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Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by hpoe »

pier25 wrote: post #48
hpoe wrote: post #11

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What if I end all my comments with: © Pier25 Huh? Checkmate!

Thank you for your question, as a result we now legally own Pier25 and all affiliated intellectual property. Thank you for your time and service.

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by sys_64738 »

lstamour wrote: post #20

If I understand disneytermsofuse.com correctly and I am not a lawyer, they’re claiming #MayThe4th is a Disney Product under the terms therein? Or that the Twitter account is a Disney Product? Because the terms say: > The Disney Products may ask for or allow you to communicate, submit, upload or otherwise make available text, chats, images, audio, video, contest entries or other content (“User Generated Content”), whi…

I doubt very much you can enforce a term that is a date in the year.

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by londons_explore »

OrangeMango wrote: post #40

At a rummage sale a few years ago, I bought a book published by Disney in the 1960s or 1970s which had instructions on how to make Mickey Mouse puppets. It also said to "have fun" making them. Selling things for a profit is a lot of fun. As far as I'm concerned, I now have a perpetual, transferable license to make and sell Mickey Mouse puppets. I even asked a lawyer.

I'm not sure that would pass the "meeting of minds" test of contract law...

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

Consultant32452 wrote: post #25
smnrchrds wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For it not to be held up, someone has to take Disney to court and win. Good luck with that. It's the whole single-digit millionaires don't have effective access to legal system , turned up to 11. I can only see a double-digit billionaire having the resources to fight this to the end.

I have an anecdote about this. I worked at Disney for some time and a coworker was an avid 2nd amendment person. They left their firearm in their car as is legal for any employer with a very short list of exceptions. I think munitions development is one of the exceptions, and Disney qualifies because of their massive fireworks shows. I'm very foggy on these details as it's been many years since. Anyways, he was chatt…

This is why you only live in states with single-party consent recording privileges and document everything these sleezeballs say. Then hand it over to the judge.

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by berbec »

na85 wrote: post #4
ravenstine wrote: post #3

Just for #MayThe4th? It would be a real stretch in the first place if they made this statement about #MayThe4thBeWithYou, but just #MayThe4th???

Makes me want to set up a twitter bot that tweets things that are purposely against Disney's bullshit TOS and tags it with #MayThe4th.

#winniethepooh #taiwaneseindependence #MayThe4th

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by NullPrefix »

londons_explore wrote: post #53
OrangeMango wrote: post #40

At a rummage sale a few years ago, I bought a book published by Disney in the 1960s or 1970s which had instructions on how to make Mickey Mouse puppets. It also said to "have fun" making them. Selling things for a profit is a lot of fun. As far as I'm concerned, I now have a perpetual, transferable license to make and sell Mickey Mouse puppets. I even asked a lawyer.

I'm not sure that would pass the "meeting of minds" test of contract law...

More like "changing of the minds"

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by jrockway »

berbec wrote: post #56
na85 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Makes me want to set up a twitter bot that tweets things that are purposely against Disney's bullshit TOS and tags it with #MayThe4th.

#winniethepooh #taiwaneseindependence #MayThe4th

I was going to give them that 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 key and see if it still upset them. Getting China involved does seem like a good idea, though!

Re: Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use

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Post by slg »

mholt wrote: post #44

Update from Disney: > The above legal language applies ONLY to replies to this tweet using #MayThe4th and mentioning @DisneyPlus . These replies may appear in something special on May the 4th! https://twitter.com/disneyplus/status/1254849654585323525 ... as if that's really any better.

Now the interesting question is whether they were simply lazy in the language and this was their initial intent or if the 5 hours of the original tweet being ratioed motivated a change.

The new clarification is absolutely better to not claim ownership over the entire hashtag, but it is questionable to claim in one tweet that any replies made to a different tweet are an agreement to a private TOS.

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