Re:Can the Public Become Private? (Score 0)

Imagine putting a sign on your front lawn. A month later you bring it inside your house. Since the sign was public, does that mean the police no longer need a warrant? If twitter loses this appeal, the answer to that question will be no. It is essentially saying anything made public can never be made private. Now, if someone took pictures of that sign on your lawn, that's another matter. So a snapshot of a public site would be fair game. So much so, I wonder if the police monitor tweets and store potentially interesting ones?

You can't unsay what you have said. If you scream at someone "I'm gonna kill you", it will be used against you.

Yes, but if you didn't record me at that time, don't ask me to scream again.

This is exactly the issue at hand in my opinion. Tweets are public, and anyone is welcome to save/store them at the time that they are available. However, if they did not, then it is a missed opportunity on their part. I don't see how anyone can be required to make them public again.