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In an open society, the truth will eventually come out. This tale should serve to give supporters of the current system of patent and copyright blackmail pause.

The NY Times reports on Geoff Goodfellow, possibly the real inventor of wireless e-mail, who says NTP was concerned that his earlier work might undermine its patent claims and went to some lengths to ensure that it did not, including gagging Goodfellow during the RIM lawsuit. Not only did high-school dropout Goodnight - who hung out as a teen in the lab of Doug Englebart - describe wireless e-Mail in 1982, he implemented it in the early 1990's.

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 23:00 /Copywrongs | 0 writebacks | permanent link