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Can You Copyright a Tweet?

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Fred Benenson – Creative Commons
Description What happens if someone sells your tweet on a t-shirt? Or when CNN puts it on their 24 hours news network? These question may initially appear ridiculous, but when authors are penning entire books through their microblogs these are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Join us for a mostly serious look at the implications raised by reuse, syndication and commercial exploitation of microcontent.
Questions
Answered
  1. What happens if someone sells your tweet on a t-shirt?
  2. What happens when CNN puts your tweet on their 24 hours news network?
  3. What are Twitter's terms of service?
  4. What are some of the extreme cases of exploiting tweets?
  5. What are some of the edge cases?
  6. What does fair use have to do with tweets?
  7. Does copyright apply to only tweets or an entire stream?
  8. What is tweetcc?
  9. What are other examples of microcontent that can be licensed?
  10. What are the legal precedents for short messages being copyrighted?
Level Intermediate
Category Community / Online Community, Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright, Social Issues, Social Networking, User Generated Content
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