X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,fc18f5db07508ce9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-23 02:40:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.190.198.17!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!skynet.be!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Rip Off? Re: I design an amusing soft to manage ASCII art Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:33:51 +0800 Message-ID: References: <5aa2983.0110192137.3a030148@posting.google.com> <3bd25290.13823859@news.onemain.com> <6p35ttkmqhdelcpv9rvuvoud9k9gnok4c7@4ax.com> <9r1jiv$7ru$1@eeyore.INS.cwru.edu> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.169.95 X-Trace: news.iinet.net.au 1003829772 353 203.59.169.95 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8866 hola Paul "Froggy" Schneider, soy una robusteza! >"Bateau" wrote in message >news:Es3SOyS33Xy9yCupTNc0JeY1pUDe@4ax.com... >> hola bug, soy una robusteza! >> >It was a beautiful day/night Sun, 21 Oct 2001 04:45:53 GMT, when >> >shedragon@lycos.com (ldb) wrote in alt.ascii-art that: >> > >> >>So, he/ she is charging 10 bucks for this program. How much of that is >> >>he/ she paying the ascii artists? Is he/ she at least keeping artist >> >>initials on the ascii art? >> > >> >If he gets money for using his program and this program contains >> >somebody elses pictures and he's not paying fees to authors than he's >> >braking the law... I think. >> >> Correct. Copyright applies to ascii art as soon as it's created just >> like everything else. > >Thing is, you can't sue for compensatory damages, but you can sue him to >get him to stop using the images. In order to sue for compensatory >damages you have to actually register the copyright, which is quite >expensive. It's $30. That makes you eligible for statutory damages and legal fees if the litigation is successful so you'll end up with more money. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net