"Mad Men" Twitter Fan Phenomenon Ends (and then comes back!) Due to Copyright Act

Earlier this week I was happy to report that Mad Menamp8217s characters had joined Twitter with the help of some fans with a lot of time on their hands This morning I was disappointed to see quotPaul Kinseyquot a copywriter on the show whose account hadn39t yet been deactivated had Twittered amp8220Our days on Twitter are numbered my friends httptinyurlcom5bm8tamp8221Last night some of the more notable charactersamp8217 pages were suspended VentureBeat reports action was taken by Twitter not because of spam regulations but because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA I have not yet received confirmation from AMC that the accounts were indeed suspended at AMCamp8217s request but amp8220Paul Kinseyamp8221 whose Twitter page was created by Mario Parisamp233 has come clean and posted a link to his blog in which he explains he created the account after seeing amp8220Don Draperamp8221 and amp8220Peggy Olsonamp8221 had started to Twitter and even alerted AMC about what he had done offering to either deactivate the account or hand it over Understanding the reasons for the deactivation but disappointed action had been taken he says amp8220Thanks for the funamp8221Understandably the network would want to have control over the amp8220freeamp8221 promotion it had been receiving especially since many of the charactersamp8217 followers assumed the accounts were maintained by AMC they werenamp8217t It is my hope that AMC will realize the following the show had on Twitter and consider maintaining the accounts82708 Update Don Draper and Joan Holloway are once again Twittering According to Silicon Alley Insider the fan accounts were restored yesterday after Deep Focus AMC39s web marketing company advised the network that the fans who had created the character pages should be thought of as quotbrand ambassadorsquot rather than copyright violators Kudos to both AMC and Deep Focus for eventually embracing fan enthusiasmAfter Don Draper39s account dondraper was restored he said in true Don Draper style quotDoing what I do best moving forward with my life like today never happenedquot

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