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

[Scott O. Bradner]

yes, Techdirt won the first round - the defeated the complaint 

they did not win everything since they did not get the SLAPP decision they wanted but
Ayyadurai did not get to collect a lot of money or to put Techdirt out of business

Scott 

> On May 19, 2019, at 3:10 PM, Richard Bennett <richard at bennett.com> wrote:
> 
> Did they? As it stands, Techdirt will not collect any fees and its SLAPP suit has been dropped. 
> 
>> On May 19, 2019, at 4:17 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.na> wrote:
>> 
>> Richard,
>> 
>> that is a bit selective.
>> 
>> They did win the first round.
>> 
>> But as protected speech. An Anti-SLAPP win would have allowed them to recover costs, which in US litigation is notably rare.
>> 
>> el
>> 
>> -- 
>> Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
>> On 19 May 2019, 06:54 +0200, Richard Bennett <richard at bennett.com>, wrote:
>>> Techdirt already lost its anti-SLAPP suit against Ayyadurai. Given Masnick’s penchant for hyperbole, that wasn’t surprising. 
>>> 
>>> RB 
>> 
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