Comment on a Piece from Art HK 08
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Submitted by Experience Not Logic Blog
In 1903 in the US Supreme Court decision of Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. (188 U.S. 239, for those who are interested), Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. wrote an opinion with one of the most oft-quoted passages of his quotable career. The Bleistein case involved the copyright of an advertising poster for a circus, and without further ado, here is the passage:
