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Twitter complies with takedown request of parody image after Wonga complains

By Ishbel Macleod-April 11, 2014

Twitter user @Brandy_Snap has seen a parody picture which she put on Twitter taken down, after the offended party – Wonga – complained that the logo was used without consent.The image, which can be seen below, was created by the user months ago as part of a product placement challenge by The Poke.

Despite the fact that parody is allowed as a fair use of a logo in both the UK and US (20c of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act – the act referenced as the reason why the content should be removed), Twitter has complied with the notice, and the tweet was removed.The user says that she was only made aware of the move through an email from Twitter.

This article is about: World, Wonga, Twitter, Social Media, Tech Law, Financial, Legal

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