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Re:Unhappy Birthday by rlidwka on Monday May 25, 2015 @08:37PM (#9602355)
> When someone can tell me who owns the number 2, I will tell you who owns our cultural heritage of songs.

Well, the number 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,640 is actually copyrighted.

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Re:Unhappy Birthday by zeidrich on Monday May 25, 2015 @10:06PM (#9602603)
Yes, in the book of large numbers, there is a page between 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,639 and 13,256,278,887,989,457,651,018,865,901,401,704,641 where it has in giant block type "This page left intentionally blank due to copyright request by the MPAA"
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Re:Unhappy Birthday by jevinskie on Monday May 25, 2015 @11:10PM (#9602768)
IIRC, that number is not copyrighted per se but instead considered a DMCA anti-circumvention device. A number is a device! How absurd.
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