Here's a much more thorough discussion from an actual IP lawyer: http://canyoucopyrightatweet.com/ http://canyoucopyrightatweet.com/ The skinny: "The questio

Here's a much more thorough discussion from an actual IP lawyer: http://canyoucopyrightatweet.com/ http://canyoucopyrightatweet.com/ The skinny: "The question is not: Are Tweets Copyrightable. The question is: Is This Tweet Copyrightable. The copyrightability of Tweets is not dependent on the fact that they are Tweets. Rather, it’s dependent on the analysis of the Tweet in question. The all-encompassing response that all Tweets are either protected or not protected is misguided. The real response is that it depends. However, when you analyze most Tweets, they would never individually pass copyright muster. I read an interesting post in the thread I’ve discussed throughout this article, and the post mentioned a Haiku. To me, that’s smart thinking. Finding a possible protectable Tweet among the hordes of non-possibility. Maybe a Haiku is your ticket to Tweet monopolization. Otherwise, you probably won’t be able to protect anything."