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anothermachine on Nov 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Copyright Industry Madness Takes 6 Years To Catch ...

That's ridiculous. Saying "wouldn't it be cool" isn't prior art. Describing a working system is.

michaelfeathers on Nov 10, 2012 [–]

Maybe the law has changed but I heard that a patent for a waterbed was once refused because Robert Heinlein had described one in a novel.

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