Twitter's copyright strike system broken, users upload full-length movies

Twitter users have begun to post entire movies on the platform. Sharing full movies is a violation of Twitter's copyright policy, and hence this move indicates that the social media company's copyright violation policy is not properly being enforced. 

Movies including "Hackers", "Need for Speed" and "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" have been posted on the site. One user uploaded "Hackers" in a series of 49 tweets on Saturday, which garnered over 14,000 likes and was still online on Sunday. Another Twitter user posted "Need for Speed" in 66 tweets through an account with the same username on Sunday. 

Another tweeted the first Avatar movie from 2009, while the Japanese superhero film. "Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever" was also tweeted by another user on Sunday. 

According to Twitter’s copyright policy, "Twitter will respond to reports of alleged copyright infringement, such as allegations concerning the unauthorized use of a copyrighted image as a profile or header photo, allegations concerning the unauthorized use of a copyrighted video or image uploaded through our media hosting services, or Tweets containing links to allegedly infringing materials.”

While Twitter hasn't officially commented on the same, hours later "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" appeared to have been taken down. The tweet has since been blocked and now has a label that reads "this Tweet is from a suspended account." 

Others like Need for Speed and Japanese superhero film Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever are still available to view on Twitter, as of the time of this writing. Even TV shows are being posted, like one episode of Spongebob Squarepants that was shared by a user.

As some have noted this can be a huge problem for Twitter, amidst the other issues that the site has been facing in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover. In this case, Twitter could be hit with U.S Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) claims and legal issues if copyright strikes aren't handled quickly, as a former Twitter executive has said in a report that the “platform was at risk of breaking down through technical glitches as now there are significantly fewer employees to maintain the site”.

Earlier this month, Musk laid off close to 3,500 Twitter employees. Last week, he then gave remaining staff an ultimatum to sign up to an "extremely hardcore" work environment or quit, following which hundreds of Twitter employees have reportedly decided to quit the beleaguered social media company.