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Should I change my avatar

Frank Kalis

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April 8, 2005 at 8:02 am

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Hi ya,
according to this http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=112&messageid=172695&p=3 my Nemo avatar isn't appropriate.
Should I change it? Any suggestions?

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Farrell Keough SSCoach Points: 17414 More actions · Answer 1

Don't do a thing! I think posting a lawyer is very humerous.

I wasn't born stupid - I had to study.

K. Brian Kelley SSC Guru Points: 114552 More actions · Answer 2

I like your avatar as well. It's not a Gundam, but hey, that's not for everybody.

K. Brian Kelley
@kbriankelley

Calvin Lawson SSChampion Points: 11030 More actions · Answer 3

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April 8, 2005 at 10:20 am

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copyfight!

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 4

??? What does this mean ???

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Calvin Lawson SSChampion Points: 11030 More actions · Answer 5

I'm trying to help a new meme along:

http://www.corante.com/copyfight/

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=copyfight&domains=boingboing.net&sitesearch=boingboing.net

The fight being that your avatar is fair use of an image, and doesn't infringe. Unfortunately I'd like to say this is a given, but it's not.

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philcart SSC-Forever Points: 47794 More actions · Answer 6

Frank don't change the avatar. You could maybe zoom in a bit more to show more of those gleaming teeth

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 7

Aah, now I understand. And although I personally think that's nothing but ridiculous, I have changed the avatar. I don't want to cause any trouble here.

...but I've saved it for better times.

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philcart SSC-Forever Points: 47794 More actions · Answer 8

Nooooooooooooo !!!!!

Where are the teeth !!!!!

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 9

Yeah, I don't like it, too, but it's the best I've found doing a quick search....I'll work on this.

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 10

wtf *?@3$%&"gr@| If someone complains, it's still enough time to remove it.

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philcart SSC-Forever Points: 47794 More actions · Answer 11

Here's a couple of candidates

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.njscuba.net/img-uw/sharks/great_white_4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.njscuba.net/biology/sw_fish_sharks_offshore.html&h=375&w=500&sz=44&tbnid=ky-IHgIQoQYJ:&tbnh=95&tbnw=127&start=67&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsharks%26start%3D60%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

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Colt 45 - the original point and click interface

Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 12

Thanks Phill!

Meanwhile I've read a bit closer into this copyfight thingy. Sad, but true. For now, I'll stick to this one...

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Calvin Lawson SSChampion Points: 11030 More actions · Answer 13

Frank,

Dude, I didn't want to discourage you from using it; I was just pointing out that corporations have been known to be really dumb about these things.

My suggestion is that you continue using it until somebody complains; then change it. There is usually a letter or email sent, and you have 3 days (or something like that) to remove it before they really get ticked.

The intellectual property laws in the US are totally screwed up, mainly because our politicians can be bought by big business. In fact, I'm going to see a copyfighter tonight at a book reading in Seattle (part of the http://www.eff.org Pioneer festivities). His name is Cory Doctorow, and he's stinkin' awesome. If you're interested in the future at all you should read his FREE (as in beer) book "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom".

http://craphound.com/down/download.php

His blog, http://www.boingboing.net/, is totally awesome; you should check it out.

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Frank Kalis SSC Guru Points: 111183 More actions · Answer 14

Thanks Calvin, I've downloaded the book and will read it. At a first glance it's doable with a dictionary at my side.

The intellectual property laws in the US are totally screwed up, mainly because our politicians can be bought by big business.

Hah, believe it or not, we here in old (or did he say ancient?) Europe do also have a looong tradition with such hypocrites

I find it very interesting to read things like http://www.opensecrets.org , http://www.capitaleye.org , http://www.fecwatch.org

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