The Official Alex Jones Thread!

[The Great Zaganza]

Twitter/ X accounts change legal control every day.
There is nothing special about the Infowars account

 

[TragicMonkey]

Twitter/ X accounts change legal control every day.
There is nothing special about the Infowars account

Now, when you say "special"...

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

I was thinking about this while reading the news last night. Elon Musk is now trying to exert ownership over the Twitter account of Alex Jones, or his media empire and is doing so under the premise that Twitter owns the account, and all accounts. I have to believe that this would open Twitter up to lawsuits as well? I was under the impression that the reason social media companies weren't held responsible for what was posted on their platform was because they aren't technically publishers and aren't responsible for what is posted on their platforms (to some degree). If Musk is saying Twitter owns those accounts then he has to be responsible for them.

Anyway, I might be blowing smoke. It was just an interesting thought I had while reading the article.

Twitter accounts exist in a state known as Shrodinger's Ownership. When it suits Galaxy Brain (such as when he needs to preen in front of the other nazis) he owns the accounts, when it doesn't suit him (such as when the posts associated with an account incur a financial penalty) ownership devolves to the poster. The waveform only collapses and which state the account is in is only resolved upon hearing the sound of a judge's gavel, known as the Litigator Effect.

 

[JayUtah]

The X/Twitter terms of service explicitly say that users own the content they post. They don't say who owns the handles, so Musk is asserting an argument that X/Twitter does. Musk has wrested ownership and control over handles he wants to use, including @X. He also appropriated @America from its original owner to serve a Trump super PAC. I'm not sure the legal questions that arise have bright-line distinctions. If you post a lot under a handle that is strongly tied to you, and Musk wants it, what happens to the former content? Musk says he doesn't own it, but how is its creator supposed to assert control over it without access to the account it belongs to?

The side note here is that Jones made a lot of noise about Elon Musk coming to his rescue. That didn't happen. X/Twitter's filing expressly says it does not object to the sale of Infowars to the Onion. Its interest is solely in Infowars' identities on the X/Twitter platform.

 

[Thermal]

If the poster owns the content, doesn't it include naturally the handle they chose and posted, as well as followers who followed the content?

 

[PitPat]

Well, when I wanted to post on the official NBA website quite a few years ago, they said the all posts are owned by them. Not sure if it's a common thing, but I've been careful to look at the fine print before posting on a new site.

 

[Thermal]

Posting whatever you want and it's Someone Else's Problem has its appeal, though.

 

[Norman Alexander]

If the poster owns the content, doesn't it include naturally the handle they chose and posted, as well as followers who followed the content?

Having never used TwiX, is it even possible to ...what's the term... Xcrete on that platform without your own handle?

 

[Thermal]

Having never used TwiX, is it even possible to ...what's the term... Xcrete on that platform without your own handle?

Dunno, I'm not a Xitterer either. You should bag a copyright on "Xcrete" while you have the chance tho.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Having never used TwiX, is it even possible to ...what's the term... Xcrete on that platform without your own handle?

No, you need an account to post.

 

[Norman Alexander]

No, you need an account to post.

Ta. So that might confirm that your Xhandle is integral to your content

 

[Norman Alexander]

Dunno, I'm not a Xitterer either. You should bag a copyright on "Xcrete" while you have the chance tho.

I suspect I'm not the first with that.

 

[Thermal]

I suspect I'm not the first with that.

Ya don't need to be the first. Ya need to be the first with the rights. Mice were around long before Walt Disney was born.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Ya don't need to be the first. Ya need to be the first with the rights. Mice were around long before Walt Disney was born.

Would not even know where to start!

 

[Thermal]

Would not even know where to start!

Start by giving a copyright lawyer obscene amounts of money. Wait a ridiculous amount of time till he says it's complicated and demands more money. Take matters into your own hands by copying and pasting an online cease and desist letter with a demand for payments from anyone using the letter X. Cash checks and apply for work at the ISF. They'll never find you.

 

[PitPat]

Start by giving a copyright lawyer obscene amounts of money. Wait a ridiculous amount of time till he says it's complicated and demands more money. Take matters into your own hands by copying and pasting an online cease and desist letter with a demand for payments from anyone using the letter X. Cash checks and apply for work at the ISF. They'll never find you.

Au contraire, they have their ways. And they smoke cigarettes Nazi-style between thumb and forefinger while hunting you down.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Start by giving a copyright lawyer obscene amounts of money. Wait a ridiculous amount of time till he says it's complicated and demands more money. Take matters into your own hands by copying and pasting an online cease and desist letter with a demand for payments from anyone using the letter X. Cash checks and apply for work at the ISF. They'll never find you.

Wait... I want to write this down. Start again...

1. Obscene amounts of money
2. Lawyers
3. .. something, something...threats... something...
4. Profit!

 

[Orphia Nay]

Has The Onion done anything with the site yet? My devices have a self-imposed ban on infowars.

 

[arthwollipot]

Has The Onion done anything with the site yet? My devices have a self-imposed ban on infowars.

I believe the plan is to relaunch the site next year as a parody/satire host.

 

[Cosmic Yak]

I believe the plan is to relaunch the site next year as a parody/satire host.

Will it look any different?
Perhaps they should rename it InPoeWars.