[ih] Invention of term 'email'

[Miles Fidelman]

Just a thought:  Does the term "invention" actually apply to coining a 
term of art?

Shiva seems to have:

- written a specific piece of software, possibly a nice one for the time 
and for a 14-year old (might be worth checking into)

- copyrighting both the software and the NAME of the software ("EMAIL") 
(though it's unclear whether he claims copyright or trademark over "EMAIL")


I'm not sure there's anything controversial in these (assuming his was 
the first use of "EMAIL" as a product name)

But... he seems to be claiming "intellectual ownership" of:

- email as a term of art  (to which "coining," not "invention," would 
apply, if he'd actually done so, which does not seem to be the case)

- origination/invention of a whole slew of technical concepts that we 
think of as email (which he manifestly did not, as those of us here well 
know)

Miles Fidelman

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