How can I backup all of my tweets?

Question

Is there a way to download a backup of all of my own tweets, in case Twitter ever goes down for good?

Note: Current twitter API limits you fetch the latest 3200 updates only, so if you have greater than 3200 updates, I doubt the services will be able to backup them.
@Sathya -- not true. You're right that you can't get more than that easily, but I know for a fact that backupmytweets.com specifically does backup 100% of your tweets, which is actually another reason to use one of these services in the first place.
Not according to their FAQ, Jason: backupmy.net/faq They can only back up the most recent 3,200 tweets.
Obviously, the API only gives you access to the most recent 3200 tweets. But every tweet after you enabled the backup service, will backup the latest 3200 plus the ones you already have saved. Ie. more than 3200.
So the answer is, start backing up as soon at you start tweeting, or at least before you have > 3200 tweets. Then EVERYTHING will be backed up.

6 revs, 4 users 48% phwd · Answer 1 · 2012-05-07 18:36:34Z

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3 revs, 3 users 54% Jeff Atwood · Answer 2 · 2012-05-08 16:20:18Z

If you live in the EU, you can request ALL your tweets that Twitter holds on you.

Visit this link:

Follow these instructions (and you will need a Fax Machine):

2 revs, 2 users 82% Kevin Chen · Answer 3 · 2012-05-08 18:01:59Z

Zach Drayer (@zadr on Twitter) suggested filing a FOIA with the Library of Congress, if you're not in the EU. Haven't tried it, though.

If I were to file a FOIA request with the Library of Congress, would I be able to get an archive of all my tweets? Cant get it from Twitter…

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