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El Parlamento Europeo vota a favor del saqueo al dominio público - http://bit.ly/rqEXUs a round-up of outrage #copyright #pd

48 Hours to End Ocean Clear-Cuts - http://bit.ly/pWUrDb insanely destructive #epetition #avaaz

Record numbers of golden eagles poisoned in Scotland in 2010 - http://bit.ly/nwFaaJ grouse estates likely culprits: scum (v @GeorgeMonbiot)

Vocre Lets You Instantly Converse In Foreign Languages - http://tcrn.ch/pyDc4K this stuff seems to be getting better & better

Effect of #NHS reforms on #FOI rights - http://bit.ly/reoUS2 collateral damage #uk

Pharma Executive To Head #Gates’ Global Health Program - http://bit.ly/p2Awnv "oriented toward northern pharmaceutical industry practices"

Michele Bachmann, the HPV vaccine and the Republican landscape - http://bit.ly/oaNG3X the race to the anti-science bottom

#Ushahidi to Track Breaking News Trends on #Wikipedia - http://bit.ly/pTQ8eT "how Wikipedia editors track, evaluate and verify sources"

Photos: Chinese blaze new paths in #Africa - http://bit.ly/n6ysvY fascinating images of the new world order; recommended #china

UK children stuck in 'materialistic trap' - http://bit.ly/nTAcX8 "are bought off with 'branded goods' by their parents"; interesting

IKS Semantic Contest - http://bit.ly/ntT3wf "winners receive 40,000 Euro to realise their proposal, & three runners-up receive 10,000 Euro"

Meat guns - http://bit.ly/qxVQPX and their relation to meat is, of course, the problem guns...

Would You Sue a Restaurant for $30,000 If They Didn't Pay You Royalties? - http://bit.ly/nuJLRw more #copyright absurdity (v @copyrightgirl)

#Twitter continues its European focus with a new UK #Blog - http://tnw.co/pOiFVo interesting move

Microsoft sells 650,000 win7 licences each day - http://tcrn.ch/o3ZjP8 ~ same as no. of #android activations each day (v @jackschofield)

#Copyright extension is welcome, but it doesn't go far enough - http://bit.ly/pr7xVp same old yapping about #piracy: is the record stuck?

Unglaublich: Petition gegen Vorratsdatenspeicherung sprengt 50.000er Marke - http://bit.ly/ovRRYS that's good #surveillance #germany

#Stephenson’s #REAMDE: perfectly executed, mammoth, ambitious technothriller - http://bit.ly/nBnzGL wow; bought it 60 seconds ago...

Bad Money Drives Out Good In Spotify - http://bit.ly/paP402 shy #spotify has much to do on its classical curation

How Cliff Richard kept the royalties rolling in - http://bit.ly/o16JVw @billt with a good, grown-up piece on extension (v @copyrightgirl)

1001 South African Songs You Must Hear Before You Go Deaf - http://bit.ly/qzgdry what an amazing endeavour (v @alastairotter @gussilber)

What if You Deliberately Used #BitTorrent To Distribute Your Book? - http://bit.ly/qCrxfD you mean some don't? #ebooks

International Journal of the Commons - http://bit.ly/ekGCEH latest issue now available; not light, but interesting stuff #commons

DG Trade´s short prescription for access to medicine - http://bit.ly/qMkAH1 1st World arrogance & sheer callousness #cancer #heartdisease