At 01:35 PM 11/23/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I found it in the Tweeters images gallery at:
>
>http://weber.u.washington.edu/~dvictor/ascii-birds.html.
>
>Nothing on the page indicated that these images are copyrighted. There
>are a good number of other ascii birds on the page.

Technically creative works are copyrighted when you make them, whether
or not the maker includes a copyright statement.

In the case of these widespread ascii birds, I think it's safe to assume
that the maker has made them available for use by all.


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