It wasn't that part that struck me - obviously he wrote the copyright statement long before. What bothered me was "...it is a fitting demise...".

"no more fitting epitaph" != "a fitting demise"

I didn't confuse those two phrases. "a fitting demise" is a direct quote:

> One can only guess what drove him to such a tragic end, but it is a fitting demise for a man whose professional reputation is based entirely on a lie.

(emphasis added)

(FYI, I think you mean equate, not equivocate)