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Can You Copyright A Tweet?

by Fred Benenson on Mar 13, 2010

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Slides from my presentation during the panel "Can You Copyright a Tweet?" at SXSWi 2010

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Can You Copyright A Tweet? — Presentation Transcript

Can You Copyright a Tweet? Fred Benenson @mecredis - NYU & kickstarter.com Wendy Seltzer @wseltzer - Berkman Center & Silicon Flatirons Jon Philips @rejon - Status.net

“But copyrighting a tweet would be a difﬁcult- to-make and hard-to-enforce legal claim – for many reasons. Most tweets cannot be copyrighted because of size, content and scènes à faire issues.”

BROCK SHINEN’S WWW.CANYOUCOPYRIGHTATWEET.COM “I admit, I think a protectable Tweet exists in theory. I have read hundreds if not thousands of Tweets and have yet to read one I believe would be protectable, but the possibility exists. The question is not: Are Tweets Copyrightable. The question is: Is This Tweet Copyrightable.”

TWITTER’S TOS

Opt Out vs. Opt In

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SO, IN SHORT, CAN YOU COPYRIGHT A TWEET? IT DEPENDS. (86 CHARS REMAINING)

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