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Chapter II

They Just Reworded It

My disclosure became a public blueprint. Someone swapped a few words — my own words, it turns out — and filed it as theirs.

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Dispatch No. 4 — The first time this idea was good enough to copy

There it was: my idea, with an earlier priority date — or so the cover page made it look. I wish I had just left it there. But no, I kept reading.

Dispatch No. 4 · The first time this idea was good enough to copy Read the dispatch →
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Dispatch No. 5 — Where have I heard this before?

They were my own words, in an application for the exact same technology, with someone else's name on it.

Dispatch No. 5 · Where have I heard this before? Read the dispatch →