The National Football League, the ones that can't seem to get a quarterback suspended or keep themselves out of lawsuits is back at it again as they are rumored to have had several sports Twitter accounts suspended. The offense you may ask? Putting up GIFs of game footage, which they claimed was against copyright and not in fair use.
The major account in question was Deadspin's Twitter account. In the afternoon Monday, Deadspin's account went dark, but has sense been brought back online later in the evening.
While Twitter and the NFL have yet to come out with an official response and have not responded to any comments so far, Gawker Media's social media strategist, Terron Moore, confirmed that it was in fact the NFL that issued the copyright strikes in relation to GIFs posted.