That's right you read correctly... well to some extent. To the copyright owners then yes they're catching thieves. To the rest of us we probably wouldn't know they took anything. Twitter is now monitoring information that is posted on Twitter that infringes any copyright. You'll get a warning and then your account will be deactivated. This sounds a bit extreme for merely posting something without reference to its original source but to the people who wrote/recorded/came up with the idea it is a big deal. I suppose that makes sense seeing as it would be unfortunate for any of my original material to be copied.
Copyright is a serious game... It seems between YouTube and Twitter both organisations are willing to deactivate their users for copyright infringement, (remember users power these sites)... why? the power of money? or is it something more pure like protecting artists work? All we know is that copyright is being taken very seriously now by Twitter. So be careful do what they suggest and come up with your own work. That way all is well, you're being original and other users will appreciate what you have to offer.
Twitter information sourced from: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/05/twitter_withhelds_material_from_copyright_infringers/
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