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The Moon Hoax idea sparks jokes about copyrighting it and getting rich from others' use—all while facing pesky morals.

Written byPhil Plait
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So now Daily Static is in on this, too? Yegads.

I wonder... maybe I should copyright the Moon Hoax idea. Then people would have to pay me to use the idea, and I could sue YouTube to take down anything mentioning the words "Moon" and "Hoax" or "fake"... except I'm not an evil jerk. Oh, those pesky morals! They'll never let me get rich in a quick and easy way.

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