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1 May 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

The Bi flag controversy and when IP becomes personal

A rather bitter controversy broke out on Twitter this week when the president of a US non-profit group claimed that it  owned copyright for the Bi Pride flag, and threatened to enforce it.

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