I don't know (US?) Copyright law in any detail, or any copyright law beyond reading debates about GPL and other licences (IANAL).
but wouldn't the fact that you have successfully passed off this fiction as fact for 16 years count against you in court? In a related point, do you have to assert copyright (like trademarks) to retain your rights? Have you done this with other users of your work? If not, then your failure to assert copyright previously may count against you.
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I don't know (US?) Copyright law in any detail, or any copyright law beyond reading debates about GPL and other licences (IANAL).
but wouldn't the fact that you have successfully passed off this fiction as fact for 16 years count against you in court? In a related point, do you have to assert copyright (like trademarks) to retain your rights? Have you done this with other users of your work? If not, then your failure to assert copyright previously may count against you.
It was removed from Wikipedia many years ago and replaced with more fiction.