As if Twitter isn’t facing enough problems these days, users have begun posting entire movies on the platform after discovering the company’s copyright violation policy is not working as it should.
It all began when one Twitter user posted the entirety of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2-min long segments, totaling over 50 tweets. Forbes has reported that the account was suspended after some time had already passed, but not before it kicked off a new trend where users are posting copyrighted material, from Shrek to Wakanda Forever scenes to full-length episodes of Spongebob Squarepants, even if it results in their accounts being suspended.
There’s still plenty of films out there to watch for now, primarily ones that have yet to go mega-viral, which is a clear sign that Twitter employees — of which there are fewer and fewer these days — have a lot of work ahead of them.
The company posted a statement to its website, saying, “Twitter will respond to reports of alleged copyright infringement, such as allegations concerning the unauthorized use of a copyrighted image as a profile or header photo, allegations concerning the unauthorized use of a copyrighted video or image uploaded through our media hosting services, or Tweets containing links to allegedly infringing materials.”
That sounds great in theory, but clearly has been less than successful in practice.
For now, it seems like users will continue to try and skirt around copyright laws, posting videos of their favorite movies for as long as they can. But if watching short clips isn’t your thing, you can always watch movies the way they were never intended to be seen: as a pixelated gif.
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— nebula should have killed thanos (@gwenstacying) November 20, 2022
