Twitter on Monday suspended two high-profile accounts that post highlights of sporting events, after several major sports leagues complained.
The suspensions of @Deadspin, the account for a sports blog owned by Gawker Media, and @SBNationGIF, an account for the Vox-owned SB Nation website, brought to the fore an ongoing dispute over whether the highlights are fair game for publishers.
Using GIF animations and Vines, which are six-second looping videos, the two Twitter accounts react quickly during games to bring their hundreds of thousands of followers key plays and bloopers.
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