Comments on: Copyright and Twitter http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrea Cannavina http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-945497 Andrea Cannavina Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:54:24 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/#comment-945497 My concern with twitter is the number of live conference attendees who's sole purpose in attending a presentation is to twitter away each thought and idea of a speaker without consent of the speaker or conference organizer. These are not just attendees who also happen to twitter - they are in the room to tweet each bullet point as fast as they can, generally to a group following a certain hashtag. Will conference organizers create twitter free zones? Will they allow free sessions to be twittered, but paid ones to be blocked? It will be interesting to watch as this issue unfolds. My concern with twitter is the number of live conference attendees who’s sole purpose in attending a presentation is to twitter away each thought and idea of a speaker without consent of the speaker or conference organizer. These are not just attendees who also happen to twitter – they are in the room to tweet each bullet point as fast as they can, generally to a group following a certain hashtag.

Will conference organizers create twitter free zones? Will they allow free sessions to be twittered, but paid ones to be blocked? It will be interesting to watch as this issue unfolds.

]]> By: Vince http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-556771 Vince Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:53:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/#comment-556771 Also, the 140 character limit, severely limits the addition of copyright notices, legal disclaimers, terms of use, and other fine print commonly used in other mediums. Most faxes and emails have intended use instructions and almost all web pages have "hold harmless" clauses for the validity of their data. Any well-disclaimed organization that uses Twitter has just added to their liability when they push their data/service without their well-crafted legal jargon. Also, the 140 character limit, severely limits the addition of copyright notices, legal disclaimers, terms of use, and other fine print commonly used in other mediums. Most faxes and emails have intended use instructions and almost all web pages have “hold harmless” clauses for the validity of their data. Any well-disclaimed organization that uses Twitter has just added to their liability when they push their data/service without their well-crafted legal jargon.

]]> By: Vince http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-556729 Vince Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:26:36 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/05/05/copyright-and-twitter/#comment-556729 I beg to differ with a couple of your statements. First, you claimed it was doubtful that anyone would register their post with the copyright office. This is not necessary as all original expression derives copyright without being registered. Registration sets priority and allows for additional damages. Second, the size of a work is not important. This issue is decided upon the total length of the work. Quoting a line from a song is different than quoting a simple one-line work completely. This has several landmark cases already standing. And in a world where Paris Hilton and Donald Trump have registered "That's Hot" and "You're Fired" all bets are off. That said, I agree with the general point in this article and it was time someone jumped into these types of technologies as they will only continue to grow. I beg to differ with a couple of your statements. First, you claimed it was doubtful that anyone would register their post with the copyright office. This is not necessary as all original expression derives copyright without being registered. Registration sets priority and allows for additional damages. Second, the size of a work is not important. This issue is decided upon the total length of the work. Quoting a line from a song is different than quoting a simple one-line work completely. This has several landmark cases already standing. And in a world where Paris Hilton and Donald Trump have registered “That’s Hot” and “You’re Fired” all bets are off. That said, I agree with the general point in this article and it was time someone jumped into these types of technologies as they will only continue to grow.

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