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Hotel Being Sued for Using the Dewey Decimal System
cbull writes "Did you know the Dewey Decimal System isn't in the public domain? The rights are owned by the Online Computer Library Center. They are suing the Library Hotel in New York for trademark infringement. In addition, according to the article, libraries pay at least $500/year to use the system."
i would like to copyright all the prime numbers.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
Next thing you know, someone's going to start charging for Linux.
Oh, wait...
You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
Dewey Decimal for Law books. They're gonna need it.
Hewey and Lewey got to say about this ?
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
"Don't you know the Dewey Decimal System????"
CONAN THE LIBRARIAN!
Kick in the Head
i like the erotica package detailed on their site.. sounds pretty good.. i dont think my girlfriend's parents would too much approve of us utilizing such facilities though and it probably costs more than the $2 that belongs to me. college. blah.
No, just for the letters "S" "C" and "O".
The rights to it were bought by SCO.
National pride will probably prevent countries other than the US from using a system that divides the history of the world into:
D -- HISTORY (GENERAL) AND HISTORY OF EUROPE
E -- HISTORY: AMERICA
F -- HISTORY: AMERICA
While I'm sure the LOC system works fine for the Library of Congress, it does not seem to be widely applicable enough to replace the Dewey Decimal Sysem around the world.
Incidentally, I am shocked that use of the DDC requires royalties more than 100 years after its invention.
There are two kinds of sysadmins: paranoids and losers. I'm both kinds.
Oh come on. The LoC has made some good choices.
"BS"--The Bible, Hebrew and Christian
Why would anyone want to rename Services For Unix? It has such a catchy acronym.
Badass Resumes
What's the Dewey number for porn?
Whoops - they actually tell you: 800.001.
That's gotta be a great come on line for those sexy-looking librarians: "Hey babe, interested in some 800.001?"
Except that she'll probably come back with "Only in your 800.005."
a world in progress...
``But does it belong under "math", "computer science", or "computer languages -> C"? (Dewey seperates Computing out into a seperate category, rather than placing it under math).
/math/BookTitle /cs
The answer, of course, is all three.''
ln
What? Your library does not support links? Don't tell me they use Windows... How do you mean ``The Real World doesn't support hard links''? What kind of operating system is that???
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
If God wants to take someone to court, he'll first have to create an attorney in his own image...
No, not even an omniscient God can comprehend the Law and court procedures.