The Town That Didn't Exist

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The incredible story of a fake town put on a map to catch plagiarists, which accidentally became a real place.
"The Town That Didn't Exist – How a copyright trap became a real place" tells the whimsical true story of Agloe, New York. In the 1930s, the General Drafting Co. created a map and inserted a fake town called "Agloe" (an anagram of the directors' initials) on a dirt road in the Catskills. This was a "copyright trap" designed to catch competitors stealing their work. Author John Atlas details the twist: Years later, Rand McNally released a map that also showed Agloe. General Drafting sued for plagiarism. But Rand McNally won. Why? Because people had looked at the first map, driven to the spot, and built a general store called "Agloe General Store," assuming that was the town's name. The fake town had willed itself into existence. "The Town That Didn't Exist" is a philosophical journey into how maps shape territory. It explores the concept of "Paper Towns" and how fiction can become reality if enough people believe in the lines drawn on a page.

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