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Twitter's TOS may state that people retain their "rights" to tweets but Twitter cannot magically create a property right where none exists. Tweets aren't copyrightable in the first place, so no license is required and, therefore, fair use is irrelevant. You might be able to trademark one, but you'd have to register it and pay the PTO's fee. And then wait patiently by your mailbox for your rejection letter. 20:44, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Why aren't tweets copyrightable? I've had a quick look at the Bern convention which is the international standard and I can't immediately see why they shouldn't be. From other sources it seems that they aren't copyrightable in the US though.  What legislation would apply here? --Weirdstuff (talk) 21:06, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Names, titles, and short phrases aren't subject to copyright because they don't contain sufficient literary expression. I've only studied US intellectual property law so I have no idea what the Bern Convention says about this. The Twitter TOS doesn't have a choice of law section, but it says what would be true regardless: applicable law applies. UK law mirrors US law in this regard. [[file:Nuttysig.svg|68px|link=User:Nutty Roux|Nutty Roux]]100x100 anarchy symbol.svg 21:41, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The tweet is a quote from a newspaper interview, + there's a extract from an article & a couple of logos. Fair use would seem to cover all that better than public domain.  21:59, 5 July 2013 (UTC)