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Dbrand is suing Casetify for ripping off its Teardown designs - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Map makers used to do this to catch people ripping off their work, looks like dbrand made a solid decision in doing the same (though probably not intentionally)

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[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

I'm still bummed I can't take a vacation to Frisland :(

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[–] mitchell@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

These are called fictitious entries. Dictionaries and encyclopedias do this too.

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