It probably helps that those two have income from France. Elon bc Twitter operates in France and I’m pretty sure Teslas are sold there, Rowling bc Harry Potter shit is sold in France

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t that income through a business they are employed at? Like Musk is CEO of Tesla but Tesla pays him in the US.

Idk about EU/French law but I think in the US you wouldn’t be able to get to it, same way these people are avoiding personal income tax.

I could be totally wrong.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

I also have no idea. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rowling has a closer connection and is more vulnerable, since they’re books and she’s the author and presumably the copyright holder?

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

An Algerian filing a complaint (unsure what that means here) in France against a Brit and a Yank, each of whom have companies registered in the EU (I think Tesla and Harry Potter have European subsidiaries) seems like lawyer hell.

[–] StalinStan@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago

The English libel laws are extremely annoying from what I remember so Rowling is likely to have to lawyer up real hard.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well look at what we did to :assange: ...we have no Assange emoji? sadness

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

Well we didn't do anything to Assange, the most powerful state in world history did that

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

He has a long history of sex abuse so pass