<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;" style="font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif;">Basically, on what legal grounds could SA sue historians? As long as historians do not write insults or claim intellectual property on "email", but just present facts (like Tom's 4 points), there is no ground for litigation.</span></div><div><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;" style="font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif;">Best,</span><br></div><div><span data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman','new york',times,serif;" style="font-family: "times new roman","new york",times,serif;">Pierre</span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>De: </b>"Julie Cohn" <cohnconnor@comcast.net><br><b>À: </b>"Murray Turoff" <murray.turoff@gmail.com><br><b>Cc: </b>members@lists.sigcis.org<br><b>Envoyé: </b>Mercredi 15 Février 2017 15:35:08<br><b>Objet: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] In today's Boston Globe, re developer of EMAIL<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">I would be very enthusiastic about a SHOT session on this topic! Not my area of expertise, but if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know! -Julie<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; " class=""><div class="">*****************************</div><div class="">Julie Cohn, Ph.D.<br class="">Research Historian<br class="">Center for Public History<br class="">University of Houston<br class="">315 McElhinney Hall<br class="">Houston, TX 77204-3007<br class=""><a href="mailto:cohnconnor@comcast.net" class="" target="_blank">cohnconnor@comcast.net</a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div></span></div></span></span>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote class=""><div class="">On Feb 14, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Murray Turoff <<a href="mailto:murray.turoff@gmail.com" class="" target="_blank">murray.turoff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I note that he claims his system is the first to bring together all the functionality of email.<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">That much i think is definitely not true. in 1972 one our programmers at OEP wrote a message system that allowed message lists where you could send to the group or to individuals and it could be operated synchronous or asynchronous so it could be a written "conference call." it was put out in teh shared software for UNIVAC 1108 machines and i know the university of Wisconsin used it for some number of years for all the students to communicate with the software support group at the university.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">it probably had more features than the later "email" system as it could tell you when a user left a simultaneous discussion or entered it. the discussion could be left on for asynchronous use as well and the ability to send between any two or more individuals was a part of it.<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The crazy twist here is there were user communication systems already that were more powerful than the email system.<br class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Thomas Haigh <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:thomas.haigh@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">thomas.haigh@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_7654777855557162121WordSection1"><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">I am by no means a legal expert, but according to Fortune (<a href="http://fortune.com/2017/01/11/techdirt-libel-lawsuit/" target="_blank" class="">http://fortune.com/2017/01/11/techdirt-libel-lawsuit/</a>) <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">Many states, including Massachusetts, have so-called anti-SLAPP statutes, which offer a quick and cost-efficient means to defeat frivolous lawsuits intended to censor or intimidate defendants. But the anti-SLAPP law will likely be of no avail to TechDirt because the statute is largely restricted to cases involving the government, and because the law may not apply in federal court.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">As such, TechDirt's legal bill could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars or even more if the case is subject to numerous procedural motions and appeals.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><a name="m_7654777855557162121__MailEndCompose"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></a><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span class="">Fortune links to this page: </span><a href="http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/anti-slapp-law-massachusetts" target="_blank" class=""><span class="">http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/anti-slapp-law-massachusetts</span><span class=""></span></a><span class="">.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span class="">Best wishes,<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span class="">Tom<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></p><div class=""><div class="h5"><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></p><span class=""></span><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br class="">From: McMillan, William W [mailto:<a href="mailto:william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu" target="_blank" class="">william.mcmillan@cuaa.edu</a>] <br class="">Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 4:12 PM<br class="">To: Thomas Haigh <<a href="mailto:thomas.haigh@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">thomas.haigh@gmail.com</a>><br class="">Cc: <a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" class="">members@lists.sigcis.org</a><br class="">Subject: RE: [SIGCIS-Members] In today's Boston Globe, re developer of EMAIL</p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Might SLAPP lawsuits be relevant if one is attacked for presenting facts and rational arguments in support of or opposition to a public claim?<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">- Bill<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">________________________________<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">From: Members [<a href="mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" class="">members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org</a>] on behalf of Thomas Haigh [<a href="mailto:thomas.haigh@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">thomas.haigh@gmail.com</a>]<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 3:54 PM<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">To: 'Sarah T. Roberts'; 'David C. Brock'<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Cc: <a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">members@lists.sigcis.org</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] In today's Boston Globe, re developer of EMAIL<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Perhaps the most disturbing thing in the Boston Globe column (which I notice Ayyadurai is already featuring prominently on his own website) is the line “One early innovator declined to be interviewed, fearing litigation from Ayyadurai.” So we now live in a world where Internet pioneers are afraid to tell journalists that electronic mail was widely used in the mid-1970s. That is what is known as a “chilling effect” on free speech.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">I have focused my own statements (<a href="http://www.sigcis.org/ayyadurai%3chttp:/www.sigcis.org/ayyadurai" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">www.sigcis.org/ayyadurai<http://www.sigcis.org/ayyadurai</span></a>>) on Ayyadurai’s claims and arguments rather than his ethics and motivations. My expertise is as a historian and technologist, not an ethicist or psychologist. My position is simple:<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">1) Nobody can invent a technology that already exists, still less one that is in widespread use.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">2) “Email” is a contraction of “electronic mail” and refers to the same thing. For example, Abbate’s Inventing the Internet (p. 106) notes “The network’s users unexpectedly came up with a new focus for network activity: electronic mail. Email (initially called ‘net notes’ or simply ‘mail’….”<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">3) Electronic mail systems were in widespread use many years before Ayyadurai developed his “EMAIL” system at some point between 1978 and 1982. For example, Abbate states (p.107) of the early-1970s ARPANET that “Email quickly became the network’s most popular and influential service, surpassing all expectations.”<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">4) Therefore, Ayyadurai is not “the inventor of email.”<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">The implication of Ayyadurai’s recent lawsuits is that anyone who acknowledges that 1, 2 and 3 are true, and that 4 is their inescapable corollary, risks a hugely expensive legal ordeal. Here is what his press release of Jan 4 said. “There is no reasonable dispute that Dr. Ayyadurai is the inventor of email. The full press kit contains more than 20 testimonials from leading technology experts and numerous Ph.D.s. The press kit also includes two extensive research papers prepared by well-respected academic university professors and scientists explaining why Dr. Ayyadurai is the inventor of email, and how the few doubters are wrong.” The next sentence announces the lawsuit against Techdirt. (<a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gawker-media-pays-dr-shiva-ayyadurai-inventor-of-email-750000-settlement-300385899.html" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gawker-media-pays-dr-shiva-ayyadurai-inventor-of-email-750000-settlement-300385899.html</span></a>)<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">I hope that members of this community will not allow themselves to be intimidated, though as David warns it may be prudent not to say anything one would not feel comfortable defending in court. If Ayyadurai’s legal campaign succeeds then what would happen to books like Abbate? Will anyone who uses Abbate’s work in the classroom run the risk of a multimillion dollar lawsuit? Ayyadurai has also shown himself willing to exploit open records laws to obtain my university emails, perhaps in a hunt for discrediting or actionable materials. <a href="http://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/emailgrab" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">http://www.tomandmaria.com/Tom/emailgrab</span></a>. Other such requests have been harshly criticized by scholars as an assault on academic freedom.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">A few weeks ago Christopher Leslie asked whether this case is really so important to us, versus say defending net neutrality from the Trump administration. I would argue that it is, because the challenge that the post-fact world poses to academic freedom (and to so much else) is something that we are all called to fight in our own little corners of the world. Netflix and other tech firms will fight for net neutrality, but who will fight for history? If the SIGCIS community doesn’t stand up for the integrity of the historical record, against such a concerted campaign to undermine it, then who will?<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Best wishes,<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Tom<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">From: Members [<a href="mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org</span></a>] On Behalf Of Sarah T. Roberts<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 12:15 PM<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">To: David C. Brock <<a href="mailto:dcb@dcbrock.net" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">dcb@dcbrock.net</span></a>><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Cc: <a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">members@lists.sigcis.org</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] In today's Boston Globe, re developer of EMAIL<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">I mean I certainly don't intend to be silenced about either the record or my take on this situation, or engaging with others about it. That's rather the aim of suing, right?<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">--Sarah<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">---<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Assistant Professor<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">University of California, Los Angeles<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Department of Information Studies<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Graduate School of Education & Information Studies <a href="https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Blogging periodically at<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><a href="http://illusionofvolition.com%3chttp/illusionofvolition.com/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">http://illusionofvolition.com<http://illusionofvolition.com/</span></a>><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">On Feb 14, 2017, at 9:14 AM, David C. Brock <<a href="mailto:dcb@dcbrock.net%3cmailto:dcb@dcbrock.net" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">dcb@dcbrock.net<mailto:dcb@dcbrock.net</span></a>>> wrote:<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Dear All:<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">I think it might be wise for you to consider that the SIGCIS Members email discussion archives are published publicly.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Dr. Ayyadurai and his lawyers are included in this public.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">David<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">On Feb 14, 2017, at 12:10 PM, Sarah T. Roberts <<a href="mailto:sarah.roberts@ucla.edu%3cmailto:sarah.roberts@ucla.edu" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">sarah.roberts@ucla.edu<mailto:sarah.roberts@ucla.edu</span></a>>> wrote:<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">It may be an ideal time to publicize this goofiness, given the area of alternative facts and the public' fatigue with them, and the bullies who rely upon them.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">---<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Assistant Professor<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">University of California, Los Angeles<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Department of Information Studies<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Graduate School of Education & Information Studies <a href="https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Blogging periodically at<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><a href="http://illusionofvolition.com%3chttp/illusionofvolition.com/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">http://illusionofvolition.com<http://illusionofvolition.com/</span></a>><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">On Feb 14, 2017, at 8:48 AM, Dave Walden <<a href="mailto:dave.walden.family@gmail.com%3cmailto:dave.walden.family@gmail.com" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">dave.walden.family@gmail.com<mailto:dave.walden.family@gmail.com</span></a>>> wrote:<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">The reporter is quite a good technology reporter, in my view; and I see the Globe as a pretty high quality newspaper. I suspect that the article was carefully reviewed by the Globe's legal people to cast doubt on Ayyadurai's claims without making it possible for him to sue them for saying his claims are wrong.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">On 2/14/2017 11:42 AM, Pierre MOUNIER-KUHN wrote:<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Well, the article – and even more the readers' comments – are far from providing our self-proclaimed hero with the best publicity...<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">The most objectionable in this paper is the term "skeptics" ("The skeptics say that by the 1970s, e-mail as we know it today was routinely used"). We are not "skeptic", we know that S.A.'s claims are wrong.<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Yours truly,<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">Pierre MK<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">_______________________________________________<span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;" data-mce-style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p><p class="m_7654777855557162121MsoPlainText">This email is relayed from members at <a href="http://sigcis.org/" target="_blank" class="">sigcis.org</a><<a href="http://sigcis.org/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none" class="">http://sigcis.org/</span></a>>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. 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