Antedating of "Motel"
Ron butters
ronbutters at AOL.COM
Sun Nov 27 14:01:41 UTC 2011
How could a single word have been "copyrighted"? Were the IP laws different in 1925?
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On Nov 25, 2011, at 9:19 PM, "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> motel (OED3 1925 Mar.)
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> 1925 _L.A. Times_ 18 Jan. B7 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) The word "Motel," which has been copyrighted, means motor hotels.
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> Fred Shapiro
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