Can You Copyright a Tweet?

Fred Benenson @mecredis - NYU & kickstarter.comWendy Seltzer @wseltzer - Berkman Center & Silicon FlatironsJon 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

BUT

SO, IN SHORT,CAN YOU

COPYRIGHT A TWEET?

IT DEPENDS. (86 CHARS REMAINING)