Twitter suspends two sports accounts after video sharing complaints: NYT

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc suspended two high-profile accounts that posts highlights while games are on, after major U.S. sports leagues protested, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Twitter on Monday suspended Gawker Media-owned @Deadspin and Vox-owned SB Nation website's @SBNationGIF, underscoring the ongoing dispute over whether highlights are fair game for publishers, the NYT said. (http://nyti.ms/1jm5EL9) The two accounts upload highlights using six-second looping videos to attract traffic to their websites, but neither publisher owns the footage, the newspaper reported. ...

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