Internet Pioneers Slam $750,000 Settlement for the 'Man Who Invented Email'

Two early internet pioneers are expressing sadness and disbelief at the fact that Shiva Ayyadurai, a self-described “world-renowned scientist, inventor, lecturer, philanthropist and entrepreneur” who says he invented “email: the electronic mail system as we know it today,” will receive a $750,000 settlement from Gawker Media, the bankrupt publisher that he sued for defamation earlier this year over a series of stories that, his lawsuit claims, “falsely trace the origin of email and call Dr. Ayyadurai a liar.”
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/internet-pioneers-slam-750-000-settlement-for-the-man-1788503950?source=Snapzu