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From: shedragon@lycos.com (ldb)
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Subject: ASCII Rip Off? Re: I design an amusing soft to manage ASCII art
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Quote from the site:

"Any unregistered user can use the software for 30 days. Registration
only costs $9.95. Registered ImageChat users can obtain FREE technical
support and upgrade to future versions for FREE!" 

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?


On 19 Oct 2001 22:37:30 -0700, postmaster@softcows.com (QQ) wrote:

>I like ASCII art very much. I always visit ASCII art sites. I am a
>programmer. So I design an amusing soft to manage ASCII art. this soft
>has a great collection of ASCII art from various artists. You can
>convert picture or text into beautiful ASCII art easily.
>My homepage is http://www.softcows.com, the download url is
>http://www.softcows.com/imagechat.exe. I hope you will like this soft
>just as I like it:)
>Thanks.


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