5 Mar
2018
5 Mar
'18
5:16 a.m.
On Mar 4, 2018 5:23 PM, "Clem Cole" <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
As for the 'tosser' that is making claims, I am under the impression he
some how succeeded in getting a copyright for it. How is unclear, but he
did. And that's his claim for invention based on work he did which he
admits was in 1978 -- which is 7-10 years after the ArpaNet: [
http://fortune.com/2016/03/07/who-really-invented-email/.] To me, a
strange part is that he suing people that claim otherwise. I really don't
see how he can win those, but I'm not a laywer and I guess copyright gives
him certain rights. O note that, I have been using messaging system - aka
email, pretty nearly ever day since I first start using computers in the
late 1960s. So I have a very hard time taking this guy seriously.
Not only is he a tosser, he's also a political crank. He took part in a
"free speech" rally this past summer, which was a thinly disguised venue
for white supremacists.
He's apparently mounting a bid for the US Senate, which is odd in and of
itself, but he's acquired an aged school bus that he's painted and is using
as a prop for his candidacy. It just so happens that I was driving down the
same road as that bus earlier today and was stopped at a traffic light next
to it for a minute or so. "Oh, that's that crazy email guy...." It made me
more than usually annoyed.
- Dan C.