Twitter can sell and sub-license all content, photos, etc you share on Twitter

ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · 2010-10-18 20:16:22+00:00

I'm pretty sure this sort of legalese is required for them to be able to offer an API that third-party clients can use. Otherwise, Twitterific, TweetDeck, etc. would all be committing massive copyright infringement everytime they displayed a tweet.

mikecane | karma 13512 | avg karma 5.06 · 2010-10-18 20:28:00+00:00

There is a way to word that without keeping open a for-profit loophole.

chris123 | karma 427 | avg karma 1.08 · 2010-10-19 00:50:36

Yes, the way it's worded now is ugly and contrasts with the image Twitter seems to like to foster. It should have at least one limitation/stipulation, ideally in non-legalese.

garrickvanburen | karma 905 | avg karma 2.49 · 2010-10-19 01:54:10+00:00

It's not just Twitter - the language in their revised Terms of Service are also in the Terms of Service other similar web services; Facebook, WordPress.com, Blogger, Tumblr, Posterous, etc, etc. http://garrickvanburen.com/archive/terms-of-services-kinda-l...