This is not a joke!

[tsudonimh]

For a long time it has been joked about in communities discussing the problems with the patent system. The classic joke is now reality: Someone has submitted a patent application for the story-line of a book. If approved, the plot will become "Intellectual Property" subject to monopoly control by the patent owner. It is not a mystery novel (the

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[onlyemarie]

Arrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhh.

Besides, aren't there only supposed to be seven plots, or whatever, anyway?

[tsudonimh]

Yeah... The way patents are written (and used) even those seven patent holders will be suing one another.