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

John Levine johnl at iecc.com
Fri May 31 10:45:26 PDT 2019


In article <CAEoi9W5bhaB2TaVvHDmKjz8XG2mPgSY6MoHvA74J4hSVShckDg at mail.gmail.com>,
Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote:
>One wonders why anyone should bother, but I am curious: If he were ignored,
>would he fall into the obscurity he so readily deserves, or would he
>continue burrowing through the legal system to try to force the issue?

His legal tactic has been to sue people who publicly challenge his
story for libel, interference with prospective economic advantage, and
infliction of emotional distress.  If we ignore him, I can't see how
we're doing any of those.




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