Twitter and Copyright
Would you like to hear something slightly disturbing?
Agence France-Presse is arguing that “Twitter’s terms of service allow third parties broad re-use rights to their content, and thus the photographer’s selection of this mode of digital distribution gave AFP a broad license to redistribute the photographer’s images without consent from the photographer.”
Hyper Allergic in their recent post “Who Owns Photos on Twitter?” showcase the recent claims by Agence France-Presse that they have the right to License photographs uploaded to Twitter’s interface.
My reaction? “Uh, really?”
For More Information:
http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2010/11/twitter_tighten.htm
http://clancco.com/wp/2010/11/11/photos_twitter_copyright_social-media/
http://crlgrn.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/new-twitter-terms-potentially-impact-archiving/
