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ari_o ([info]ari_o) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-06-05 01:43:00
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Take me out to the ballgame so I can sue your ass.
Tony LaRussa is the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, but not the Tony La Russa posting on twitter. So Tony is suing twitter "claiming an unauthorized page that used his name to make light of drunken driving and two Cardinals pitchers who died damaged his reputation and caused emotional distress."

He was found drunk and asleep behind the wheel of an SUV with its engine running. I don't think he needs help damaging his reputation. And his butthurt comes with lawyers.

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[info]mister_terrific
2009-06-05 01:54 pm UTC (link)
Tony doesn't need to bring lawyers; he is a lawyer.

Two things in his defense:

1) Twitter does have a provision in its terms of service agreement to prohibit "non-parody impersonation". Having read the tweets in question, they might be parody, but they weren't very funny.

2) LaRussa did try to have the account removed but got nowhere until he filed suit.

Read more here.

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[info]tofuknight
2009-06-05 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Are you a Cardinals' fan? I root for them when I'm not hopelessly rooting for the Pittsburgh Pirates (and swearing at their dumb as fuck management...*grumble*)

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[info]mister_terrific
2009-06-05 03:35 pm UTC (link)
Oh hells yes. I figured I didn't have enough stress in my life; they're good enough to make you dream but damn they make some stupid decisions.

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[info]tofuknight
2009-06-05 03:50 pm UTC (link)
*high fives*

Yay for hopeless sports teams!

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[info]frequentmouse
2009-06-06 06:19 pm UTC (link)
Tell me about it.

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[info]cleolinda
2009-06-05 04:41 pm UTC (link)
LaRussa did try to have the account removed but got nowhere until he filed suit.

Huh, really? I know of at least two imposter (impostor? God, I never know which one it should be) accounts that were handed over to the real person.

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[info]mister_terrific
2009-06-05 04:44 pm UTC (link)
This is an interesting situation in that while Tony doesn't Twitter himself, at least two beat writers and one Cardinal do. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch/STLTODAY.com seem to be a bit ahead of the technology toy curve.

I'd imagine someone discovered the imposter, asked him about it, and that got the ball rolling.

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[info]ari_o
2009-06-05 05:56 pm UTC (link)
Even if he is a lawyer he has lawyers handling this for him. The parody tweets were not funny, sure. But when you're a public figure people say mean things about you. Tabloids make up crazy stories. I still find OMG!SUING TWITTER! kind of funny.

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[info]vitalitat
2009-06-05 06:01 pm UTC (link)
That's because OMG!SUING TWITTER! is funny.

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[info]mister_terrific
2009-06-05 07:12 pm UTC (link)
Well, you have to understand that LaRussa does not have much of a sense of humor to begin with....

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[info]ari_o
2009-06-05 07:37 pm UTC (link)
That's why it's funny! :D

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