Talk:Running Water Farm

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ALSO note: ISBN-10: 1107014611  Constructing Intellectual Property, Dr. Alexandra George

Cleanup and removal of copyvio text
I've started a basic edit and clean-up of this article, removing several duplications and potential copyvio text in the process. The article still needs work and better references but I've run out of time to do more.--CharlieDelta (talk) 18:11, 22 March 2012 (UTC)