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Hotel Being Sued for Using the Dewey Decimal System

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the who-knew dept.

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."

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  1. Fees for this? by Martin+Blank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Next thing you know, someone's going to start charging for Linux.

    Oh, wait...

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