Twitter and social media analytics firm Peoplebrowsr have settled their lawsuit over ‘firehose’ data. Beginning next year, Peoplebrowsr will have to purchase access to the full "firehose" of 400 million daily tweets through one of Twitter’s authorised data resellers, according to the settlement’s terms.
PeopleBrowsr said it has been receiving, analysing and indexing the full Twitter firehose since 2008.
Earlier this year, PeopleBrowsr won the case against Twitter after federal district court judge Edward Chen ruled in favour of the company and returned the case to the San Francisco Superior Court.
Last year, PeopleBrowsr won a temporary restraining order compelling Twitter to continue providing full Firehose access after the court rejected Twitter’s contention by saying that the application was without merit.
Reacting to the settlement Twitter spokesperson told The Next Web, "We’re pleased to have this matter dismissed with prejudice, and look forward to PeopleBrowsr’s transition by the end of the year off of the Firehose to join the ecosystem of developers utilising Twitter data via our reseller partnerships."
In February this year, PeopleBrowsr acquired Swaylo to combine Facebook and Twitter data as well as expand Social Intelligence and Kred scoring to over 500 million social profiles.
PeopleBrowsr said that the move will allow the company to provide brands with the best social analytics and individuals with transparent influence scoring and better brand rewards.
