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The Guy who Claims he Created EMAIL is at it; Again

posted by martyb on Sunday January 29 2017, @04:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the repeat-something-often-enough... dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The guy who made himself famous for claiming he created EMAIL, Shiva Ayyadurai, has taken to suing various web sites, social media sites, and bloggers to shut down any contrary talk on the matter. On the surface the business model looks like it might be that of a classic copyright troll. However, given the targets and the backer, could it be the ultimate goal is simply to close down the coverage in general?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/lawyer-for-inventor-of-e-mail-sends-threat-letter-over-social-media-posts/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/popular-tech-blog-sued-by-self-proclaimed-inventor-of-e-mail-hits-back/

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170111/11440836465/techdirts-first-amendment-fight-life.shtml

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @05:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @05:39PM (#460314)

    This guy sued Gawker and got about $750K out of Gawker's bankruptcy because they had to liquidate to pay off Thiel's vendetta lawsuits.
    With that treasure chest in the bank, he's been emboldened to harass others.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:15PM (#460327)

    The charlatan got $750 million [fortune.com] out of Gawker as it went under. What a scam. He waited until the inventor of e-mail died to avoid being easily refuted. Now that Thomlinson is gone, he can just run around and extort money from publishers and bloggers. What a lot of nerve.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:54PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:54PM (#460339)

      Uh, no $750K. Read your own headline.
      Gawker didn't even have $750M.

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by aristarchus on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:58PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday January 29 2017, @06:58PM (#460346) Journal

    From Ars:

    In a different November post, Masnick essentially invites Ayyadurai to sue Techdirt, and he jokingly wonders aloud whether billionaire Peter Thiel, who funded Hogan's suit against Gawker, will come to Techdirt's "aid."

    The error Techdirt is making is thinking truth is on their side. Thiel is on the side of alternate facts, alternate science, and alternate medicine: in other words, lies. So Peter is more likely to back Shiva Ayyadurai, like he allegedly did last time against Gawker.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @09:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @09:04PM (#460392)

    That's some leet skill there! I'll keep my eye open for the next internet company that needs to do a fire sale.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @11:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 30 2017, @11:28AM (#460599)

    I think he's just working to watch America burn, then sail off to NZ so he doesn't have to participate in the aftermath.