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Twitter Tackles Posthumous Impersonators

  • Gigaom, Friday, April 18, 2014 11:43 AM
It looks like time is running out for Twitter users who like to tweet as James Dean, Elvis and other deceased stars. Yes, “Twitter appears to have backed down in a legal fight over who can use dead celebrity images,” GigaOm reports. Along with other impersonators, “The case could have broader ripples for online expression.” Twitter previously held that one user’s @jamesdean account did not violate its trademark policy.
 

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