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

[Richard Bennett]

I had a little tiff with Ayyadurai on Twitter once over his bizarre claim that he could predict the amount of formaldehyde in GMO soy or corn through some AI that analyzed key words in science papers without actually measuring it. I ID’d him as the non-inventor of email and he pushed back. When I explained I had used corporate email systems in 1977 at two different companies he shut up and ran away.  

> On May 31, 2019, at 12:46 PM, Andrew G. Malis <agmalis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Vint,
> 
> Trumpian is a very appropriate word. Here in Massachusetts, his Senate campaign was as trumpian as it gets, mostly based on name calling against Elizabeth Warren. I'm hoping that's the last time he runs for public office.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:37 PM Vint Cerf <vint at google.com <mailto:vint at google.com>> wrote:
> how very trumpian.
> what a bad role model.
> 
> v
> 
> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:35 PM Andrew G. Malis <agmalis at gmail.com <mailto:agmalis at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Shiva got $750G in a settlement with Gawker Media over an article they wrote about the email controversy in 2012 (this was part of the settlement that got Hulk Hogan $31M). Since then, his philosophy is to try to sue detractors into the ground.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andy
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:05 PM John Levine <johnl at iecc.com <mailto:johnl at iecc.com>> wrote:
> In article <CAEoi9W5bhaB2TaVvHDmKjz8XG2mPgSY6MoHvA74J4hSVShckDg at mail.gmail.com <mailto:CAEoi9W5bhaB2TaVvHDmKjz8XG2mPgSY6MoHvA74J4hSVShckDg at mail.gmail.com>>,
> Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com <mailto: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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Richard Bennett
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Ethernet & Wi-Fi standards co-creator

Internet Policy Consultant

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