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You're fucked. They have the ability to size it as it's not a domain or anything. So they have the legal ability to tell you to eff off. You can try to go to court and maybe get a settlement, but talk to a lawyer first.
> You can try to go to court and maybe get a settlement, but talk to a lawyer first. I rather suspect any lawyer will say "you're fucked". But it never hurts to ask.
It's not your username; it was always theirs.
This is the reason we need domains as handles to become the expectation. I don't want an ephemeral handle that Twitter, etc. own. I want a permanent domain that I own. And I know domains aren't technically permanent, but they're far less risk than ephemeral handles because you actually have some rights as a registrant.
I agree.
They're not technically permanent, but my primary domain name is one that I've had for over 30 years now (even surviving two instances of me forgetting to renew it), and the youngest of my other ones is 10 years old.
They aren't technically permanent, but they're more persistent than a lot of things people uncontroversially think of as permanent.
In surprised @sportz is available. They're probably taking this too from someone to give it to you :) Anyway, as others pointed out, you can't do anything. Just tweet about it, make a fuss, and stop using Twitter.