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How is tweeting not considered putting it into the public domain, it's open broadcast.

by dbuder 9y ago

delecti 9y ago
Twitter isn't quite an open broadcast, and even if it were it wouldn't necessarily mean it was entered into the public domain. A recording of a musician's public performance of their song is still under copyright; MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is under copyright; literal broadcasts (TV/Radio) are still under copyright.
- dbuder 9y ago
  imo social media is all about spreading your thoughts/opinions, if you have a public fb profile or tweet something you ostensibly want it spread and just because the medium it spreads further on is different to the one you started on it is ridiculous for the creator or twitter to bring legal action over that.
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ruytlm 9y ago
Because being on the receiving end of a public broadcast does not give you the right to re-use the content. The content owner, for better or worse, typically retains the exclusive right to use or broadcast the content, regardless of how many times it is broadcast. Consider older mediums; does broadcasting a TV show put it into the public domain? Or playing a song on the radio?
- alphaalpha101 9y ago
  >Consider older mediums; does broadcasting a TV show put it into the public domain? Or playing a song on the radio? It certainly should do.
- mcbits 9y ago
  > Consider older mediums; does broadcasting a TV show put it into the public domain? Or playing a song on the radio? In a sense, it does, yeah. It's just that copyright injects a century or so of lag time before members of the public domain are allowed to exercise their rights.
djsumdog 9y ago
Well the tweet is under whatever terms Twitter imposes on you for using their service. But in this particular case, someone tweets a photo some other origination copyrighted. I mean, technically taking a photo of a movie poster and tweeting it is infringement, but most movie companies have better things to do than go after you for it, especially if it's not disparaging and may promote the movie.

How is tweeting not considered putting it into the public domain, it's open broadcast.

by dbuder 9y ago

How is tweeting not considered putting it into the public domain, it's open broadcast.

Twitter isn't quite an open broadcast, and even if it were it wouldn't necessarily mean it was entered into the public domain. A recording of a musician's public performance of their song is still under copyright; MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is under copyright; literal broadcasts (TV/Radio) are still under copyright.

dbuder 9y ago
imo social media is all about spreading your thoughts/opinions, if you have a public fb profile or tweet something you ostensibly want it spread and just because the medium it spreads further on is different to the one you started on it is ridiculous for the creator or twitter to bring legal action over that.

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ruytlm 9y ago

Because being on the receiving end of a public broadcast does not give you the right to re-use the content. The content owner, for better or worse, typically retains the exclusive right to use or broadcast the content, regardless of how many times it is broadcast. Consider older mediums; does broadcasting a TV show put it into the public domain? Or playing a song on the radio?

alphaalpha101 9y ago
>Consider older mediums; does broadcasting a TV show put it into the public domain? Or playing a song on the radio? It certainly should do.
mcbits 9y ago
> Consider older mediums; does broadcasting a TV show put it into the public domain? Or playing a song on the radio? In a sense, it does, yeah. It's just that copyright injects a century or so of lag time before members of the public domain are allowed to exercise their rights.

djsumdog 9y ago

Well the tweet is under whatever terms Twitter imposes on you for using their service. But in this particular case, someone tweets a photo some other origination copyrighted. I mean, technically taking a photo of a movie poster and tweeting it is infringement, but most movie companies have better things to do than go after you for it, especially if it's not disparaging and may promote the movie.