The animation does not add any creative element to the text that would qualify for copyright. -Nv8200p talk 17:30, 28 July 2007 (UTC)}}

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• 2005-01-14 21:56 M. E. Smith 450×202 (35319 bytes) Charles Johnson's animated GIF comparison of purported 1970's era typewritten Killian memos with 2004-era MS Word document using default settings