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Melies color Voyage dans la lune, by Georges Méliès, Public Domain.

Bikram Choudhury, “creator” of a popular type of yoga, is now
claiming a copyright
in the style and demanding royalties.

No word yet whether the estates of the authors of the Upanishads — or for that matter, the entire subcontinent — will counter-sue.

See a lively and amusing discussion on Metafilter.

Posted 07 April 2003