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Thank you
Authored by: rsteinmetz70112 on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 09:36 AM EDT
This has been a great service, I just don't know what I'll do while the jury
deliberates.

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Waiting for California to wake up...
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 09:40 AM EDT
...makes my day go very slowly.

thanks for the retweet-collection.

(what's collective noun for tweeter? twits? tw..?)

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Tweets from the courtroom
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 10:21 AM EDT
@Feldegast Do you have a Google+ account. It would be
convenient to follow your updates from there as well...

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Rachel King @ZDNetRachel
Authored by: feldegast on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 11:13 AM EDT
Back at the U.S. District Court while Oracle-Google jury
deliberates. Google's Bruce Baber said good morning to me
today!

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Tweets from the courtroom
Authored by: feldegast on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 11:33 AM EDT
Rachel King @ZDNetRachel
Courtroom unlocked and Oracle's lawyers showed up all of a
sudden. They always look so serious in the hallway!

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Twitpoll created by McNealy
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 11:40 AM EDT
http://twitpolls.com/s/RA

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"Can we consider indirect revenue from the copyrighted work?"
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 11:57 AM EDT
According to @CalebGarling's newest tweet:
Alsup in the house. No verdict. We're answering jury
questions. "Can we consider indirect revenue from the
copyrighted work?"


This is not a good sign. First, there is no copyright to
speak of. (apart from the hypothetical misleading argument
in the jury instructions) And second, people with android
are quite FREE to access any search engine they want to.
They are not locked into viewing ANY ads whatsoever.

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Tweets from the courtroom
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 01:29 PM EDT
Looks like BS beats common sense again. Van Nest might have out-lawyered
Oracle, but the "Honorable" Judge Alsup can more than equalize good
lawyering.

I'm trying to understand why, if, it's the judge's ultimate call, on whether
APIs can be copyrighted, he sent the question to the jury at all?

Especially since he sent the question to the jury with jury instructions that
were skewed in Oracle's favor even after he knew there was a serious question
about whether the copyrights were even valid.

If (by some miracle) Judge Alsup rules that APIs aren't copyrightable and the
jury rules they are, how does that help this case?

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No one defined specification :O)
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 01:41 PM EDT
Now where did I put that Big Fat Manual?

Rachel King ‏ @ZDNetRachel

New juror note dropped in by owl/raven: No one ever defined
"specification" in Oracle-Google case. What does it mean?

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Tweets from the courtroom
Authored by: feldegast on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 01:42 PM EDT
BrandonBailey @BrandonBailey
In trial, Google showed video of Ellison praising Android and
Sun running its own software on top of Android.

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Oracle providing a laptop to the jury
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 02:39 PM EDT
@ZDNetRachel
Oracle will have DVD player here by 11AM, Google will make sure there is no
funny business. Wi-Fi disabled--forbid they look at our tweets!

Does this sound like a good idea?

Even if we believe that they wouldn't deliberately contaminate the
laptop with material the jury shouldn't see, it seems posible that a laptop
provided by Oracle's legal team might inadvertently contain sensitive stuff (or

have wifi left on - these guys are probably not the world's leading techies...)

If the court provides evidence in DVD form, why does the court not provide
the necessary equipment directly?


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Tweets from the courtroom - The courthouse stakeout will go to 4PM
Authored by: feldegast on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 03:34 PM EDT
Rachel King @ZDNetRachel
The courthouse stakeout will go to 4PM b/c the jury went to
lunch. Made for some fascinating lawyer sightings at court
cafe

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