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From: timizback@aol.com (TimIzBack)
Subject: Re: Crab.
Date: 1997/08/25
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>But if you are told who the artist is and
>what their sig is, it is common courtesy to put it back on the picture.

And if told who the artist is (on any of the ascii art I do have wifout
sigs) then I will put it back on. I am clearly with you there.

>The reason I referred to AOL was the following:
>What I have found most disturbing on AOL recently has been the
> incidences of the sigs *replaced* by another person-- with that person 
>being one on AOL who has converted the ASCII picture to AOL's
proportional
>font and then taken credit for the entire thing.  Since most of the
people in
>this newsgroup do not have access to AOL (and probably don't want it
>even if they could), they don't know that the pics that they have created
>are now
>being circulated with someone else's name on them.  If you ask these
people,
>they say that they made it.... until you point out the website where it
can
>be
>found.  Now, IMO, that is something to crab about.
>-joan

<chuckle> IMO, that *IS* something to crab about, and if I see it, I say
something. Thing is, I really don't see it that much (since I rarely stray
into chat anymore, and if I do, it's into a hosted room, where ascii art
of this size will quickly lead to account death if I run it). And I
understand that most of the readers of this newsgroup do not have, nor
desire AOL. I, unfortunately, being between ISPs, am forced to use AOL as
my ISP <shudder>. 

Just a sidenote, love yer ASCII art. I've got alot of yours in my
collection (WITH the sigs) =)

Tim