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November 30, 2006

Tribe sue Microsoft for translation

6077-1A%20Windows%20Chile.jpgMicrosoft has translated Windows into the language Mapuzugun of a Chilean tribe, which has enraged the Mapuche people using the language. They say they have intellectual property rights to their language, a claim that naturally raises the question if anyone can have intellectual property rights to a language. It also seems to be an all time high/low in the property right debate. (Via Comon and Pocket-lint)