Re: [ih] Dude who claimed he invented email is told by judge: It's safe to say you didn't invent email • The Register

[Brian E Carpenter]

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