the USPTO has finally gone too far

From Slashdot:
USPTO Issues Provisional Storyline Patent
Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday November 03, @11:28PM
from the thought-of-that-first dept.


cheesedog writes "The USPTO will issue the first storyline patent in
history today, with two others following in the next few months.
Right to Create points out that this was anticipated several months
ago in a story by Richard Stallman published in the The Guardian, UK.
With the publication of this not-yet-granted patent, its author can
begin requiring licensing fees for anyone whose activities might fall
within its claims, including book authors, movie studies, television
studios and broadcasters, etc. The claims appear to cover the
literary elements of a story involving an ambitious high school
student who applies for entrance to MIT and prays to remain sleeping
until the acceptance letter comes, which doesn't happen for another
30 years."