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

[Scott O. Bradner]

hello - Techdirt defeated the lawsuit thats a win, an expensive one, but a win


> On May 19, 2019, at 4:52 PM, Richard Bennett <richard at bennett.com> wrote:
> 
> So nobody won but the lawyers.
> 
>> On May 19, 2019, at 2:01 PM, Scott O. Bradner <sob at sobco.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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