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I love this story about Agloe, New York - a "copyright trap" that materialised into a real place: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agloe,_New_York https://en.wiki
by wmwmwm 4y ago
I love this story about Agloe, New York - a "copyright trap" that materialised into a real place:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agloe,_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agloe,_New_York
When another map maker put the actual settlement on their maps, the original publishers cried foul, but then discovered Agloe had become real!
- moffkalast 4y ago> Agloe is a fictional hamlet Very fitting, if people weren't sure if it 'be or not be'.
- lalos 4y agoAgloe anagram of legal
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoAre you sure about that?
- scubbo 4y agoUhh...
- wmwmwm 4y agoActually, I think it was the initials of the original publishers
- joko42 4y agoThe 'l' was embarrassed and curled up into a ball.