Mr Ayyadaurai is clever. He set up a few self aggrandizing sites and had the help of clueless media outfits to push the real story down the search results list.
Let's not forget that Ayyadaurai's lies are easily exposed by simple searches that return well documented facts. So Mr Tanaka is actually saying these things about a site that's 100% in the right.
I'm really in a very delicate financial situation but that's worth skipping some meals to support. May this hard earned cash bring you good vibes in this fight!
"I wonder if you're one of the Does named in the suit. Maybe so. (This is going to be such fun!)"
Nah, I read the whole thing and the Does are people related to Techdirt and Floor64. There aren't any readers mentioned. Still, I wouldn't be worried even if I was one of de Does. Easy win for Mike. And there's the jurisdiction issue. They'd have to bring it many thousand miles away and it would be even easier to toss the lawsuit here AND counter sue for damages.
"Maybe I think Samuel Morse sent the first network email. Am I lying? No. Is Tomlinson lying? No. We just have a different definition."
E-mail as it is today? If you think it was Morse you were entitled to do so and you would be wrong but to affirm you are right and then sue others who prove you wrong for defamation? Well, lies. And while Tomlinson may have sent the first e-mail with the configurations we use nowadays he is considered the inventor mainly because he gave the final contributions and kickstarted them. And newsflash: there's consensus over the tech community he was a key player in the whole process of inventing e-mail. Mr Shiva? Not so much. I have yet to see people using his invention.
Highly profitable to the private jails, the wer dream of a grandstanding politician and a giant middle finger up the figurative asses of everybody else.
He lies. He corrected tons of news outfits when they said the inventor of Email had died when Tomlinson passed away. Heck, even Tomlinson rejected the idea as he knew his role was just another piece in a big collaborative work. The worst part is that this is widely documented and he keeps saying he invented e-mail. This is lying.
"(it is entirely believable that Ayyadurai, as a bright kid, independently came up with the same ideas, but he was hardly the first)"
I don't see how someone would call the man bright if he took it personally. I believe YOU are taking it personally. At least you are providing good entertainment ;-)
So all you need is somebody having a hunch that you have at least a toe in the drug-y business and it doesn't matter if you are a law abiding citizen. You will be legally screwed.
I dunno, even if I had nothing to hide I would start to be afraid.
It is sad. The Pirates are an attempt to improve the system from within the system. It's by no means an easy challenge considering the system itself works against them. I personally sympathize with the Pirate movement around the world and while there have been failures (Sweden of all places) there are pretty good experiences in other places.
I'm cheering on their success. May the failures be used as knowledge to keep improving.
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But yeah, right on spot.
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Nobody should be punished for speaking the truth.
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Nah, I read the whole thing and the Does are people related to Techdirt and Floor64. There aren't any readers mentioned. Still, I wouldn't be worried even if I was one of de Does. Easy win for Mike. And there's the jurisdiction issue. They'd have to bring it many thousand miles away and it would be even easier to toss the lawsuit here AND counter sue for damages.
"Maybe I think Samuel Morse sent the first network email. Am I lying? No. Is Tomlinson lying? No. We just have a different definition."
E-mail as it is today? If you think it was Morse you were entitled to do so and you would be wrong but to affirm you are right and then sue others who prove you wrong for defamation? Well, lies. And while Tomlinson may have sent the first e-mail with the configurations we use nowadays he is considered the inventor mainly because he gave the final contributions and kickstarted them. And newsflash: there's consensus over the tech community he was a key player in the whole process of inventing e-mail. Mr Shiva? Not so much. I have yet to see people using his invention.
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140901/07280928386/huffpo-publishes-bizarre-misleading-f actually-incorrect-multi-part-series-pretending-guy-invented-email-even-though-he-didnt.shtml
"(it is entirely believable that Ayyadurai, as a bright kid, independently came up with the same ideas, but he was hardly the first)"
I don't see how someone would call the man bright if he took it personally. I believe YOU are taking it personally. At least you are providing good entertainment ;-)
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I dunno, even if I had nothing to hide I would start to be afraid.
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I'm cheering on their success. May the failures be used as knowledge to keep improving.
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Oh but they can. Caps are a con they came up with and people accepted without question instead of.. Well. Never mind.
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Ahem. Another shiny example of Ms Streisand in action.
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