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

[johnl at iecc.com (John R. Levine)]

> 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.

True, but the Gawker case was odd because the Hulk Hogan thing made them 
an easy target, and Peter Thiel who funded the suit had a long time grudge 
against them.

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