Talk:Beatosu and Goblu

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Copyright trap hypothesis[edit]

Works "prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. government as part of that person's official duties" are automatically in the public domain by law. Shouldn't this apply to the 1978-79 official state of Michigan map? --ElfQrin (talk) 23:52, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, Michigan is not part of the Federal government. States and local authorities can create copyrights. 75.41.110.200 (talk) 15:39, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This section claims that "some speculated that the fake towns may have been placed there as a copyright trap" and offers straightdope.com as a source. However, the source does not support this claim. The source does mention copyright traps in other maps, but it describes Beatosu and Goblu as "good-natured sabotage" and says nothing about anyone speculating they were a copyright trap. "Some speculated that..." is perfect example of weasel wording and this sentence should be removed from the article. Piriczki (talk) 14:06, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization[edit]

I wonder whether it should be noted in the article that these two names are not capitalized on the map, which makes them stand out from all the real ones? 193.23.174.18 (talk) 12:27, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@193.23.174.18: Someone already added that. 207.81.187.41 (talk) 15:57, 9 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]