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The Guy who Claims he Created EMAIL is at it; Again

posted by martyb on Sunday January 29 2017, @04:51PM   
from the repeat-something-often-enough... dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The guy who made himself famous for claiming he created EMAIL, Shiva Ayyadurai, has taken to suing various web sites, social media sites, and bloggers to shut down any contrary talk on the matter. On the surface the business model looks like it might be that of a classic copyright troll. However, given the targets and the backer, could it be the ultimate goal is simply to close down the coverage in general?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/lawyer-for-inventor-of-e-mail-sends-threat-letter-over-social-media-posts/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/popular-tech-blog-sued-by-self-proclaimed-inventor-of-e-mail-hits-back/

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170111/11440836465/techdirts-first-amendment-fight-life.shtml

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Original Submission

• Obvious fraud and liar Obvious fraud and liar (Score: 4, Informative) by jmorris on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:17PM

  by jmorris (4844) on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:17PM (#460329)

  This guy is so obviously a fraud and a liar. A quick check of Wiki shows that in 1978, the year he claims he 'invented' email, UUCP was already running on 82 computers, Compuserve was being sold in frickin' Radio Shack stores in 1978. (Under a different branding.)

  So if this moron wants to sue people for disputing the obvious fact he is a lying liar who lies, if he disputes the obvious fact he is a defective human being, I will receive service at the email link in my profile. Hell, lets double down. If he wants to take issue with my assertion that he is ovenworthy we can arrange to meet and settle it as gentlemen... except it is obvious this person is no gentleman and probably not much of a man either.

  Haven't openly taunted lawyers in a few years, since way back with the whole CueCat fiasco. Telling those bastards to "go chase an ambulance" worked out ok, betting these idiots aren't any better. Getting money out of Gawker's bankruptcy judge was no feat of skill, that was just getting lucky.

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• Re:Obvious fraud and liar Re:Obvious fraud and liar (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @11:17PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @11:17PM (#460442)

  A quick check of Wiki shows

  Which wiki did you check?

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  • Re:Obvious fraud and liar Re:Obvious fraud and liar (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @01:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @01:04AM (#460461)

    http://www.conservapedia.com/Email [conservapedia.com]

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    • Re:Obvious fraud and liar Re:Obvious fraud and liar (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @06:22AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @06:22AM (#460541)

      Amazing! I had forgotten how dumbed-down Conservepedia really is. They use a lot of small words, so we'll be sure to understand.

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      • Re:Obvious fraud and liar (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @01:15PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @01:15PM (#460629)

        Well, they have to be understandable by their intended audience.

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