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

[Richard Bennett]

Yeah, there was never any question about the fact that the suit was meritless. Techdirt’s clickbait is reprehensible, but it’s the kind of reprehensible that’s protected by the First Amendment. The battle was always about the legal fees.

RB

> On May 19, 2019, at 3:14 PM, Scott O. Bradner <sob at sobco.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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