Animated GIFs are hotter than ever, but legal precedent has not caught up with the popularity of the format. Before you start sharing GIFs in your own content, make sure you're in compliance with ...

Gifs have been around since 1987 and have become the de facto standard for short animations on the web, from pony glitter text (goo.gl/iZoEZ) to grumpy cat memes (goo.gl/bC9um).

Animated avatars were generally discouraged in early Twitter — the only way to get one was to make the GIF image a set of very specific sizes.Eventually, in 2013, then-CEO Dick Costolo, who ...