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Well t'internet continues to be disruptive. This seems to be the opposite of eg vacuum cleaners being referred to as Hoovers or ball point pens as Biros. RFC
by gerdesj 9y ago
Well t'internet continues to be disruptive. This seems to be the opposite of eg vacuum cleaners being referred to as Hoovers or ball point pens as Biros.
RFC 822 does not use the term email (nor does RFC 733) and yet I'm fairly sure (I was was only 12 in 1982) that email (e-mail and others) was a regularly used term back then for several message types that involved computers.
A copyright enforcement in just the US does not rewrite history.
- jcranmer 9y agoRFC 822 and RFC 733 use "electronic mail", which is clearly meant to be the same term as e-mail and email. The point about "I got a copyright for EMAIL, therefore the US government recognized me as the inventor of email" belies either a fundamental misunderstanding of what copyright is and isn't or a malicious attempt to deceive and defraud.
- gerdesj 9y agoGood catch - para 1.1 from RFC 822: "This standard specifies a syntax for text messages that are sent among computer users, within the framework of "electronic mail"."
- sowbug 9y agoIt's not just a misunderstanding of copyright itself, but also a misunderstanding of what copyright registration means. US copyrights have been automatic since 1978: https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#register https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#register. You get it the moment you write something down on paper, or otherwise "fix [it] in a tangible medium." He is probably talking about copyright registration, which is a requirement before suing someone in the US for infringement. It's just a rubber stamp.
- chrismcb 9y agoIt is interesting that he claims he invented it, yet ages that the RFC predates worh, but it's only a standard. Yet he implemented email therefore he invented it. Ignoring his "no true scottsman" argument, I don't see how he has a key to stand on.