It’s a shame how obvious they’re working their corporate bullying cards simply because of money. Imagine if I created a product called Google and tried to sue Google for it. That would be ridiculous, right? Well, that’s what Facebook is doing, just with money.
It’s not what Facebook is doing. The company has owned the trademark for over a decade, and Facebook is trying to strong arm them into giving it up.
This is also in the UK where they somewhat stand up to companies like Facebook. McDonald’s lost their trademark for the Big Mac for trying to do this exact same thing.
Maybe I didn’t convey what I’m saying well. Facebook is attempting to take a name because they have money. Laws don’t really apply to them, they seem to think, and it’s because of their bullying and their money.
Came across differently in your initial comment.
Also, Wendy’s had this issue as well in Europe, but their issue was about their actual company name.
Someone should start an alternate DNS root and then auction off facebook.com within their platform.
hahaha i didnt know this happened. Supermac FTW!
Eh, the UK isn’t in the best situation, in terms of big tech. If anything, most FAANG companies have got away without paying any tax here for over a decade because the alternative is they ship all of their jobs elsewhere, and the UK tech scene implodes.
I think a UK court would likely stand up for the British company, as they should, but I would expect Meta to be allowed to throw their weight around a little.
Facebook isn’t suing Threads. The longtime trademark holder is suing Facebook.
Right, I know
Okay, pointing out the analogy of “Imagine if I created a product called Google and tried to sue Google for it […] Well, that’s what Facebook is doing” doesn’t match this situation.
Facebook created a product called Threads and is attempting to bully Threads Software into taking their name. I was creating a hypothetical situation about how most small companies can’t just steal a company trademark, because it’s rightfully someone else’s. However, if you are a larger company and, have enough money, and have shit ethics, then you can just kinda… ignore that, and for some reason, the US is happy to let wallets write the law.
They did this with Meta, too.
I agree, that is what they’re doing. My only point was they’re being sued, not suing someone. They just took the name and were ignoring the other company that was already using it.
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I think the part that is missing is “imagine if I were a billion dollar company and I…”
Didn’t they pull the same shit back when they changed the company name to Meta?
Yeah.
Fuck I wish my old elementary school friends and parents wouldn’t use Messenger. I’m eternslly stuck on that platform.
Does Whatsapp connect to messenger like Instagram does? Not sure it’s any better though, since it’s still owned by Meta. I wish I could get everyone on signal
Does Signal do end to end encryption? That’s why I use telegram.
Yeah, encryption and security is signal’s whole thing. They even removed the ability to send SMS a while back because they were prioritizing security over all else. Def check it out
Gotcha, thanks.
Nope, you’re not. That’s a choice. I have no shortage of people using privacy invading messengers, crazy thing, when I send them a SMS/MMS… they get it, like everybody does.
You can trial out a new platform called beeper.com
It allows you to add all your chats to 1 platform. It’s in selected participants mode currently.
Ahh thank you for the Beeper reminder! I’m still on the waitlist tho. :(
Yh same :-(
You’re not stuck. Just leave, and make people talk to you over Signal. If they’re not trying to talk to me on Signal or Matrix, I will never see it. This not only got me off of services like Messenger, but also showed who gave enough of a shit about me to go through Signal’s simple setup.
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Two way street indeed, I didn’t say all of them followed me or anything like that. I lost contact with many doing this, as expected and intended. But I got much closer to those who did move over. Most of them moved over without me even doing anything because they cared about their own data privacy and realized that it’s easier to setup Signal than it is to setup an entire Facebook account anyway.
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.
Well, since Meta/Facebook will probably be pulling out of the UK along with every other social media company, that’s hardly a “threat”
You mean, “That’s hardly a ‘thread?’”
I’ll see myself out
You mean, “hold this thread as I walk away” 🎶
Threadful this story. Poor wee nerds. Fight them Meta’s
Do you want to destroy my sweater?!?
Ba-dum-tssss!
Does that mean we’re in for an influx of br*tish people?
We’re already here!
Your comment shows it will be posted “in 17 minutes”, I have never seen that before.
9 more minutes I’m so exited
It’s a kbin/lemmy integration thing. Although I did think it was fixed now.
Too bad, I was thinking this future-past connection thing we had could be really lucrative for us.
Yeah, sorry. I can’t give you any lottery numbers just in time to buy a ticket.
That will raise too many questions after we win for the 3rd time. We need to ride the gold and soybean market fluctuations ;)
Wow, you speak English so well! /s
I think you mean Bri*ish
We’re already here. We lurk in the shadows.
We can hear you, you’re not exactly quiet when drinking that tea.
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Probably not. They’ll farm the jobs off to Berlin, most likely.
With that said, I’d be shocked if the inevitable UK/US trade deal didn’t include some degree of visa. British workers are cheap as fuck, and our service industries already do a lot of cheap labour for US companies that don’t want to pay domestic workers.
I wouldn’t be surprised if FB/Meta tried to just settle out of court and pay them off.
“That’ll be one billion quid, please.”
They will. This was most likely planned by their legal team in advance, will cost Facebook a negligible amount compared to their revenue and marked as a “risk.” And when they settle it will be a planned business expense, like a fine
What would it have cost Facebook to come up with a different name?
~$1,000,000,000,000 USD, which is why they’re trying to do it the “easy way”
The legal fees alone while it gets dragged out in court will definitely hurt the smaller company.
That’s the strategy, of course. Throw a ton of lawyers at it and hope the other company just gives up.
Yeah they don’t even need to hire a law firm. They pay millions of dollars in retainer every year to keep lawyers on staff, so this is just someone’s day job to go through the motions
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Threads isn’t even a good name lol
Never download the Meta Threads.
Delete all meta accounts
ITT:…
…wait why did I just get kicked off facebook.Eh I don’t think they have much of a claim here. Threads is a super common word in software and Facebook can so what they want with their own platform.
