[ih] another Internet history site

[lukasz at bromirski.net (Łukasz Bromirski)]

> On 11 Nov 2017, at 19:10, Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net> wrote:
> 
> On 11/11/2017 9:51 AM, ?ukasz Bromirski wrote:
>>> with some problematic content:
>>> 
>>>      Who invented email?  Why it matters.
>>> 
>>> http://www.internet-history.info/media-library/mediaitem/2624-who-invented-email-why-it-matters.html
>> This troll, at least for a moment, was stopped:
>> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170906/13431338159/case-dismissed-judge-throws-out-shiva-ayyadurais-defamation-lawsuit-against-techdirt.shtml
> 
> Sorry, but no he wasn't.  That particular action was stopped, but it was merely one in a long, continuing and extremely vigorous effort to claim the invention.

?for a moment?.

> The more serious problem here is the failure of folks doing the writing to spend even 5 minutes researching the validity of the claims.

That?s true, but the ?internet-history.info <http://internet-history.info/>? site may well be connected with this guy,
as he?s looking to support his idea with made-up sites, mails and ?certificates?.
ArsTechnica and the techdirt links have more about it.

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?ukasz Bromirski
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