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An Anonymous Coward writes:

The guy who didn't invent e-mail is slowly rewriting history one lawsuit at a time [arstechnica.com]. The wannabe politician, whom many would call a charlatan, using the money from the Gawker case has turned his sights on Techdirt [youtube.com] in an effort to squelch historical facts about the origins of e-mail. While this SLAPP suit [techdirt.com] may look for now on the surface like it is aimed at a single site, Techdirt, regarding a single topic, e-mail, the long term goal might be to take all journalism down a notch or two.

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