[SIGCIS-Members] The new thing: Ayyadurai claims to be suing Techdirt

[Ian S. King]

Do facts carry no weight anymore?  Or is history now decided by who has the
nastiest lawyer?

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Thomas Haigh <thomas.haigh at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Gawker settlement is old news -- announced some time ago though
> perhaps the money is only now being paid. Here's the new part of the press
> release, which doesn’t seem to be reported anywhere yet:
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> New Lawsuit against TechDirt.com
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> On January 4, 2017, Dr. Ayyadurai filed a new lawsuit against TechDirt.com
> for defaming him in 14 different articles published from September 2014
> through November 2016. Dr. Ayyadurai seeks a minimum of $15 million in
> damages in the new lawsuit.
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> Interesting to see how that works out. TechDirt’s founder, Mike Masnick,
> has blogged the most in-depth and sustained coverage of the saga:
> https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=shiva+ayyadurai.
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> The news reminds me of TechDirt’s choice to headline its recent article
> reporting the Gawker settlement “Here’s the Truth, Shiva Ayyadurai Didn’t
> Invent Email.”  https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161103/11502935958/
> heres-truth-shiva-ayyadurai-didnt-invent-email.shtml One commentator
> asked “Why don't you just flat out DARE Ayyadurai to sue you? Because
> you're coming pretty close.” Looks like he rose to the bait.
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> Another depressing data point suggesting that 2017 is likely to be worse
> than 2016.
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> Tom
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Members [mailto:members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Evan
> Koblentz
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 5:31 PM
> To: Sigcis <members at sigcis.org>
> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Shiva/Gawker, also AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH
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> I strongly advise putting on a helmet before reading because you will want
> to bang your heads against the wall extremely hard. I know I do.
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> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gawker-media-
> pays-dr-shiva-ayyadurai-inventor-of-email-750000-settlement-300385899.html
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> From the press release:
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> Gawker Media has paid Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai a $750,000 settlement payment
> and later this month will permanently remove its libelous article about
> him, which denied Dr. Ayyadurai's invention of email.
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> Victory over Gawker Media
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> "This is a historic victory for truth," declared Dr. Ayyadurai.
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> "Americans have no tolerance for fake news, lies or cyberbullying. A
> 14-year-old kid working in Newark, New Jersey in 1978 invented email.
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> This settlement honors that innovation."
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> There is no reasonable dispute that Dr. Ayyadurai is the inventor of email.
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-- 
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a Design Lens

Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org>
Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org>

University of Washington

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