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Musk and Zuck may fight in court: Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads (arstechnica.com)

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Alternative title: Musk’s X Corp. threatens to sue Meta over Twitter “copycat” Threads

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[–] kartonrealista@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, I don't think any one company can own the concept of microblogging. If Twitter and Tumblr both existed for a long time and there were no lawsuits then this is just a nothing burger, no?

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In any sane world, yeah almost definitely.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Never discount the possibility of American courts deciding something which is horribly damaging for the world of technology.