Techdirt receives $250K+ from a group of backers, including Craig Newmark, to support its legal battle with Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims he invented email (David McCabe/Axios)

Techdirt receives $250K+ from a group of backers, including Craig Newmark, to support its legal battle with Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims he invented email (David McCabe/Axios)

David McCabe / Axios:
Techdirt receives $250K+ from a group of backers, including Craig Newmark, to support its legal battle with Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims he invented email  —  An eclectic group is financially backing TechDirt, a tech news site being sued for libel by the same lawyer who who helped take down Gawker.

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