In a recent post on The Bright Spark, a blog authored by UK barrister James Abrahams, the question of whether a single tweet is copyright protected was discussed. There is no doubt that Twitter is a growing medium for spreading news in a global community and with this growth comes a variety of important legal questions, including the one raised by Abrahams. 

Although there has been a global explosion in Twitter use, the copyright question regarding tweets is hotly debated. On one side of the argument is that the content posted on twitter, being limited to a meager 140 characters, is too small to be protected. On the other side, the side endorsed by Abrahams, is to say that even short works should and would be protected under copyright (a haiku for example.) 

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Read the full article from The Bright Spark

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