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He threatened to sue ElonJet for his account, Microsoft for... using the API Twitter provided, Meta for having a Twitter-like service, sorry that's just few exa
by 3cats-in-a-coat 3y ago
He threatened to sue ElonJet for his account, Microsoft for... using the API Twitter provided, Meta for having a Twitter-like service, sorry that's just few examples out of many more. He sued none of them.
- thejazzman 3y agoBut they did sue 4 unknown "people"! https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794163/elon-musk-lawsuit-data-scraping-twitter-x-corp https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794163/elon-musk-lawsui...
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoI think the goal here is to fish out who the people are by compelling the hosting company to give out their names. Although we've not heard any news since. If there was a lawsuit filed against them, their names would've been known.
- lesuorac 3y agoI didn't realize you could sue before for `unjust enrichment` without being able to show that they were enriched. Given that it's literally just 4 IP addresses I'm definitely much more of the opinion its an individual doing it for personal reasons than a "data scraping company".
- rsynnott 3y agoYou _can_, for practical purposes, sue just about anyone for just about anything. Of course, you have a better chance of success if your lawsuit in some way makes sense, but Obviously Nonsense Lawsuits are a thing.
- martin8412 3y agoThey're Linode IPs.
- snowwrestler 3y agoYes. The company is not even paying basic bills like rent or severance; they are certainly not going to waste time and money on random lawsuits. Especially since any sane outside counsel would demand their retainer up front in cash.