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Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by codetrotter » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:08 PM UTC

denotational wrote: post #13

> Twitter knows that these employees previously worked at Twitter; that these employees had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets [...] This sentence is clearly trying to establish liability by accusing Meta of wilful infringement of Twitter’s rights (i.e. it acted in full knowledge of these fact, even though they may lead to violation of the employees’ restrictive covenants, etc.), as evidenced by t…

Doesn’t have to be a mistake. Twitter knows that people who used to work for Twitter now work for Meta. Seems perfectly fine to me.

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by seizethecheese » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

Off-topic, but is it just me or is “very truly yours” a strange signature prefix for this kind of email? I’d expect that only in cases of intimacy.

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by 0cf8612b2e1e » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

dodgson wrote: post #11

perlgeek wrote: post #7

Big accusations, little evidence presented so far.

Can’t deny a bunch of people who used to work for Twitter now work for Meta, though! I wonder why…

Big company hires people with experience. Some of them have worked in similar industries. Or are we all in favor of non-competes now?

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by BudaDude » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

dopa42365 wrote: post #19

Isn't Threads just Instagram with optional text posts? Same old proprietary obfuscated mess, locked garden, meh, no thanks.

> locked garden

Not to defend Meta, but this isn't true. Meta is embracing the fediverse protocol with Threads.

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by notwhereyouare » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

dodgson wrote: post #11

perlgeek wrote: post #7

Big accusations, little evidence presented so far.

Can’t deny a bunch of people who used to work for Twitter now work for Meta, though! I wonder why…

because they got fired from twitter and got a new job?

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by odyssey7 » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

Great news for tech workers imo.

Part of the tech labor market downturn has been driven by skepticism over the costs: if Twitter can slash its workforce and keep running just fine, why can’t other companies?

Well, Threads swooping in to rapidly drain Twitter’s market share might change that reasoning.

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:10 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #21

denotational wrote: post #13

> Twitter knows that these employees previously worked at Twitter; that these employees had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets [...] This sentence is clearly trying to establish liability by accusing Meta of wilful infringement of Twitter’s rights (i.e. it acted in full knowledge of these fact, even though they may lead to violation of the employees’ restrictive covenants, etc.), as evidenced by t…

Doesn’t have to be a mistake. Twitter knows that people who used to work for Twitter now work for Meta. Seems perfectly fine to me.

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Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by lima » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:10 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #3

Oh good grief. This is fair game, Mr. Musk. Scaling aside, Twitter is as simple an application as you could imagine.

The product is (deceptively) simple but the sheer scale makes it a very complex system.

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by denotational » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:10 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #21

denotational wrote: post #13

> Twitter knows that these employees previously worked at Twitter; that these employees had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets [...] This sentence is clearly trying to establish liability by accusing Meta of wilful infringement of Twitter’s rights (i.e. it acted in full knowledge of these fact, even though they may lead to violation of the employees’ restrictive covenants, etc.), as evidenced by t…

Doesn’t have to be a mistake. Twitter knows that people who used to work for Twitter now work for Meta. Seems perfectly fine to me.

Maybe, but in that case the writer should just state it as a fact rather that saying that their client knows something.

Whether Twitter knows that employees previously worked for Twitter (etc.) should not have any bearing on Meta’s liability; whether Meta knew this or not absolutely has an impact on liability.

The fact that the next sentence refers to Meta’s knowledge of the the facts in the preceding sentence seems to justify my reading.

Re: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]

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Post by add-sub-mul-div » Thu, Jul 06, 2023, 8:11 PM UTC

denotational wrote: post #13

> Twitter knows that these employees previously worked at Twitter; that these employees had and continue to have access to Twitter’s trade secrets [...] This sentence is clearly trying to establish liability by accusing Meta of wilful infringement of Twitter’s rights (i.e. it acted in full knowledge of these fact, even though they may lead to violation of the employees’ restrictive covenants, etc.), as evidenced by t…

This is the same general culture of conspicuously boasted competence that brought us Four Seasons Total Landscaping.