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		chc on June 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitpic Blocks Posterous’ Import Tool; Out Come Th... Twitpic is within its rights to block Posterous, but the threats to bring "trade secrets" laws into play are totally nuts. A technology company like Twitpic should know as well as anyone that if a human can access their content with a computer, a computer can access their content just as well with the proper direction.

gte910h on June 30, 2010 [–]

Yeah, I hope they get slapped with court costs for this ridiculous argument

_3u10 on June 30, 2010 | [–]

They are threatening legal action at this point. This is more like a C&D than a case. No case, no court costs.

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