Copyright in tweets

Although Twitter 'plagiarism' is nothing new, sources are claiming that Twitter has started removing some tweets after complaints from the original tweeter.

Plagiarism is Bad @PlagiarismBad) has reported that at least five separate tweets have been deleted by Twitter following a complaint by Olga Lexell.  She wrote to Twitter stating that she considered the joke she was testing on Twitter as her intellectual property. 

Sources: The Verge; Endgadget.