"Tweet" and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain

(blog.ericgoldman.org)

45 points | by progval 2 hours ago

6 comments

  • weinzierl 21 minutes ago
    Probably not many do remember, but before this logo Twitter had a different bird logo until the company was already quite big.

    If I remember correctly this logo was allegedly bought from a royalty free image platform and Twitter had no exclusive rights to it. Also there was a little outcry that the original artist just received the royalty free platform usual ridiculously small one time payment.

    EDIT: The one I remember is the second one in the timeline image from the following (unfortunately ad infested) article, so apparently it was not the first one they had.

    https://www.afaqs.com/news/digital/has-musk-gone-too-far-wit...

    • nolok 19 minutes ago
      > Also there was a little outcry that the original artist just received the royalty free platform usual ridiculously small one time payment.

      I mean, if I tell you I'm to sell something to you for 5 dollars and you will be allowed to do this or that with it, and you give me the 5 dollars and then do this or that, it's a bit ridiculous to then have an "outcry" that you were successfull at doing this or that so you owe me more.

      Not trying to offend but artists willing to make bird logo for cheap are a dime a dozen, which is why those site exists in the first place, and they didn't care about which one exactly which is why they went on that site to buy it; it's ot like there was any vile or unfair action being done there.

      • bsoqk 14 minutes ago
        Not all outcries have to be entertained.
  • blfr 39 minutes ago
    The core reason to enforce trademarks is not to fluff the corporation that holds it but to let the public be confident in the name. So the trademark should hold for as long as a reasonable person can be confused by the new Twitter regardless of people's dislike towards Elon.

    I may be biased because I still go to Twitter via twitter.com.

    • parl_match 25 minutes ago
      I stopped going. Between the spam and the racist unmoderated AI slop cannon that is discovery there, what's the point
      • solarkraft 23 minutes ago
        I don’t even open twitter/x links anymore because the page is so unusable.
        • shevy-java 15 minutes ago
          Same here. There is always the "log in" nagging pop-up. But I will never log in again to the right-arm-gesture guy, so this is just time wasted for me.

          We could need some decentralized way to share "tweets" though. Not linked to greedy billionaires.

  • MatthewWilkes 37 minutes ago
    Is it accurate to describe this as the public domain? I would expect that the bird logo still enjoys copyright protection, independent from its status as a trademark.
  • Rygian 40 minutes ago
    Decision from the judge "Issuance of the injunction precluding Bluebird's use of the Twitter-formative marks is contingent on X Corp.'s posting of a $500,000 bond."

    Both X Corp. and Bluebird have asked to go to court on Nov 2027.

  • throw3212 15 minutes ago
    Twitter has become a racists hangout place
    • whatsupdog 3 minutes ago
      I remember when people were called racist just for asking more border control. What's the new definition now?

      My point is that this term has been used so loosely, it has lost its meaning. Racist used to be someone who really despised black/brown people. Now every Trump voter is apparently a racist.

  • shevy-java 17 minutes ago
    A small, but nonetheless strategically important, defeat for the billionaire Elon "my right arm constantly twitches into a straight arm" musky Musk.