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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. School library by Leffe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hmm... from what I've found out about DDC, it seems like my school library uses it.

    I really doubt they have a license. And there's no way to find out until tuesday... I can't wait!

    Oh, and here's a nice intro on DDC:

    http://www.oclc.org/dewey/versions/ddc22print/intr o.pdf
    (Why is there a space between the 'r' and 'o'?)