Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Sounds like a real stand-up company he's got going there...

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Please tell me @DickKinzel isn't going away...

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Squatting isn't a new thing in the world of the internet. If I catch Cedar Fair napping and get my hands on www.cedarpoint.com, I own it and can sell it back at whatever price I deem fair.

However, if during the time I own the domain name I operate a website that pretends to be the official company website, they can sue me for that.

I think that's where the grey area of twitter comes in. If you hold a company's name as a twitter account and then issue "statements" as though you are that company, you can be in trouble. If you simply sit on it, there isn't much they can do (except in this case they CAN ask twitter to de-activate the account).

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Is that still how things work, post-1999? I thought squatting was illegal, regardless of whether or not the site was in use.

Also...

Brandon | Facebook

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Guess I should keep up on Internet law a little better.

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John

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Eh, you're only 10 years behind.

Brandon | Facebook

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

That's not too bad. I mean its not like technology moves quickly or anything.

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John

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

True, and you'd still make a more competent lawyer than some.

Brandon | Facebook

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

I never understood that guys problem. Was his kid killed when another kid threw a spear at him while some omniscient voice shouted "GET OVER HERE!"

He's as bad as the moron who fought to have Lawn Darts banned in the US instead of teaching his kid not to stand in the path of flying darts.

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John

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Ouch lawn darts. I'v had one jammed in my head before. Lots and lots of stitches. Not my fault but the throwers.

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Somehow I doubt you weren't at least partially at fault.

Brandon | Facebook

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

I was 7 the other kid was 8. We weren't even playing the game they were just out in the yard because we were cleaning out the shed. He picked one up and winged it as high as he could. It ended up in my skull.

Thanks for assuming stuff though.

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

At least they surrendered it after realizing their strategy to con CP wasn't going to work. Tony La Russa tried to sue Twitter and it generated some attention, although I believe he dropped the suit.

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

So it was yours and your friend's fault. I assumed correctly.

The point is that if not for morons doing decidedly moronic things, there wouldn't need to be such travesties as Lawn Darts being taken off the shelves. After all, morons will just find other, more moronic ways to hurt themselves.

Brandon | Facebook

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Yeah if standing outside is my fault then yes you assumed right. I guess that means the 400 people who get struck by lightning every year are at fault too.

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Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

Yes, if those people are standing outside during a lightning storm in the plains while holding a metal pole, then yeah.

Don't get all huffy - the point is just that, like most kids, you used poor judgment, and incorrectly trusted your friend to not be an imbecile. Hence, partially your fault, just as careening head first into a tree whilst sledding at 5 years old was mostly my siblings' fault, but also partially mine. That doesn't mean sleds should be taken off the shelves, though.

Brandon | Facebook

Re: Companies cope with Twitter imposters

For standing outside while its lightning? Yes. There are ways to avoid it: don't hold metal poles, go inside, don't be the tallest thing standing alone in a field.

So yes they are, in part, responsible for being struck by lightning.

djDaemon said:
just as careening head first into a tree whilst sledding at 5 years old was mostly my siblings' fault, but also partially mine.

That certainly explains a lot.

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John