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>` And that Thiel is also funding the anti-Gawker lawsuit by the guy who claims he invented email. Your information is incorrect. By all means find a legitimat

>` And that Thiel is also funding the anti-Gawker lawsuit by the guy who claims he invented email. Your information is incorrect. By all means find a legitimate source for that claim but I recall the man saying he wasn't backed by Thiel.

BryantD 10y ago
He sort of said that, sure. "Ayyadurai says his case has no financial connection to Thiel. 'To be absolutely clear,' Ayyadurai said, 'my relationship with [Harder] is direct. There is no third party involved.'" And: "'To the best of my knowledge, I’m not seeing any money in my account coming from Peter Thiel,' he says." This is, however, inconclusive. Forbes reported that Harder didn't know Thiel was behind the Hogan lawsuit until May. I believe that Ayyadurai isn't seeing any money from Thiel, but that's not the same thing as Harder not seeing money from Thiel. And "to the best of my knowledge" leaves plenty of wiggle room for Harder to be the cut-out man. But, you know, maybe it's just a coincidence and only one of Harder's many cases against Gawker is backed by Thiel. Can I say for sure? Absolutely not! I do, however, think it's a bit more likely than, say, "My two cents are that it is extremely likely Gawker was/is working for a covert political organization." I mean, if you're gonna demand that I provide cites (which is fair) you probably ought to steer away from that kind of random accusation.
- internaut 10y ago
  Privately it has been talked about by my friends for years. It's also a bit dangerous to talk about in the public realm for a number of reasons which is why some discretion is a good idea. Look up Gawkers sources of funding, really look properly. Of course I could be wrong, but that would require a chain of coincidences worthy of Lemony Snicket. Who also lives in the Bay Area! There is a list of people who want to sue Gawker a mile long so there's no reason to suspect Ayyadurai is/was indirectly funded by Thiel. As ch4s3 pointed out, this would actually make the objective less likely because of laws against frivolous lawsuits. Regardless of how valid Ayyadurai's lawsuit is, Thiel would have been selective, using his training as a lawyer to choose the case(s) he thinks are certain to win.

BryantD 10y ago

He sort of said that, sure. "Ayyadurai says his case has no financial connection to Thiel. 'To be absolutely clear,' Ayyadurai said, 'my relationship with [Harder] is direct. There is no third party involved.'" And: "'To the best of my knowledge, I’m not seeing any money in my account coming from Peter Thiel,' he says." This is, however, inconclusive. Forbes reported that Harder didn't know Thiel was behind the Hogan lawsuit until May. I believe that Ayyadurai isn't seeing any money from Thiel, but that's not the same thing as Harder not seeing money from Thiel. And "to the best of my knowledge" leaves plenty of wiggle room for Harder to be the cut-out man. But, you know, maybe it's just a coincidence and only one of Harder's many cases against Gawker is backed by Thiel. Can I say for sure? Absolutely not! I do, however, think it's a bit more likely than, say, "My two cents are that it is extremely likely Gawker was/is working for a covert political organization." I mean, if you're gonna demand that I provide cites (which is fair) you probably ought to steer away from that kind of random accusation.

internaut 10y ago
Privately it has been talked about by my friends for years. It's also a bit dangerous to talk about in the public realm for a number of reasons which is why some discretion is a good idea. Look up Gawkers sources of funding, really look properly. Of course I could be wrong, but that would require a chain of coincidences worthy of Lemony Snicket. Who also lives in the Bay Area! There is a list of people who want to sue Gawker a mile long so there's no reason to suspect Ayyadurai is/was indirectly funded by Thiel. As ch4s3 pointed out, this would actually make the objective less likely because of laws against frivolous lawsuits. Regardless of how valid Ayyadurai's lawsuit is, Thiel would have been selective, using his training as a lawyer to choose the case(s) he thinks are certain to win.