• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I’m sure he’s REAL motivated to clean up his dis track in order to use a vehicle that was bad enough to warrant a dis track.

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I’m not going to listen to it but apparently it isn’t a dis track, it is a load of wank about how rich he is that he can afford a Cybertruck.

      Apparently the author also declined to listen to it, but they are a Journalist; it is their job to listen to it.

      • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
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        22 days ago

        This is vital context. They didn’t disable his truck because he talked trash about it. He loves his Cybertruck. They disabled it because he’s black and dances around like a black person while he’s talking about it, and that means he’s not welcome at the party. If he was Tim Pool making a song about how much he loves his Cybertruck they’d have invited him to the next event to put it on stage.

  • Noite_Etion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    It’s like these companies never remember the Streisand effect. I didn’t’t know who this rapper was before this, but I do now. Gonna go listen to this song too.

    • 0li0li@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      He should make another song where he tells the story, bashes the company and Elon, and showcase the truck being destroyed to bits!

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      The fascist dictator at the helm remotely bricking customers $100k private vehicles will surely improve the brands image and sales performance!

  • hddsx@lemmy.caEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I accidentally ended on threads.net trying to find lyrics to this song and failed. Didn’t sound like he was dissing the car though. Also, the letter may be fake because the signature doesn’t match LinkedIn.

  • thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Totally reasonable. I wish every electronic device would brick itself if it heard you talking shit about it. People are too rude to toasters.

    • Phegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      I am unsure how reminding people that the car can be remotely disabled is a good marketing stunt.

      • CallMeAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 days ago

        You don’t understand how a rapper whose thing is Tesla might benefit from him being in the center on controversy?

      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Marketing for the rapper, not for Tesla.

        Until this; I’d never heard of that rapper, and this drove lots of people to at least find the song that supposedly led to the C&D/stranding(real or not).

    • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      22 days ago

      If it was just plain old trademark/copyright law, you’d be right.

      It sounds like Tesla are basically saying that you signed an NDA/non-disparagement clause when you bought the vehicle, and therefore it’s a contract dispute.

      Doh.

      • Zier@fedia.io
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        22 days ago

        And yet they just bricked his car and terminated any contract they had with the Artist, so… recording a sequel now!

      • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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        22 days ago

        i don’t see that anywhere in the notice and such a clause would be unconscionable, IANAL.

        All the notice claims is “violations of [ToS], including misuse of Tesla’s trademarks and brand identifiers in media content that falsely implies endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation with Tesla.”

        • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          22 days ago

          ToS is effectively a contract.

          This interpretation of the ToS could be deemed unconscionable, but that seems like the kind of argument that takes a judge and 5-6 figures in legal fees to settle.

          An arbitrator is just going to read it, say ‘yup, you broke the rule’, and side with the company.

  • rbesfe@lemmy.caEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Not a Tesla fan, but this smells like manufactured controversy. The person who allegedly signed the letter has never held that position at Tesla, according to their linkedin

      • hietsu@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        22 days ago

        It’s most likely a dumb PR stunt from the rapper. At least a similar message displayed on the car screen was easily forged by a hackernews commenter, can’t imagine why a letter like this (with old title) wouldn’t be. We live in the age of LLMs.