DannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 3 年前A software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1923
arrow-up1923external-linkA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 3 年前message-square85fedilink
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·3 年前I predict that years will go by and it’ll still be called Threads.
minus-squarebody_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·3 年前Just like Meta is a stolen name. Facebook doesn’t care.
minus-squareSirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 年前That’s why the UK company is using a cease-and-desist approach, which apparently is an option in the UK.
minus-squareLemmyZed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 年前Absolutely zero care. Too much money gushing in.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前I’d just sue em for a bunch of money and then license the name to them for a bunch more, and the website for a bunch more…
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 年前enjoy being tied up in court until you run out of money and they win by default
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 年前Can I sue for my legal fees or negotaite a percentage of winnings with my lawyer?
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前Only if the lawyer is convinced they can win it.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前So are lawyers. It’s their job.
I predict that years will go by and it’ll still be called Threads.
Just like Meta is a stolen name. Facebook doesn’t care.
That’s why the UK company is using a cease-and-desist approach, which apparently is an option in the UK.
Absolutely zero care. Too much money gushing in.
I’d just sue em for a bunch of money and then license the name to them for a bunch more, and the website for a bunch more…
enjoy being tied up in court until you run out of money and they win by default
Can I sue for my legal fees or negotaite a percentage of winnings with my lawyer?
Only if the lawyer is convinced they can win it.
I’m good at convincing.
So are lawyers. It’s their job.