I'm surprised that everyone has focused on the moral issue instead of the legal or technical and that no one suggested the obvious (which is what I would always do anyway) of simply contacting whomever was currently using the name and ask if they'd be willing to sign it over to me.
I was going to make the suggestion, if there was any further activity in the thread, but it appears I don't need to.
I should have more clearly written the original post to emphasize that contacting the service provider (like Twitter) would be a last resort and that it wasn't what I intended to do with regards to any specific trademark.
Yeah, this would have helped. The original post made it look like you were already planning on going with the nuclear option.
I'm trying to think of any way I might be able to use some drum samples in a future project which I can contract him to produce.
Perhaps a link on your website/blog, noting his willingness to give you the account, with the suggestion that if others have projects they can throw his way, it would be appreciated...
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