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Disney tries to claim ownership over hashtag #MayThe4th
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I took this just as them saying: "Hey, so you're letting us show your tweets, with your names and all, in whatever video we end up making with them."
Yeah, the context of it as a reply makes the entire difference here. If you're using the hashtag AND replying, you consent to having that tweet in an ad.
This is not at all outrageous, aside from highlighting just how low some people's reading comprehension is.
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You can already see in their tweets that they are replying to people who didn't tweet at them with this claim. One of their latest replies, for example, is replying to someone who merely mentioned the term "star wars" in their post without tagging disney or anything, with them repeating this line.
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They are saying that by using the hashtag, you agree to give them permission to use your name and message. That's not the case, people have been using the hashtag since well before these tweets, not everyone who tweets about "may the 4th" will have seen this tweet and agreed, and there are people who will tweet using this hashtag which have claims in their bios saying they don't agree to any commercial use of their twitter content.
Sounds like they are letting you know that if you use the tag it's because they want to use it for a montage or something for all the fans out there. Probably because there is no conventions going on atm. So it's to show how much love the Star Wars universe gets.
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"Reply with your favorite #StarWars memory..."
and then in a reply to that:
"By sharing your message with us using #MayThe4th, you agree..."
And then they're messaging other people who are talking about SW on Twitter, asking if they can use their tweets in their media. Pretty standard stuff, and what you would hope a company would do. Not really getting the outrage here.
No they are saying if you send them a story using that hashtag (like they ask you to) that your name along with your tweet will be allowed for them to use in whatever they way they want as this is clearly just a marketing thing. They're probably just putting together a video celebrating Star Wars. There's nothing here indicating they are claiming ownership of the hashtag at all.
That's not what they're saying. Your reading comprehension is awful.
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