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Re: [ih] Dude who claimed he invented email is told by judge: It's safe to say you didn't invent email • The Register
- Subject: Re: [ih] Dude who claimed he invented email is told by judge: It's safe to say you didn't invent email • The Register
- From: brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com (Brian E Carpenter)
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:58:58 +1200
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
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On 10/09/2017 11:39, Dave Crocker wrote:
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/07/email_inventor_has_libel_lawsuit_tossed/
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> I've heard that his attorney has already indicated they will appeal.
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> d/
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> ps. BTW, the judge's opinion is pretty interesting reading, for the
> details it goes into.
Especially this bit perhaps:
>> Ayyadurai?s claim to have invented e-mail ?prey[s] on . . . an almost fraudulent misquoting of Dave Crocker.?
There are other gems in the opinion too. I liked these:
>> Whether words like ?fake? or ?phony? are imprecise is context-dependent.
>> the First Circuit held that because ?the word ?scam? does not have a precise meaning[,] . . . the assertion ?X is a scam? [is] incapable of being proved true or false.?
Brian
Brian