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

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

7. “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.”

8. 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.”

9. TWITTER’S TOS

20. Opt Out vs. Opt In

21. BUT

26. SO, IN SHORT,
CAN YOU
COPYRIGHT A
TWEET?
IT DEPENDS.
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