[ih] Defamation lawsuit brought by self-proclaimed email "inventor" settles

[Richard Bennett]

Is this a win or a loss for Masnick?

It looks like Ayyadurai has won. Masnick has to give him free advertising after spending a small fortune to defend his speech rights and Ayyadurai doesn't have to give up his criminal ways.

This appears to put Masnick in the same position as an artist whose work has been pirated who spends heavily in a lawsuit that fails to stop the abuse of his speech rights.
Truly a sad thing for free speech.

RB

> On May 18, 2019, at 2:30 PM, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
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> The suit from the defendant's view:
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>      Our Legal Dispute With Shiva Ayyadurai Is Now Over
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> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190516/22284042229/our-legal-dispute-with-shiva-ayyadurai-is-now-over.shtml?fbclid=IwAR07Mxckh00SYYY8r4C-6IEGA4AKbYaEoG2g94fwv-BEAbWGX-ikHPhENXE
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> d/
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