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Leon Green's avatar

So, done to keep the lawyers client happy?

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d. a. t. green's avatar

Most likely explanation.

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Rebecca Smith's avatar

so interesting! Thanks

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Alan Stokes's avatar

There's what looks like a typo in paragraph 2 of the original. "Twitter knows [things]. With that knowledge Meta [did wrong]". That should be "Meta knows", shouldn't it? Smacks of carelessness.

Although as you say entirely unsubstantiated either way.

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Susie D's avatar

Thank you. Very well explained. Meta’s timing and Musk’s back foot - a fiery Intellectual Property lawsuit - threats are not promises let alone chances of success

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Carol Rowe's avatar

Thank you! I love the clarity of your analysis which cuts through the words used.

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John Jarvis's avatar

Idle reservations of rights are a particular bugbear to me.

This is excellent and I shall send it to trainees whom I’ve supervised - it’s useful as both recipient of these letters and as someone who writes litigation letters.

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Chris G's avatar

I hugely enjoyed this, not because the particular issue interests me that much, but for the limpid elegance of DAG's analysis - it's a pure intellectual pleasure. Chris Grey

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Kat Bairwell (Sherwood Dogs)'s avatar

Cracking read, David, thoroughly enjoyable, just the perfect hint of shade! Thank you for taking the time, this legally-illiterate attempt at a human would love to see more like this when the opportunity arises. <3

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J Gee's avatar

In my opinion, most if not all of this letter is AI-generated. This means it could have been written by anyone, not by a lawyer. And by « anyone », I mean...

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