Prince Harry and Meghan took my Instagram name

Post by dkersten » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

notahacker wrote: post #70

thaumasiotes wrote: post #67

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In this particular case, I'm guessing -- based on the URLs -- that in order to have the Instagram username "sussexroyal", it's also necessary to be located at www.instagram.com/sussexroyal . This is a design mistake. The URL identifier does not need to be the public-facing identifier, and it shouldn't be. You can have the Duke of Sussex as sussexroyal at www.instagram.com/y6llflk9 and the guy in Sussex who roots for…

But instagram.com/sussexroyal is a much more memorable URL than instagram.com/y2q9g6uo, and being able to find someone from remembering their handle is much better than remembering the handle and then wondering which of the multiple people called sussexroyal you're after when the search results come through Needless to say, the most prominent and memorable identifier being non-unique has all sorts of uses for trolls…

Post by Crespyl » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

miah_ wrote: post #83

eeeeeeeeeeeee wrote: post #56

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Wouldn’t the same issue apply to email addresses or domain names? At some point there needs to be a unique identifier or ID to locate the right destination. How else could this be accomplished, especially when we are talking about URL structures that need to be somewhat short in length?

Blizzard accounts are Unique only in that they have a unique number appended to the end. For example there can be many 'eeeeeeeeeeeee' accounts, but only one 'eeeeeeeeeeeee#1432'. The games only show 'eeeeeeeeeeeee' during play. https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/75767

Post by toast0 » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 5:39 PM UTC

benatkin wrote: post #78

gbear605 wrote: post #49

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It’s only a registered trademark for their business field. For example Apple Records also has a registered trademark on Apple in the USA. So by your measure they’re just as valid a rightful owner.

It's pretty obvious what the most well-known trademark is. I don't think Google would be giving ibm.dev to the International Brotherhood of Magicians [1]. Here's an example as it pertains to domain names [2]. Of course Instagram is different and there's much less oversight, but they would probably do something similar, where they first verify a trademark, and if multiple parties have the same word in the trademark, d…

Post by OrgNet » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 5:50 PM UTC

Post by stronglikedan » Thu, Apr 04, 2019, 5:51 PM UTC

deweller wrote: post #20

joekrill wrote: post #3

We may not have the full story here, but it doesn't seem like Instagram is disputing that they simply took it. I don't see anyone suggesting that they even attempted to contact the guy first. Outrageously poor way to handle things. Also, at what point does an Instagram account become "inactive"?

Instagram doesn't specify a time for an account to be considered "inactive". > An account is determined to be inactive based on a number of things, including the date the account was created and whether the account has been sharing photos, commenting on photos, liking photos and logging in. https://help.instagram.com/397846020286683?helpref=related&r... From the article: > Kevin admits that he didn't have that many f…