The term "carbon copy" can be used in reference to anything that was a near duplicate of an original ("...and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land!", Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land).
While working as a secretary at RKO Studios, her boss advised her that there would not be a lot of work for her to do but he wanted her to look busy, so Eyde typed each issue of the magazine twice through with five carbon copies, making a total of 12 copies of each issue.
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On the strength of two carbon-copy cover versions, "Kalimba de Luna" (Germany #17, 22 weeks - originally by Tony Esposito) and "Happy Song" (Germany #7, 16 weeks - original version by Baby's Gang) which gave Boney M. their first Top 20 hits in Germany in three years, this compilation was rush-released in November 1984.
In April 2009 a carbon copy of the original list (including 801 names) was found in Sydney among the documentation Thomas Keneally gave as a donation to the State Library of New South Wales.
Kadrey's short story Carbon Copy: Meet the First Human Clone was filmed as After Amy, a 2001 made-for-television movie starring Bridget Fonda.