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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday January 30 2017, @02:12PM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday January 30 2017, @02:12PM (#460640) Homepage
    It seems all he has is a copyright. From 1982. Which (a) is too late; and (b) only covers his implementation of a protocol not the protocol itself. You can't copyright a protocol, it's just an interface definition, effectively a list of facts (if you do send this, you'll get that back).

    Sounds like there's a bit of loon in this one.
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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday January 30 2017, @05:09PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday January 30 2017, @05:09PM (#460708)

    Sounds like there's a bit of loon in this one.

    Not a loon, a con-artist who does his best to use the legal system to get what he wants. Basically, think The SCO Group on a smaller scale and budget.

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