Apr 282010
The Library did not pay for the archive; rather, it was a gift from Twitter.
via blogs.loc.gov
Huh. Nice to know that Twitter gave away my content rather than sold it. Still, seriously… this is like AT&T owning everything I say when I use their service on my cellphone. Does no one else think this is absurd? Do I not own the content that I create if I create that content on Twitter? Shouldn’t *I* be the one to decide if I want to give my Tweets to the Library of Congress?