> The exact circumstances surrounding the changes aren't clear.
The exact circumstances are that they likely paid them a shitload of money.
The exact circumstances are that they likely paid them a shitload of money.
Everyone is reaching for pitchforks but all signs point to the band getting a huge payday.
> 4.2 How You Can't Use Instagram. [...]
> You can’t sell, license, or purchase any account or data obtained from us or our Service, regardless of whether such data was obtained while logged-in to an Instagram account.
> This includes attempts to buy, sell, or transfer any aspect of your account (including your username); solicit, collect, or use login credentials or badges of other users; or request or collect Instagram usernames, passwords, or misappropriate access tokens.
Seriously, look at that list of all the times Meta stole people's handles. Why would this time be any different?
Note that if this was done against the band's will it would be fantastic publicity for them to say so. Everyone would be on their side.
Meta probably reached out to them to remove any uncertainty around sharing the Muse trademark, and this was included in the deal. The band themselves didn't lose any followers, it was a rename. They might have asked for a clause not to talk about the deal.
Read the TOS for these services ... you don't own anything stored on their servers
The name changed happened across platforms including Twitter\X.
Meta doesn’t own X.
Is nobody reading the article? This comment section is crazy.
Not reading TFA (the fine article) has been a noble Internet tradition since (at least) the earliest days of Slashdot.
But the mating displays about every company being a conspiracy are about Reddit era, IIRC.
I am not saying it stolen, merely asking if there is any proof it was bought. And no, “oCcAms rAZOr” is not evidence.
Since when was the default to assume malicious activity and victimization, and then to ask for proof otherwise? Obviously we should do the reverse. There should be evidence of theft rather than assuming theft as the baseline.
For starters, if the band's handles were taken non-consensually, then the least we should expect is a public complaint from said band.
This is doubly true in a world where social media handles are routinely bought, sold, and traded. And triply true where the supposed victim of this crime is an incredibly popular group of people with an extremely massive platform, and it's 99.9999% likely that Meta knew this going in.
They are pure unadulterated evil. They are guilty until proven innocent at this point.
The fact that one hates XYZ is not a good reason to turn one's brain off and lose the ability to think rationally about XYZ.
In fact, I would argue that there's never a good reason to turn one's brain off and lose the ability to think even moderately intelligently.
I hope all the non charitable assumptions they deserve snowball enough to hurt them.
May their stock price burn in hell.
Muse is a platinum album winning band that's got 10 albums over 20 years. If this was stolen, they (and their label) would be raising hell.
The problem is, it’s Meta. And like the scorpion said to the frog, “I can’t help it. It’s my nature.”
> An opportunity came up regarding the Muse name and trademarks. These have now been sold, so I need to move the app to a new name. Nothing else about the company, the app, your account, or your data has changed.
Nobody using Muse the tool knows or gives a fuck who Muse the band is, the band itself is twice their age.
At 32 years a band is reaching Spinal Tap stage and they could probably use the cash. Occam's razor and all that.
Muse is incredibly popular. They're in the middle of a tour right now, too. Just saw them live two weekends ago. I'm sure there are tons of people who both listen to Muse and will use Muse the AI tool. I'm sure that's true for many of the AI tool's creators, too.
I have younger relatives that love Muse (and Spinal Tap).
Before today, I'd never heard of the muse app that chanhed it's name.
It only launched two days ago, so.
I'm sure more people know the band than the tool - I've only heard of it through here and have no desire to learn more.
Makes sense they take the money, they can probably buy back the site in a few years.
Muse is pretty popular, 30 million album sales is not too bad.