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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rcooled
Harvey Ross Ball received $45 for creating the 'Smiley' in 1963. Imagine how much he would've eventually seen had he copyrighted the design back then?
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It's also possible that it would not have propagated so liberally had people had to pay to use it.
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