Thiel picked on this case with the argument being that an illegally recorded video is not the same as one taken with permission and, hence, the case of defamation was built on these grounds.
Denton refused to pull it down even as a case was made that it was shot on the sly and, hence, was not permitted. Such high celebrity action was of great use to improve viewership and advertising interest, and Gawker revelled in the video. In one of Hogan’s weaker moments, following a divorce proceeding, he had gotten filmed by his friend in a sleaze act with his wife, and this video was sent to Gawker. This is where Hulk Hogan came in and became the instrument to get after Gawker. Interestingly, as Thiel didn’t want to reveal his name and yet the case had to be built, a third person was brought in. Thiel hired an unknown person to do the job, who roped in a legal person, who, in turn, didn’t know who the client was. The author brings in a lot of Machiavelli and the principles that must be used to lay the trap, and that’s what makes the book even more interesting. This, as per Holiday, is the essence of a conspiracy. The plan was what can be called a ‘conspiracy’, where the target never suspects what’s going on and doesn’t know who is actually building the case. Even if there is a genuine case of infringement of privacy, it never really gets out.Ĭoming back to the Gawker story, Thiel started his planning in a careful way so as to ensure that he had a tight case against the media house, as he wanted to teach Denton a lesson without breaking any law. This is something that we, in India, can appreciate, where we hear all kinds of tales on US President Donald Trump, where the media is neither tormented by the authorities nor does it get sued. Besides, he proudly used to say that he had a great appetite for risk and loved facing odds. Nick Denton, who owns Gawker, was super-confident that he would get away with anything, as the courts there always support such people in the name of freedom of press. In the US, laws on freedom are very different from those in, say, India and it’s hard to sue the media on this score. Now, in 2007, millionaire Peter Thiel got exposed on Gawker as regards his personal sexual predilections, to which he took umbrage. And being an online channel, it was able to get to millions of viewers.
Journalists who wrote for it were not well paid and may not even have been on its rolls, but made a killing exposing anything, which individuals would deem as private. Meet Vinod Rai Gupta, the face behind Havells and the fourth richest woman in India Know about her $3.9 billion net worth, family & more
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