Getting live feed of tweets of several sports personalities legal issue.

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by irule272, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hello I have a script on my website that gets the tweets of several sports personalities and sports media companies that tweets the latest news. I wonder if I am violating any law regarding this?

    Just want to make sure about this.. Thanks! :)
     
    irule272, Jul 22, 2009 IP
  2. SSANZ

    SSANZ Peon

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    #2
    afaik no, your not breaching any laws.

    Ensure you include a source link. That way the author still gets credit + traffic.
     
    SSANZ, Jul 22, 2009 IP
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    methomps Peon

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    #3
    From Twitter's TOS:

    5.The Twitter service makes it possible to post images and text hosted on Twitter to outside websites. This use is accepted (and even encouraged!). However, pages on other websites which display data hosted on Twitter.com must provide a link back to Twitter.

    Copyright (What's Yours is Yours)
    1.We claim no intellectual property rights over the material you provide to the Twitter service. Your profile and materials uploaded remain yours. You can remove your profile at any time by deleting your account. This will also remove any text and images you have stored in the system.
    2.We encourage users to contribute their creations to the public domain or consider progressive licensing terms.
     
    methomps, Jul 22, 2009 IP
  4. irule272

    irule272 Well-Known Member

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    Alright repped to both of you.
     
    irule272, Jul 22, 2009 IP