Legal Research

Once Again, the Lawsuit Proves its Worth as an Attention-Getter

Someone created a fake Twitter account for St. Louis Cardinals’ manager Tony La Russa. The account’s Tweets were offensive, referring to the deaths of pitchers Darryl Kile and Josh Hancock. It was immature, obviously the work of a young kid. La Russa contacted Twitter and asked them to shut down the account. No brainer, right?

Wrong. Three weeks later, Twitter hadn’t responded. So La Russa filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court.

Thirty minutes later, the account was gone.

According to CEO Biz Stone, “We don’t have a list of trademark names we’re going through. It’s more like, let us know.”

I’m thinking that policy ain’t gonna fly much longer, now that Twitter’s been anointed by Oprah and celebrities are giving us all the details of their fascinating lives.

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on June 05, 2009 (boomark / email).