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GIFs, Twitter suspensions, and social media: an open letter to MLB Advanced Media

Earlier this afternoon, our very own Jose Rivera--champion gif-erator and skilled new media artist extraordinaire--received an email informing him that his Twitter account would be suspended due to a DMCA complaint from MLB Advanced Media. It was far from the first time something like this has happened to someone involved in the propagation of MLB-owned baseball content on the internets, and it will be far from the last.

Thankfully, after a few lines were drawn in the sand, his account was reinstated within minutes, and he will continue tweeting away at @notjoserivera--not only an ironic choice for a Twitter handle but also perhaps the most creative way to avoid possible complicity after getting emails from Twitter HQ (What, me?