tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8223282859419640057..comments2024-03-29T09:21:58.696+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Tweets and copyrightVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80810398389501194882009-07-21T14:34:38.741+01:002009-07-21T14:34:38.741+01:00Well, I'd say a tweet may at least bear the _p...Well, I'd say a tweet may at least bear the _potential_ of being copyrightable matter.<br />Here's why:<br />- A short poem would generally be accepted as qualified for copyright<br />protection<br />- The same will be true for a plurality of poems<br />- I just performed a "representative" study of 11 Heikus (in German), finding an average length of 65 characters<br />- This gives a potential of about two Heikus (i.e. a plurality of short poems) per tweet<br />So there's definitely potential for copyright protection.<br />But in fact most of the chirping I observe will - or at least should - never qualify for copyright protection; because it simply doesn't meet the standards of creative level.. <br />-- my 680 characters --- Kharol -noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-89977988353764237832009-07-20T14:40:43.571+01:002009-07-20T14:40:43.571+01:00'Retweets' are commonly referred to as ...'Retweets' are commonly referred to as 'tweet-tweets' and the practice is known as 'two-tweeting'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-87182188691300451462009-07-20T12:54:04.579+01:002009-07-20T12:54:04.579+01:00Now wondering how to treat the so-called repeat tw...Now wondering how to treat the so-called repeat tweets ("retweets"), if tweets were protectable under copyright law, would retweeting then be covered by the right to quote? Can only think of the German Copyright Act at the moment, Art. 51 Urhebergesetz. <br /><br />Anyone any ideas or is this all really not that important anyway?Birgit Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02822674465997696890noreply@blogger.com