Article:		The Library of Congress Comes Home
Subject:		Another reason for not using Dewey
Date:		2004-03-22 17:48:36
From:		Carolyne Sidey
The Dewey Decimal System is actually trademarked and that trademark is owned by OCLC. You cannot use it without their permission. They enforce as shown in http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/20031124.htm

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• Another reason for not using Dewey
  2004-03-22 17:56:09 Kendall Clark [Reply]
  
  That settlement was about trademark infringement. Implementing DDC in one's home library would not -- in my opinion -- be a trademark infringement as it would be solely a private, non-commercial use. But, of course, I'm not a lawyer.