DannyMac@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA software company called Threads says Meta tried to buy its domain and kicked it off Facebookwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1653arrow-down110
arrow-up1643arrow-down1external-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 · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·1 year agoI predict that years will go by and it’ll still be called Threads.
minus-squarebody_by_make@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year agoJust like Meta is a stolen name. Facebook doesn’t care.
minus-squareSirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThat’s why the UK company is using a cease-and-desist approach, which apparently is an option in the UK.
minus-squareLemmyZed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoAbsolutely zero care. Too much money gushing in.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’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-up3·1 year agoenjoy being tied up in court until you run out of money and they win by default
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoCan I sue for my legal fees or negotaite a percentage of winnings with my lawyer?
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOnly if the lawyer is convinced they can win it.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m good at convincing.
minus-squareAlien Nathan Edward@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo 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.