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Twitter begins faking metrics in attempt to gaslight its own shareholders

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So... X...

and NASA trusted this guy... and Las Vegas public transportation bureaucrats trusted this guy... who else?
Money buys you more trust than competence can earn you in the US, unfortunately.
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This is the gift that keeps on giving...turns out the trademark for "X" is already owned by Microsoft. I assume because of Direct X.

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Money buys you more trust than competence can earn you in the US, unfortunately.
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This is the gift that keeps on giving...turns out the trademark for "X" is already owned by Microsoft. I assume because of Direct X.

Is Microsoft making alphabetical characters 'illegal' now? :rofl2:
 

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Is Microsoft making alphabetical characters 'illegal' now? :rofl2:
Nah it's a trademark, not a copyright. Which means they own the use of it only in certain contexts. As KingVamp pointed out, Meta owns the trademark for use in social media contexts, so Elon is double-fucked there.
 

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Aaaand, the logo is plain copy of Xerox's one (X-windows anyone?)

Inheritance based on originally stolen property doesn't sadly grant even half a brain to Muskrat.
 
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Nah it's a trademark, not a copyright. Which means they own the use of it only in certain contexts. As KingVamp pointed out, Meta owns the trademark for use in social media contexts, so Elon is double-fucked there.
Correct. A trademark can be stamped on the name for a product or company, whereas a copyright protects authorship for the works that this person created. Elon in this case, double-dicked himself round the arse as here, he might've committed 'trademark infringement' by using the name that another company had registered under their name.
 
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