The copyright system of Twitter seems to be broken as there are a number of reports that users are now uploading full-length movies and TV series episodes.
On Thursday the hashtag #RIPTwitter became trending on the platform as the social media service experienced a mass exodus of employees.
Some users expected that the platform would crash down following the resignation of hundreds of its workers. Fortunately, it is still working now.
However, while Twitter did not collapse even after what happened last Thursday, its copyright system seems to be broken, allowing users to post full-length movies like "Avatar."
Full-length Movies and TV Series Episodes Appear on Twitter
According to a report by Forbes, a Twitter user managed to post a full "The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift" movie on Twitter. To make it possible, the user chopped the blockbuster film into 2-minute chunks, totaling 50 tweets.
It seems that the platform never took down the videos that the user uploaded, according to the media outlet. If the video was taken down, the platform should show a disclaimer "this media cannot be displayed."
However, the post containing "The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift" movie is not showing the disclaimer indicating that it was never taken down from the platform.
According to Tech Times, the account of the user who uploaded the 50-tweet thread has been suspended. Forbes notes that for the media to be removed, the account needed to be manually taken off the platform.
As per Mashable, other films such as the 1995 film "Hackers" and the 2009 film "Avatar" are also posted. The media outlet notes that both of these have been taken down.
While more notable movies were taken down because they have gone viral, there are films like "Need for Speed," and the Japanese superhero film "Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever" that can still be viewed on the platform, as of writing.
Moreover, aside from movies, TV shows are also being posted, like an episode of "Spongebob Squarepants" that was shared on the platform.
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After Employees' Mass Resignation, Twitter's Copyright System Seems to be Broken
With all these full-length films and episodes of TV shows being uploaded by users on Twitter, it could be assumed that the copyright system of the platform is no longer working, according to Tech Times.
Sharing of full movies is clearly a violation of the platform's copyright policy. But according to Mashable, it seems that the platform is being run by a skeleton crew at the moment given the recent event in the company.
On Thursday, Musk gave a deadline to its employees to make a decision of whether to stay in the company and become a part of "Twitter 2.0," or leave.
He sent out a Google form asking the remaining employees to respond "Yes" by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday if they still want to stay in the company.
Prior to this, the Twitter CEO announced last week that the company will be "extremely hardcore" moving forward, expecting employees to render long hours at high intensity.
Apparently, hundreds of employees do not want this "extremely hardcore" work culture and decided to leave the company.
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