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Originally Posted by davidclickpapa
tweets are public. retweet/publish them all you want. i wouldn't go the extra mile to post them as "recommendations" though..
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Football games are public too ... they are a performance for profit and are copyright. Any content that is a planned performance (or deed) for the benefit of ones self or some other benefactor (like a charity event) is copyright. A webcam performance that we broadcast in public is copyright -- it is a planned performance for profit.
A tweet of 160 characters, not planned or not planned for profit, is not copyright it is impromptu ;
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im·promp·tu
imˈpräm(p)ˌt(y)o͞o/Submit
adjective & adverb
1.
done without being planned, organized, or rehearsed.
"an impromptu press conference"
synonyms: unrehearsed, unprepared, unscripted, extempore, extemporized, extemporaneous, improvised, spontaneous, unplanned; informaloff-the-cuff, offhand, spur-of-the-moment, ad-lib
"an impromptu lecture"
extempore, spontaneously, extemporaneously, without preparation, without rehearsal;
informaloff the cuff, off the top of one's head, on the spur of the moment, ad lib
"they played the song impromptu"
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An analogy: If you video someone running down the street naked that is an "impromptu" performance. That is not copyright. The right of publicity (personality rights) is a totally separate issue. If a security camera videos my ''crime'' is it a violation of the right of publicity or the 4th Amendment Rights (search and seizure)? No. Could I win a case of right of publicity for the tort that I was videoed smoking a joint in an alley? No.
This post is not copyright (c) me. I grant non-exclusive copyright to GFY to transmit it. Would GFY sue if another site used just this post? Not copying the entire page -- the entire page is produced with intent and for profit -- the ad revenue ...
Twitter has copyright of their feeds but in aggregate as a work intended for profit. Twitter makes no copyright claim on an individual's tweets -- if they did they would be legally responsible for the tweet's content -- that is a giant can of worms ...
