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April 25, 2013 01:54 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YP3K2VkndW0/story01.htm
Canada Post claims exclusive use of the words "postalcode"
Canada Post -- a failing, state-owned Crown Corporation -- not only claims a copyright on the database of postal codes (a collection of facts, and not the sort of thing that usually attracts copyright). They also claim a trademark on the words "postal code," and have sent legal threats to websites that use the words [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YP3K2VkndW0/story01.htm
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