Re: Using Twitter as a source for regional linguistic data (and R for the analysis)

Posted by Russell McOrmond on Jul 21, 2012; 6:48am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Using-Twitter-as-a-source-for-regional-linguistic-data-and-R-for-the-analysis-tp4900p4901.html

On Jul 21, 2012 12:43 AM, "Glen Newton" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> However,  one of the problems with using Twitter data is that the
> license explicitly the collection of data for re-distribution.

  I know this is going to seem redundant, but this is the reason for Fair Use/Dealings .  Data like this should not be able to be restricted for non-commercial academic/research purposes.   Unfortunately governments are largely decreasing these limits (or bypassing the limits/exceptions to copyright entirely through access rights and access controls), and institutions are getting more and more conservative about exercising these limits/exceptions.

  We shouldn't have to be relying on open access/data licenses for this type of research  --- the law should simply not support these restrictions in the first place.