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28th May 2009

Link reblogged from Neven Mrgan's tumbl with 15 notes

Can you copyright a tweet? →

mrgan:

Brock Shinen, an attorney, chimes in on the question of whether tweets are copyrighted or even can be. The summary: no, and probably not.

Copyright and Tweets is really about practicality. Many people believe they own everything they post online, be it Tweets, Facebook status, or whatever. The truth is that most people are most likely incorrect in their assumption.

(Found via Ryan Irelan)

One of the excellent points Brock makes is a minor thought experiment worth walking through whenever you find yourself wishing for the government regulation of something: do you even want to live in a world where X is not allowed? Should someone be able to copyright “that’s what she said”?

I quickly checked what I’d written earlier about TweetShirt back when it appropriated tweets without asking for permission. As I expected, I never called their behavior illegal; just douchy.

He seems to have a much less restrictive reading of the copyright law than squashed.

Source: mrgan

  1. 2arrs2ells reblogged this from mrgan and added:
    He seems to have a much less restrictive reading of the copyright law than squashed.
  2. indefensible reblogged this from mrgan and added:
    I’d love to see someone write a similar piece for jurisdictions that do not require registration for copyright to apply....
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