes.  If
I were using a pencil would you call it "photocopying by yourself?"  
 
Maybe the reason I've asked my name to be left intact is because I've received
my own pictures (not all are disney related) back in the mail with someone 
else's name on them instead of mine.  I realize that ASCII art is not right
up there with great literary works, but if I spend three hours doing a picture
it's a little disconcerting all the same.  Maybe if you had ever done a 
picture you'd feel differently?  Or have you done one?
 
The last thing I ever expected when I began posting to this newsgroup is
someone accusing me of minor ethical problems.

-- 
Susie@netcom.com, Susie@genie.geis.com