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Here https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140901/07280928386/huffpo-publishes-bizarre-misleading-factually-incorrect-multi-part-series-pretending-guy-invented-em
by Chardok 9y ago
Here https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140901/07280928386/huffpo-publishes-bizarre-misleading-factually-incorrect-multi-part-series-pretending-guy-invented-email-even-though-he-didnt.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140901/07280928386/huffp... seems to be the article in question, with a chain of followup articles about it here https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=shiva+ayyadurai&start=20 https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=shiva+ayyadurai&start=20
Honestly the article provides a lot of helpful information about the claims and certainly backs it up with research and citations. Unfortunately it sounds like he won't be able to recover his legal costs for this, which Masnick is arguing (and I would agree with) that there should be greater risks with SLAPP lawsuits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...)