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==References== === Citations === {{reflist}} ===Academic sources=== * [[Jan Brunvand|Brunvand, Jan]] ** ''The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story'' (2000, Univ. Illinois: {{ISBN|0-252-07004-6}}){{snd}}collecting examples ** ''The Choking Doberman'' (Norton, 1984; {{ISBN|0-393-30321-7}}) ** ''Curses! Broiled Again!'' (Horton, 1989; {{ISBN|0-393-02710-4}}){{snd}}collecting examples, inc. "Blue Star Acid" * [[Alan Dundes|Dundes, Alan]] and [[Carl Pagter|Pagter, Carl R.]]: ** ''Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded: Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire''. (Rev. ed., Wayne State Univ. 1992; {{ISBN|0-8143-2432-0}}) ** ''When You're Up to Your Ass in Alligators... More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire'' (Wayne State Univ. 1997; {{ISBN|0-8143-1867-3}}) ** ''Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire'' (Wayne State Univ. 1991; {{ISBN|0-8143-2358-8}}) ** ''Sometimes the Dragon Wins: Yet More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire'' (Syracuse, 1997; {{ISBN|0-8156-0371-1}}) * Ellis, Bill: ''Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media'' (Univ. Kentucky, 2000; {{ISBN|0-8131-2170-1}}) * Hatch, Mary Jo; Jones, Michael Owen: "Photocopylore at work: aesthetics, collective creativity and the social construction of organizations", in ''Culture and Organization'', vol. 3, no. 2 (July 1997) * Michael, Nancy. "Censure of a Photocopylore Display." ''[[Journal of Folklore Research]]'', vol. 32, no. 2 (May–August 1995). * [[Michael J. Preston (professor of English)|Preston, Michael J.]] ** "Traditional Humor from the Fax Machine: 'All of a Kind'", in ''Western Folklore'', vol. 53, no. 2 (April 1994) ** "Xeroxlore", in ''American Folklore: An Encyclopedia'', Jan Brunvand, editor in chief. (Garland, 1996; {{ISBN|0-8153-3350-1}}) ===Analysis=== * Emery, David: ''[http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa061098.htm Trademark of the Beast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220131957/http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa061098.htm |date=2007-02-20 }}'', byline June 10, 1998, accessed Nov, 9, 2007{{snd}}The Procter & Gamble logo hoax * Bunch, Michael: "Technology Aided Spread of Terrifying Hoax", ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', Oct. 4, 1993{{snd}}"Lights Out" gang initiation legend spreads by fax and copier. * [[Douglas Hofstadter|Hofstadter, Douglas]]: ''[[Le Ton beau de Marot]]: In Praise of the Music of Language'' ({{ISBN|0-465-08645-4}}){{snd}}contains a linguistic discussion of the ''Blinkenlights'' text ===Legal=== * ''Chalifoux v. New Caney Independent School District'', 976 F.Supp. 659 (S.D. Tex. 1997){{snd}}School board rule forbidding wearing of the rosary as a necklace, claimed to be a "gang symbol", struck down by court. * ''Jeglin v. San Jacinto Unified School District'', 827 F.Supp. 1459 (C.D. Cal. 1993){{snd}}School board dress code forbidding the wearing of sports logos, claimed to be "gang symbols", partially struck down by court. * Roberts, Kesler T., Littrell, Elizabeth L., Weber, Gerald R.: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070709170444/http://www.acluga.org/briefs/tilman.dress.code/judgement.pdf Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law in Support of her Motion for Summary Judgment] in ''Tillman v. Gwinnett County School District'', (N.D. Ga., case no. 1:04-CV-01180-BBM). Apr. 9, 2005, accessed Nov. 9, 2007. Brief filed on behalf of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] Foundation for Georgia. Shows school administrators relying on anonymous printouts and rumors to condemn, among other things, [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] logos and clothing, and a patch reading [[Spain|España]], as "gang symbols".
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