Weekly Twitter Digest for 2009-03-02

• HLS FT…W? L? I don’t even know. (RT @davelevine: hbs just gave off-campus students an option to take off tomorrow.) #
• If battle rap had existed in the eighteenth century, I’m sure someone would have rhymed “doubloon” with “poltroon.” #
• I keep trying, but I can’t get into Boards of Canada. They have a lot fans, and I like a lot of music in their vein… what am I missing? #
• I put it to you that no band has ever released a bad record after its members start listening to krautrock. I call this the Wilco Principle. #
• Ugh, feeling under the weather again. I’m starting to regret that flu shot — 2x flu-like symptoms, and it only raised my risk of autism…;) #
• Just caught myself wondering what kinds of amps Sunn O))) uses… #
• totally getting @MrPrezbylewski from the wire for #openeducation…. #
• My hobby: finding and flagging Craigslist apartment ads that claim to be “five minutes from everything.” Not in Euclidean space, bub. #
• Silhouette growing asymmetrical. Haircut imminent. #
• Yay, @espatoulas is on Twitter! #
• Built to Spill covering Macy Gray: adorable. http://is.gd/kJLA #
• One more reason California is better than New York: webform accessibility. Hit “c” once in dropdown state boxes versus hitting “n” six times #
• Just logged in to UMich’s Wolverine Access for the first time in more than a year. Feels like home… but what’s this about MTokens? #
• THAT’s who Mark Sanford reminds me of — Mr. Rooney, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. It’s all so obvious now. #
• And that’s that. #iif #
• If I were to start up a CNV competitor, I’d definitely call it Cranch Industries (http://tinyurl.com/amgpc7 #iif #
• Conor wasn’t on mic at first — the audience at home is going to be confused by why Conor is lifting his shirt. #iif #
• Me, I’m still worried. A skittish court, given a seemingly on-point resolution and a rule of law argument, isn’t going our way. #iif #
• Fisher: don’t stress the point of shaming πs, instead stress openness as necessary to rule of law #iif #
• Nesson (out of character): as a lawyer, a big part of it is choosing your argument #iif #
• #iif “Digital immigrants?” http://is.gd/kBhP #
• Fisher (∆) we can’t rely on social change, ∵ juries listen to judges (“digital immigrants” at best) & ∵ § 504 limits discretion #iif #
• #iif Background on the punitive damage ratio arguments: http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/SGLC/National/SandBar/6.2valdez.htm #
• #iif Acoustic separation: http://tinyurl.com/d5fseh #
• #iif so we’re not just threatening kids, we’re threatening their parents too. Sweet. #
• iif #
• #iif Open revolt in the tweetosphere #
• #iif But is this just a question of degree? We only punish some murders, speeders, Title VII violators, etc. #
• #iif Fisher (∆): Statutory damages aren’t true punitive damages. They’re much more favorable to plaintiffs & bad for the rest of us. #
• iif #
• #iif Nesson (π): © is the backbone of American history. Congress saw it threatened, and legit’ly authorized statutory damages as a solution. #
• #iif Fisher (∆): Since J. Coke, you can’t use the courts to extort money for merely asserted wrongs #
• #iif okay, too much tweeting. #
• #iif plaintiff waives his opening statement. #
• #iif The RIAA now uses statutory damages for deterrence, a la punitive damages. But statutory damages ≠> optimal deterrence. #
• #iif Fisher: statutory damages were either meant to help πs who couldn’t prove actual harm or to punish infringers. Neither applies here. #
• #iif prof. fisher has the floor for the defendants. #
• #iif so basically, statutory damages in copyright infringement are a way of recovering in lieu of actual damages. They tend to be ginormous. #
• Talking about the talking. #iif #

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