Copyright Traps

Actually, a fun little article about some (in)famous false facts inserted into reference works with the goal of catching people lifting them for their own reference works.

They also serve as some nicely ironic items to use as characters / places / etc. in fiction writing.

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Fun With Copyright Traps: 10 Hoax Definitions, Paper Towns and Other Things That Don’t Exist – Mental Floss

10 Hoax Definitions, Paper Towns and Other Things That Don’t Exist

These copyright traps exist only on paper, solely to thwart would-be info burglars.

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