Comments on: Dewey Decimal inside joke http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/ About David Weinberger's book (May, 2007) and how we're pulling ourselves together now that we've blown ourselves to bits Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-29744 Peter Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:55:24 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/#comment-29744 I don't think they'd go as far to sue a company whose name *refers* to a DCC category :) I don’t think they’d go as far to sue a company whose name *refers* to a DCC category :)

]]> By: That’s amusing 817. « Circulating Zen http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-29707 That’s amusing 817. « Circulating Zen Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:49:30 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/#comment-29707 [...] That’s amusing 817. October 18th, 2007 — kittent http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/ [...] [...] That’s amusing 817. October 18th, 2007 — kittent http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/ [...]

]]> By: Sally J. (The Practical Archivist) http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-29678 Sally J. (The Practical Archivist) Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:33:07 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/10/17/dewey-decimal-inside-joke/#comment-29678 Dewey Decimal jokes are funny -- at least to a hopeless information geek like me. But Peter might want to get an OK from OCLC before he prints any more business cards. They sued the Library Hotel in 2003 for using Dewey numbers without permission. You can read about the lawsuit in the (now free!) New York Times online archive: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0D71F3AF930A1575AC0A9659C8B63 Dewey Decimal jokes are funny — at least to a hopeless information geek like me. But Peter might want to get an OK from OCLC before he prints any more business cards. They sued the Library Hotel in 2003 for using Dewey numbers without permission.

You can read about the lawsuit in the (now free!) New York Times online archive:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0D71F3AF930A1575AC0A9659C8B63

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