120330

If #ACTA Is So Great, Where Are All The Supporters Extolling Its Virtues? - http://bit.ly/Hx8Ufh well?

The right to information on Wikipedia - http://bit.ly/H3TnXl inspiring story about Indian Wikipedian

Researcher publishes specs for real #Linux-powered Star Trek tricorder - http://bit.ly/H6TeeL inevitable, really

80-year-old peer dusts off typewriter to pen 'think of the children' UK anti-porn net #censorship law - http://bit.ly/HyaJa8 bad idea

EU opens to first citizens' initatives amid criticism - http://bit.ly/GXWICx reboot needed

Wikipedia’s Next Big Thing: Wikidata, A Machine-Readable, User-Editable Database Funded By Google et al. - http://tcrn.ch/H6Voz5 cool

Universal Music Claims Piracy Justifies Monopoly, Wants Power To Control Digital Music Services - http://bit.ly/H6VUgk there are no limits

Common pesticide named as cause of bee decline - http://bit.ly/H3DvUv er, maybe we could stop using them...

The Smartphone Wars: Exit #Blackberry, pursued by a bear - http://bit.ly/H3XJxC "retreat upward never works": why do people forget this?

Can #Tunisia Become the Silicon Valley of the Arab World? - http://bit.ly/H0NMjn interesting idea (v @bdarcus)

Tell Morrisons you're off - http://bit.ly/HsScPK #morrisons inviting backlash over #gm move

Banned on Facebook: Facing, Booking and Poking - http://rww.to/HxohnX facebook lets the mask slip

User uploads to #YouTube hit one hour per second - http://bit.ly/H0SI7N amazing stat, spot-on analysis

Jumping Urban #Drone - http://bit.ly/H36ynH do not miss this further glimpse of our drone-filled future - amazing video

Georges Bizet: Complete Thematic Catalogue - http://bit.ly/H4leql composer of world's most popular opera... #spotify

VFat patent could be invalidated, thanks to Motorola and Torvalds - http://bit.ly/HsHs2G anything win for linus

Consumer groups demand GMO labeling, question food safety - http://reut.rs/Hpx2g6 extraordinary they even have to beg for this...

#Shell overcomes legal obstacles to Arctic drilling - http://bit.ly/H3hSTw a disaster waiting to happen

#Trademark Lawyers Push For Crazy New Domain Rules Making It Easy For Them To Take Away Others' Domains - http://bit.ly/H7omL5 bin #icann

Microsoft may be set to combat piracy with special Chinese edition of Windows 8 - http://tnw.co/Hql8HO but will they switch from XP?

Meet TestPAC: An upstart political action committee that calls Reddit home - http://tnw.co/H8JTHP a trend for the future?

Hot, crowded, and running out of fuel: Earth of 2050 a scary place - http://bit.ly/H7r2Is all thanks to greed & stupidity

120328

#TPP vs. #ACTA – compared Line by Line - http://bit.ly/HbPP3E brilliant idea

#ACTA: socialists meeting in Brussels, 12 April - http://bit.ly/HiclGi looks promising: "whose rights does it protect?" (v @agonarch)

EU Parliament Will Vote on #ACTA Without Delay! - http://bit.ly/Heijr5 good news

Cameron Neylon to Join #PLoS as Director of Advocacy - http://bit.ly/HeNtB4 great news for #openaccess & #openscience (v @Newmanlk)

Death of a data haven: cypherpunks, WikiLeaks, and the world's smallest nation - http://bit.ly/GVUgv7 amazing story

#ACTA "dit 'on ne change pas les lois nationales', mais il passe au-dessus." - http://bit.ly/HdGcMI this is key #extrajudicial

Kostenloskultur gegen #ACTA – oder so - http://bit.ly/GXrlZ3 die hessischen #Grünen show themselves clueless

Hacking IT systems to become a criminal offence - http://bit.ly/HqbYrO idiotic not to have a research exemption (v @asteris)#security

Red Hat Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012 Results - http://bit.ly/Hju5zt officially 1st billion-dollar #opensource company

Reykjavík Digital Freedoms Conference - http://bit.ly/Hqe2jE it's the happening place (well, for me today...) #is

Red Hat Rubs Its Billion-Dollar Year In Bill Gates' Face - http://bit.ly/Hk5r1w strange she missed out I wrote "Red Hat stands a chance"

European Parliament defends itself and democracy from #ACTA - http://bit.ly/HtO9zw great (and upbeat) analysis

It’s not about piracy, it’s about a failure to adapt - http://bit.ly/HjyHKn good to see more people trying to get copyright cos. to get this

120327

#Copyright Monopoly Lobby Sues Professor for Saying they're A Monopoly - http://bit.ly/GWVXeG good analysis of ridiculous situation

#TSA Freaks Out, Gets Longtime Critic Bruce Schneier Kicked Off Of Oversight Hearing - http://bit.ly/HePRVd frightened of Uncle Brucie

Google should be forced to censor search results, say MPs - http://bit.ly/HeTzOE shame on them for even thinking about #censorship

Urgent: Defend a Balanced UK Approach to #Copyright - http://bit.ly/GTcuPr sorry, yet more letter writing required

MT @FakeElsevier Just got a trademark violation notice from Twitter (thanks, #Elsevier! You stay classy!)>>indeed (v @chiefoldmist)

UK Publishers Association Outraged It Wasn't Consulted Ahead Of Public Over #OpenAccess To Publicly-Funded Research – http://bit.ly/GUNASS

120326

Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger - http://bit.ly/GPXCoW really, #microsoft? #censorship

Secrecy by default - the issue with the #NHS risk register - http://bit.ly/GRcsvH scandalous: where's that openness, Dave? (v @webmink)

Why accelerate discovery? reasons why we need #openaccess now - http://bit.ly/H3uOmr indeed: we don't have the luxury of time

#China Unblocks Sensitive Keywords - http://bit.ly/GRFCKf interesting times in the Middle Kingdom #censorship

#eircom Wants Country-Wide Three-Strikes Piracy Response - http://bit.ly/H8SV6K serving your customers (on a plate), huh? (v @copyrightgirl)

Pierre Boulez as Composer & Mahler Conductor - http://bit.ly/GQ0wdz nice & light for a monday morning </cough> #spotify

[updated URL] Battleship trailer to raise copyright awareness - http://bit.ly/GRtr14 "you wouldn't steal a battleship..."

Kickstarter to fund development of #Arduino-based, browser-controlled open source hardware automated gardening dome – http://bit.ly/H7q0xb

Prometheus bound: An important precedent for the next software patent case - http://red.ht/GQkbVc upbeat assessment #swpats

Is #Xbox the new center of the #Microsoft universe? - http://zd.net/H3LRdk obviously: it's the only part that isn't moribund

The Department For #ACTA - http://bit.ly/GRIvei come on, #australia - you've got to fight this (and #tpp)

Don't Steal Ideas, It Is Discouraging - http://bit.ly/GSjBoY au contraire, it's the basis of civilisation: not re-inventing the wheel

#RaspberryPi designer hints at future version - http://bit.ly/H3Nibz exciting

Mapping the Republic of Letters - http://bit.ly/GTGKuH cool: epistolary graph theory

Pirate Party Wins in Saarland Elections, Enters Parliament - http://bit.ly/H9TBYb political landscape continues to shift dramatically

Nature Publishing Group - When are you going to live up to your promises about "free" genome papers? - http://bit.ly/H5dkI7 shoddy #opengate

#Google ordered to close search autocomplete feature in #Japan over privacy complaint - http://tnw.co/GQW1K4 overreaction much?

Promusicae me denuncia por infracción a su honor - http://bit.ly/H4OCc8 honor??? (v @SinkDeep)

Big Brother Watch is looking for an "intern" (do we have such things in the UK?) - http://bit.ly/H5fuYj #privacy #civilliberties

Disarm the Gallery - http://bit.ly/H4PDkq is the National Gallery in bed with arms dealers? oh, the nobility of art...

Letter to European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/H4Rsxy good stuff

Open Digital Policy Organisation needs sponsors - http://bit.ly/GRcUba for work on standardised personal data licences (v @lilianedwards)

UK hackers hack together job site for UK hackers - http://tnw.co/H48GgT excellent idea #jobs

Music Industry Can See The Light After ‘Least Negative’ Sales Since 2004 - http://bit.ly/H41wEj but can they see the reality?

Dörings Tyrannei-Vergleich empört die Piraten - http://bit.ly/GQztJK it's called democracy: maybe you should try it #tyranneidermasse

a brownie point goes to the UK #GreenParty for being the first to respond to my email about #ACTA - and positively #INTA

RT @MsLods Judgment in Golden Eye's Norwich Pharmacal Order application; ISPs to provide users' details - http://bit.ly/H382Bo important

RT @MsLods Judgment in Golden Eye's Norwich Pharmacal Order application; ISPs to provide users' details - http://bit.ly/H382Bo important

Google to patch Android DoS exploit using fixes provided by Italian researchers that found it - http://tnw.co/H5QqBx joys of #opensource

Indian Ministry blames Bt cotton for farmer suicides - http://bit.ly/GRNKLK important statement #india #gm

Kim Dotcom: The US Government is Wrong, Here’s Why - http://bit.ly/H4tcJg looks like it could really be fun to watch this one

MPs try to overturn 'God can heal' ad ban - http://bit.ly/GRWGtw all politicians should be sent on compulsory statistics course...

Not a Normal Killing - http://bit.ly/GQUB4j utterly depressing tale about #poaching; #china & #vietnam mainly to blame, it seems (v @BoraZ)

#ACTA: "What does “endeavour to promote cooperative efforts" mean? [pdf] - http://bit.ly/H694bc good analysis of bad idea (v @netzpolitik)

Entertainment Industry Was Eager to Work With Megaupload - http://bit.ly/GS2pqp curioser & curioser

Spain's anti-piracy law may already be obsolete - http://reut.rs/HaOAzX Internet evolution (v @copyrightgirl @CopyrightReport)#sinde

Save the #Amazon - http://bit.ly/GQgbbQ it needs our help #epetition

Why Patent Lawyers Are Clueless About the Software Industry - http://bit.ly/H99Va8 yup: lots of good point #swpats

How Monopolies Strangle Innovation: Record Label Demands Making Investors Nervous About Spotify - http://bit.ly/GRBsNB hating the new

How Piracy Created The Massive Movie Industry Success Of Nollywood - http://bit.ly/HcsrBw fascinating #nigeria

Questions for News Corp over rival's collapse - http://bit.ly/GRpmnP not due to #piracy, as claimed?

#Eircom admits user disconnection is illegal; wants other Irish ISPs to do it anyway - http://bit.ly/GOylqO wow

Building a #GSM network with #opensource - http://bit.ly/H8G0no neat stuff

The Grammar of Happiness: An Interview with Daniel Everett - http://bit.ly/H6YAvB "the Pirahã language is like the Basque of the Amazon"

120325

Finding Success In A Wasteland By Being Open, Human And Awesome - http://bit.ly/GJ4m3C nice story

Of genies and bottles and wishing for shoehorns - http://bit.ly/GKpdUH & let's not forget #SOPA and #ACTA

ISOC Hires #MPAA Executive Paul Beringer - http://bit.ly/GLfP7b #ISOC just lost any credibility it may have had

"What's an open standard?" says ISO - http://bit.ly/GVdTTe #ISO is a joke (v @jwildeboer)#openstandards

Tomorrow, March 25, Germany votes Pirate again - http://bit.ly/GLZ2uY will be an interesting test for them #de

Surveillance System Can Recognize a Face From 36 Million Others in One Second - http://on.mash.to/GLHuzH this will end in tears

ValCom sues Megaupload for up to $900 million in damages - http://tnw.co/GVkl1S based on #copyright maths, of course#

How will the government promote rights online? - http://bit.ly/GKT1B5 assuming "promote" can take negative values...

120324

#ACTA On Hold, But The Protests Continue In Serbia - http://bit.ly/GOTpwK go, plucky #serbia

We need to redefine what 'copy' means - http://bit.ly/GUPFMj wonderfully lucid exposition of #copyright's central problem by #patry

ICANN Ethical Conflicts Are Worse Than They Seem - http://bit.ly/GI7Fa9 #icann rotten to the core; throw it away and start again (v +Internet Freedom Movement)

Document Freedom Day March 28 - http://bit.ly/GK8RQ6 "You change telephone companies, and can’t access your address book any more."

Corporate perk or monopolist bribery? - http://bit.ly/GQqfkG European Parliament behaving badly; #microsoft up to its old tricks #eu

nice interview with Sir Colin Davis - http://bit.ly/GHRg7y still wonderfully pugnacious at 85

Chinese Theatrical Market Booms, But Real Action May Be In Video On Demand - http://bit.ly/GIBJrC seems piracy isn't a problem there either

Drug resistant #malaria takes new ground, raising fears of global spread - http://bit.ly/GLu3ly gack, not good

Programming the #RaspberryPi webinar with Eben, April 4 - http://bit.ly/GKazB7 hope they have plenty of bandwidth...Scope, not scale - http://aje.me/GJKYWi thoughtful stuff from @mbauwens

Another Boost For #Generics: Brazilian Judge Annuls Patent On Key AIDS Drug - http://bit.ly/GHZjnF #TPP wants to go in opposite direction

Releasing #Smithsonian collection metadata on GitHub - http://bit.ly/GIDwx2 #cc0 too (v @edsu @candtalan)

Judge Orders FDA to Examine Safety of Agricultural Antibiotic Drugs - http://bit.ly/GKbIIZ potentially big; about time

Building Ecology of Libraries – Interview with Brewster Kahle - http://bit.ly/GQwlBB "really valuable thing about libraries are librarians"

Francis Maude reforms by saying “no” – a “massive” number of times - http://bit.ly/GRtPIX kudos to him for doing so (v @ntouk)#uk

UK Planning Application Alerts: first fruits - http://bit.ly/GHeSbu another great #opendata project from @CountCulture

#ACTA treaty mauled in #au hearings - http://bit.ly/GRCNWC great work by @drrimmer&@kim_weatherall- kudos (v @technollama)

Why is #Firefox - and #OpenSource - a Disaster in #China? - http://bit.ly/GK0h1o what's the problem?

Should There Be A Right To #Copyright Exceptions? - http://bit.ly/GJ4oej lots of countries seem to think so

question: any UK people know whether a council tender for schools can specify brands like this? - http://bit.ly/GKzeTH thanks

PS avança com novo projecto da cópia privada para evitar chumbo - http://bit.ly/GHzMY3 stupid levy averted in #pt - for the moment...

Artists Against #Copyright - http://bit.ly/GJgu7g they have existed, and still do (v @ninapaley)

Mercedes has gullwing replica crushed - http://bit.ly/GQV7xH all for the love of #copyright... (v @iknowjoseph)

Colombian government attempts to implement copyright reform in 3 weeks! - http://bit.ly/GJpF9y what could possibly go wrong? (v @xpectro)

Wanted: The Truck Driver Who Lost His Job Due To File Sharing - http://bit.ly/GIWLCC ha!

Kazakh gold medallist is played Borat anthem in Kuwait - http://bbc.in/GJEIOK you can't make this stuff up (v @The Mormegil)

#China's Twitter-Spam War Against Pro-#Tibet Activists - http://bit.ly/GKCUX0 interesting analysis

Free-textbooks project helps South Africa - http://bit.ly/GJU5Xj great development

120322

Falkvinge at TEDx Observer - http://bit.ly/GGQKL0 in full flight on the origins of the #PirateParty

#Ebooks #VAT should be slashed to zero in 2012 budget, say publishers - http://bit.ly/GG0ZwV quite right too: absurd anomaly

#Amazon Taps #Eucalyptus as Private Cloud Partner - http://rww.to/GFaXwU important point about #openstack (v @swardley)

Saarländische Piraten: Abhängigkeit und restriktive Lizenzen sind “gutes Recht” - http://bit.ly/GLenv0 #Pirateparty drinking too much rum?

Совместный перевод Open Data Handbook на русский язык - http://bit.ly/GF86TZ good cause needs help #opendata #ru

Australian Gov't: Not In The Public Interest For The Public To Be Interested In Secret Anti-#Piracy Negotiations – http://bit.ly/GGVznB

Demand a robust lobbying register - http://bit.ly/GL8xOe one with teeth #uk

Pirate drones? An alternative ... - http://bit.ly/GGENOa nice: "I believe the Pirate Bay should be looking down at the sewers"

#Iceland: Haven of Openness? - http://bit.ly/GK2AOZ first the #IMMI, now this #opensource move for government

MT @MetalSamurai If publishers want equivalence, then perhaps they should allow eBooks to be property & not a restrictive, unfair licence.

Can the #NSA Break #AES? - http://bit.ly/GG0y2d the 1024-bit question: Uncle Brucie says "no", er, "maybe"...

#TPP talks wrap up without American dairy offer - http://bit.ly/GKyLOt "the balance is subtly shifting against the US position."

response to #Hargreaves on #copyright reform: #datamining - http://bit.ly/GMePJx important stuff from @petermurrayrust

Google condamné à désindexer le passé d’une ex-actrice porno - http://bit.ly/GO9CkZ "right to be forgotten"? (v @JustinBrookman @klang67)

The numbers behind the #Copyright Math - http://bit.ly/GOashA lots of great links backing up the nos.

Ed Vaizey denies Comms Bill green paper delayed till post-Olympics - http://bit.ly/GFWnFm watch out for the ideas from #SOPA - then protest

MT ‏@jamie_love For the blind, International Publishers Association (IPA) wants to delete this: "at prices affordable in that market" >>scum

120321

reading tea leaves on AMP v Myriad in the Mayo v. Prometheus decision by SCOTUS - http://bit.ly/GCPP71 upbeat assessment of implications

The time bomb called #H264 is set to explode in 2015. Are you watching? - http://bit.ly/GDhuWH that's when the bill becomes due #patents

Karimovs Cash In - http://bit.ly/GDtcE7 how we've really screwed up in #uzbekistan

#FRPAA featured in Congressional Briefing, 24 Bipartisan Co-sponsors add their Support - http://bit.ly/GFVR7f good news for #openaccess

Consumers in the Information Society: Access, Fairness and Representation - http://bit.ly/GGMF5v interesting essays; free #ebook #a2k

re #h264,@Codepope points out that licence fees are being waived for free web streaming services – http://bit.ly/GCUzd0

UK internet economy to represent 12.4 percent of GDP by 2016 - http://bit.ly/GDSLRC good reason to repeal #DEAct before it does damage

De Gucht goes rogue again - http://bit.ly/GGnQsw democracy? who needs it? #ACTA

Why we should oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership - http://bit.ly/GG5z9O US farmer's perspective #tpp

Security versus freedom, open versus closed - http://bit.ly/GIfj6N key axes for the online world & beyond

Christian Carey's Sixty Postwar Pieces to Study on #Spotify - http://bit.ly/GDWEps not as heavy as it sounds...

German Gov't Uses Anger Over Lack Of #ACTA #Transparency To Justify Further Lack Of Transparency - http://bit.ly/GCLUZt that'll work #de

#Vevo CEO: The war on #piracy is like the war on drugs…’unwinnable' - http://tnw.co/GDZyyV good to hear more admitting this

All of Iceland's public administrations moving towards #opensource - http://bit.ly/GDmcsm great move; who's next?

US Copyright Office wants you to answer 5 qs about #copyright - http://svy.mk/GGesBR hmmm (v @copyrightgirl)

Home Office replies to ORG about RIchard #ODwyer extradition - http://bit.ly/GE0Cml summary: "we bent over" #uk

Sea-level rise will cost $2 trillion - http://bit.ly/GD9LbB not worst-case: so much for economic arguments against tackling #climatechange

Fear-Induced Foolishness: Entertainment Industry Thinks Controls On New TLDs Will Actually Impact Piracy - http://bit.ly/GHk8Qx clueless

BVDW spricht sich für Nachbesserungen bei #ACTA aus - http://bit.ly/GIKLPq more voices of sanity

In Grand DeceiveFest, Swedish Parliament Just voted for Data Retention - http://bit.ly/GIav2I rightly angry piece about #sweden's betrayal

Don't let Mitt Romney's anti-gay billionaire backer whitewash his intimidation of critics - http://bit.ly/GFJdsP no, don't

MPs will push Google on bad links - http://bit.ly/GDbZbI aka #censorship

Justice for Forests - http://bit.ly/GDXvcN depressing tales of corruption and deforestation

#China Now Leading Source Of iOS, Android Activations - http://bit.ly/GEsUtc no surprise there #smartphones

MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained for Lawsuits - http://bit.ly/GImzMr would be a very stupid move

#Bach Works Catalogue (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) on #Spotify - http://bit.ly/GEKTys 170 hours of pure genius

120320

Liberating America's secret, for-pay laws - http://bit.ly/GAflwk more #copyright insanity

Samsung launches its first online store in #India, strengthening its bid to overtake Nokia - http://tnw.co/GAq4oG more bad news for #nokia

Oz billionaire says CIA backs Greenpeace - http://bit.ly/GBuYE9 conclusive proof that money makes you stupid

Waive VAT on #RaspberryPi - http://bit.ly/GApUUt interesting #epetition UK people might care to sign

#Google Steps In To Defend #Hotfile From “Overbroad And Ill-Conceived” MPAA Lawsuit - http://tcrn.ch/GADOjE interesting move

#Amazon to Buy #Robot Maker for $775 Million - http://on.mash.to/GArTBZ intriguing: to use or to sell?

How The #Copyright Industry Drives A Big Brother Dystopia - http://bit.ly/GAgQva look at the facts, look at the pattern

USians: Take Action: ISPs Selling Out Customers, Pushing Backdoor SOPA - http://bit.ly/GAjQal remember #SOPA? (v @petermurrayrust)

Welcome to the #OpenData User Group - http://bit.ly/GAMczc more good moves by the UK gov on this front #community

torrentblocking by dutch university to be illegal/against #netneutrality says Verhagen - http://bit.ly/GCrmj7 quite (v @adV007)#nl

Citizen #Surveillance and the Coming Challenge for Public Institutions - http://bit.ly/GAKGTV yup #privacy

British National Arts Program Aims To Rob Thousands Of Kids Of Their #Copyrights - http://bit.ly/GB1lB2 shows (c) is too hard to understand

Free 3D-Printable Kit To Connect Different Toy Construction Sets Released -- But Partially Blocked Due To Patents – http://bit.ly/GBaa2o

UK #Copyright Industries Suddenly Become Fans Of #Evidence-Based Policy Making - http://bit.ly/GBHDbd on the road to Damascus...?

Big Media drags 142,000 through UK's courts IN A YEAR - http://bit.ly/GAQVXk interesting analysis #bbc #tv #iplayer

Internet Accounts for 4.7% of the U.S. Economy [STUDY] - http://on.mash.to/GDlJTW maybe we shouldn't mess it up with #ACTA et al.

EU commission admits mistake on #Acta - http://bit.ly/GAZjBc still obsessing about #socialnws (v @jerezim)

Supreme Court saves medical profession from diagnostic #patents - http://bit.ly/GBT2Yw a good win, but not very broad

Bad Idea: Internet Service Providers Should Assume Most Digital Locker Content Is 'Illegal' - http://bit.ly/GCCu0q #censorship here we come

Unanimous Supreme Court decision invalidates Prometheus diagnostic test patents - http://bit.ly/GE0Msa good, detailed analysis #brca

120319

The Pirate Bay Attacks #Censorship With Low Orbit Server #Drones - http://bit.ly/x4ezSg this is getting interesting #tpb

Holding up the sky - http://bit.ly/zg64wb "Today hackers are, in fact, among the unacknowledged maintainers of civilization."

#Opensource culture can rescue ICT from #Microsoft's iron grip - http://bit.ly/yM1PBX nice piece (v @schestowitz)#monoculture

Video, user experience and our mission - http://bit.ly/yMXW17 the lizard wrangler speaks of encumbered video technologies #mozilla

New #steganography technique relies on letter shapes - http://bit.ly/xrtJaJ quite clever

Imminent "six strikes" #Copyright Alert System needs antitrust scrutiny - http://bit.ly/FR6LNc interesting points

Private data on British drivers will be stored offshore - http://bit.ly/yoXqVW #IBM decides to join UK gov in the Evil Club #privacy

Urgent: Please Reply to UK #Copyright Consultation - http://bit.ly/AvVh5g only 3 days left - don't lose this chance

Student arrested for filming buildings wins police payout - http://bit.ly/AwABx7 stupid acts of officialdom (v @newsbrooke)

Demand Swift Rejection of #ACTA - http://bit.ly/yJwiaY don't let the European Commission wriggle out of this one

Combined UK digital economy dwarfs creative sector, time for governments to marginalise copyright lobbyists - http://bit.ly/wsoiM4 key point

Community calls for free open data in consultation - http://bit.ly/wVtb1Y interesting moves on the uk #opendata front

INPI abre consulta pública sobre exame de patente que inclui programa de computador - http://bit.ly/FRH0cO important #swpats #brazil

Teacher Suspended For Reading 'Ender's Game' To Middle School Students - http://onforb.es/FPXMIb idiot parent: "it's pornographic"

Summit Entertainment Claims To Own The Date November 20, 2009; Issues Takedown On Art Created On That Day - http://bit.ly/FRLHnB riiight

120318

Bloggers say #ACTA is threat to basic freedoms in #Serbia - http://bit.ly/FQiAOc interesting situation here (v @_NetFreedom_)

Collected Personal Data Will Always Be Used Agaisnt the Citizens - http://bit.ly/wrZXZX points worth thinking about #surveillance

Police court order Dotwrong - http://bit.ly/zKlEYp Kim dotcom may get his assets back (v @jwildeboer)#nz #megaupload

Wikimedia Research Newsletter completes first volume, introduces new features - http://bit.ly/z7pkAg a respectable academic field, it seems

The internet: citizen scientists demonstrate power of collaboration - http://bit.ly/FTk2yd which is why #ACTA is so dangerous (v @karounos)

120317

#Schubert forever! Or at least, a whole week on BBC Radio 3 - http://bit.ly/FOERyV hooray, I can listen to complete works again

The Power of Open - http://bit.ly/wISsXe el lanzamiento de la versión en español del libro #es #openness

Britain’s original (17th century) information revolution - http://tgr.ph/xE2NQe fascinating tale, well told

Maine Demands That The US Be More Open And Transparent In #TPP & Other International Trade Negotiations - http://bit.ly/A8XC1X good for them

Lessig, Doctorow, Seltzer - #ORGCon 2012 tickets selling fast! - http://bit.ly/y5L13l the place to be next week #london

Bundesregierung: #ACTA-Transparenz gefährdet Öffentliche Sicherheit - http://bit.ly/yf3Ifv doubtful; and if so, only because of secrecy

Bruce Springsteen, Another Pirate Remixer! - http://bit.ly/wMKLk6 they all are, but only some admit it

Dog mess could be subjected to DNA testing under plans being considered - http://tgr.ph/z0n3mv you can see where this is going (v @cstross)

Global Censorship Monitoring System - http://bit.ly/ADfiBD looks interesting

Greece develops cashless, Euro-free currency in tight economy - http://bit.ly/xRDKZW our future? (v @mbauwens)

120316

#Drone Attack: How We Might Willingly Embrace The #Surveillance Society - http://bit.ly/xHKh7d coming to a street near you

St. Patrick's Day Playlist: W.B. Yeats In Music - http://bit.ly/xBcc5x fascinating stuff #spotify

19,000+ episodes of Indian TV on YouTube Shows - http://bit.ly/z9j2K7 wonderful #india

#London air #pollution at record high - http://bit.ly/zYKAG4 disgraceful

As Data Grows, So Grows Linux - http://bit.ly/zedjDg #bigdata means big opportunities for #opensource (hint: it scales in all senses)

Webversteher und andere Helden gesucht in Brüssel - http://bit.ly/xaIhfv more views on the #FRAND vs #RF battle in EU

Conference on "Enforcement of intellectual property rights: review of #IPRED" - http://bit.ly/yvyddj hope public will be represented #eu

Is #OpenScience Open Enough? - http://bit.ly/xNaitP good review of topic (v @CameronNeylon)

SOPA masala: 387 Indian ISPs must block 104 piratical websites - http://bit.ly/yhOYd0 dangerous move #india #censorship

Al Jazeera to broadcast Syria documentary filmed entirely on iPhone - http://bit.ly/zyE66N the future (v @asteris @NatashaTynes)

Why software patents are evil - http://bit.ly/ztUtQX just in case you needed reminding #swpats

New Ruling In Old Righthaven Case Makes Two Important Points: Protecting Fair Use And Secondary Liability - http://bit.ly/xUK5wc yup

Scientists say massive palm oil plantation will "cut the heart out" of Cameroon's rainforest - http://bit.ly/FO6bft (v @carlzimmer @Yale360)

Strange: Vote Against Freeing Up Orphan Works Achieves 113% Turnout In EU Committee - http://bit.ly/yJYTx6 not fishy at all #copyright

Lemmings of Democracy or rebalancing? – MEPs about to axe Council question time - http://bit.ly/wbxNfU less transparency – nice...

Court Orders RapidShare to Filter User Uploads - http://bit.ly/zYV5bX even though that's impossible to do

The BSA's "nauseating" anti-piracy tactics - http://bit.ly/FO7AGq such lovely people

behold, the sun - http://bit.ly/yvGLkZ as we've never seen it before

Join Us for a Discussion on Open Sourcing the Global Integrity Report - http://bit.ly/wReKms sounds good

#IPRED+ would be delivered by September - http://bit.ly/A0ADMX put in your diaries: it's gonna be a hot autumn

‘Piracy’ is not affecting Hollywood’s bottom line - http://bit.ly/A8cMOw who'da thunk?

Poderopedia, a data journalism project to map the Chilean elite - http://tnw.co/wzC29y nice transparency project #chile

120315

Spotify Finally Launches In #Germany -- And Immediately Hits Data Protection Problems - http://bit.ly/zp5Te4 poor old #spotify

Wirtschaftsdialog zum Urheberrecht: Über aber ohne Nutzer?! - http://bit.ly/zdp1Fc as usual... #ACTA

Everywhere I’ve Been: Data Portraits Powered by 3.5 years of data and 2.5 million GPS Points - http://bit.ly/xrGt6S nice

#Serbia to adopt #ACTA for EU membership: Official - http://bit.ly/zXSPHv not good, but probably inevitable

Assad emails reveal a close watch on social media – and the need for Twitter to clarify some of its policies - http://tnw.co/AsvrdG quite

#Pfizer says Europe undermining drug innovation - http://reut.rs/xHKLdG has gall to complain about freeloading: cf. #TPP (v @jamie_love)

Public sector IT chiefs given go-ahead to use #opensource systems for security - http://bit.ly/z3u6mE still needs saying? (v @czajkowski)

Microsoft's Open Standards Fairy Tale - http://bit.ly/yAiUOF will MS promise to be #opensource's Fairy Godmother? #FRAND #RF

#TPP Talks Deadlocked; Still No #Transparency - http://bit.ly/ArtHGH some grounds for hope? #generics

A golden age of #opensource #innovation? - http://bit.ly/xKm2Hv you be the judge

#Slovenia's Big Pay 'Wall' Has Made €26,000 - http://bit.ly/zepdWG a bit footling, no?

Bundesregierung ist weiter für #ACTA - http://bit.ly/xbIBem boo, hiss

Computer Aided Design the FLOSS way: An Interview with Franz Reiter, lead developer of gCAD3D - http://bit.ly/yOiSuL sounds rather good #cad

This is cool: An open data standard for food - http://bit.ly/wXvu0d weird, but good

Encyclopedias are like journalism: It’s better when they are open - http://bit.ly/zPy0rh but of course

U.S.-#Korea trade deal is bad for both countries - http://bit.ly/wiiToE people waking up #tpp (v @PCGTW)

UK Scientists to be protected from #libel - http://ind.pn/w1OmjF can't come soon enough (v @kzelnio @BoraZ)

CSU-Netzrat legt 2. Positionspapier vor - http://bit.ly/zNS30W surprisingly clueful, especially on #ACTA

#Copyright Math: a quantitative reasoning master class by Rob Reid - http://bit.ly/zio0cc sharp analysis, hilarious video - don't miss

Trademark issue forces #KDE's "Spark" tablet renaming - http://bit.ly/yj16w4 </sigh>

MPAA Exec: Only We Can Make Content That People Want - http://bit.ly/AAbouC incredible, just incredible #ugc #sopa

Keine Verzögerung: #ACTA jetzt im Europaparlament abstimmen! - http://bit.ly/ywKHd8 maybe a good idea

Kevin Rose Will Join Google - http://bit.ly/Az8mxm but what will he do there? (v @davewiner @mpesce)

Bunnie Huang's open Geiger counter: design notes and reference - http://bit.ly/ADB3yR cool

Is Piracy the New Advertising? - http://onforb.es/w1I90s well, obviously

2-Strikes im Wirtschaftsministerium gescheitert - http://bit.ly/y8IJ5I "surveillance off the table" #de

Authenticated electricity: Sony power outlets will charge you for charging - http://bit.ly/Am6Evs what could possibly go wrong? #lockdown

120314

Value and benefits of #textmining - http://bit.ly/ylYGoq great #jisc report on this crucial new area (v @eikoku)

Reclaim the Internet in under a Minute - http://bit.ly/w5jxGn use OpenNIC

An “Internet of Things” Camera - http://bit.ly/zHf6z5 rather cool; #arduino based (v @boingboing)

Gravity Announces Labs and #OpenSource Projects - http://rww.to/yoA2ir good to see

The Staying Power of Guarani - http://bit.ly/ykz2J8 amazing #paraguay

Stop Extradition - Fair UK Trial for Richard #ODwyer - http://bit.ly/r0QV4b probably pointless now, but worth signing as a protest

Crisis in Microsoft land - http://bit.ly/x0tg6i first encyclopedia britannica, now windows...? #endofanera

#OpenData Innovation Community - Francis Maude speech - http://bit.ly/xX2b2L nothing new, but good he says it (v @Rchards)

#Microsoft: Data protection undermines IP enforcement - http://bit.ly/yAhlHH such a warm, generous company #rights #intellectualmonopolies

Submission to UK Consultation on #Copyright: Exceptions - http://bit.ly/xL5niT time is running out: pl. make your submission soon

The #OpenDesign definition - http://bit.ly/A32Txz "collaborative, discussion-focused creation of an updated definition" (v @openp2pdesign)

38% of #China’s Internet population are mobile-only users, says report - http://tnw.co/xQ8PH7 it's the future

PrivateGSM - http://bit.ly/wbdcG3 "to encrypt calls in a totally safe & legal way through VoIP"; cool (v @ioerror)#android

Use and transfer of Passenger Name Records to the United States breaches EU rights - http://bit.ly/wpNiRg say profs. (v @bendrath)

UK people may be interested in this group buying experiment - http://bit.ly/x49hNv 185K have signed up, including me...

Save CBC Music Archives - http://bit.ly/xdnobD destroying culture like this should be illegal #canada

Private copying levies on digital media make less sense today than ever - http://bit.ly/z83k8t indeed

Harper's Publisher Presents Platonic Ideal Specimen Of 'I'm An Old Fogey Elitist Anti-Internet Luddite' Columns - http://bit.ly/zcTWnz epic

"Free Trade" is Not Free – Why We All Need to Oppose the TPP - http://bit.ly/zcjQFn more people concerned about #TPP

FBI, stumped by pimp's Android pattern lock, serves warrant on Google - http://bit.ly/zKrkwk nice ad for android's security - or fbi's fail

HBO Triggers an International #Copyright Fracas in #Chile - http://rww.to/ykCz99 market failure, as usual

RetroShare: secure communications with friends - http://bit.ly/x2rFxY interesting #opensource project; needs more support (v @dtschmitz)

Juba: Announcing #Ushahidi v2.2 - http://bit.ly/zgo3s9 with #openstreetmap #opensource

RIAA chief: ISPs to start fighting piracy by July 12 - http://cnet.co/wV8Q8M what a waste of effort

120313

Olympics 2012 security: welcome to lockdown London - http://bit.ly/w5SpOf obscene: let's just cancel the whole thing #london2012

TPP Talks Stall in Melbourne - http://bit.ly/ygQgI3 people finally waking up to #TPP danger to #generics and Net (v @_NetFreedom_)#acta

Открытое правительство - http://bit.ly/wmsdYt #russia doing some interesting things with opening up writing of laws (v @mbauwens)

How Eurocrats see the world - http://bit.ly/xBWkDr I hoped this was a fake; people should be resigning over this #eu

Welcome to Spotify, Germany! And Happy 60th Birthday, Wolfgang Rihm - http://bit.ly/wSJKDX interesting choice

EU Blames Social Networks For #ACTA Failure; Worried About Its Imminent Directive On #Copyright Enforcement – http://bit.ly/A8sbRM

Don't Let the European Parliament Freeze #ACTA! - http://bit.ly/Av3YDG hasn't it said it would do this for a while?

Wirtschaftsdialog des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums bleibt Monolog hinter verschlossenen Türen - http://bit.ly/wINfFT bad (v @netzpolitik)

#P2PFoundation Personal Support Fund - http://bit.ly/AbKCte a worthy cause

EU Regulator Shows Operators Restrict Net Access, Deploy Intrusive Technologies - http://bit.ly/ziWuf3 #netneutrality now

Music's Celestial Jukeboxes Square Off In Germany; Next Stop Asia-Pac - http://bit.ly/zuULxy good summary of the streaming sector

Church Puts Legal Pressure on Abuse Victims’ Group - http://nyti.ms/AjtSIh wow, how hateful/hated does it want to be? (v @jeffjarvis)

Wirtschaftsdialog zum #Urheberrecht: Über aber ohne Nutzer?! - http://bit.ly/zdp1Fc do they really want to get #SOPA'd? #de

Idealism vs. pragmatism: Mozilla debates supporting H.264 video playback - http://bit.ly/zqcZqS ah, yes, the old conundrum

Krautrocksampler: Julian Cope's 50 Kosmische Classics on Spotify - http://bit.ly/wLyJST timely

More on #Pinterest and #copyright - http://bit.ly/ytOtE0 plenty more where this came from

Secret trade deal threatens democracy - http://bit.ly/yzF7UN good summary of #TPP's key problems - and they are big ones

Automating Terrorism (the decline of the suicide bomber) - http://bit.ly/wlYgGj why moore's law may kill us

Stop innovating, please: Kaleidescape loses DVD ripping case - http://bit.ly/x80n3F bad news #dmca

Guess What? Copying Still Isn't Stealing - http://bit.ly/zKww3k </sigh>

Richard #ODwyer case: TVShack creator's US extradition approved - http://bbc.in/ybjg3y travesty of justice: shame on UK gov (v @SinkDeep)

Open Access, brick by brick - http://bit.ly/xzKNlQ excellent, detailed piece on what's happening in #australia #oa

Encyclopedia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years - http://bit.ly/wdsFGW symbolic or what? #wikipedia

Review Of #Canada's Copyright Bill Concludes, Digital Locks Survive - http://bit.ly/wwARA5 not optimal, could have been worse

120312

All agree with Karel de Gucht - http://bit.ly/xXRWG1 of #ACTA and #TRIPS

10 ways big data changes everything - http://bit.ly/wLuSLp 10 case studies #bigdata

Jimmy Wales: #Wikipedia chief to advise Whitehall on policy - http://tgr.ph/wC0SF9 good news [citation needed] (v @Coadec)#uk

#OrphanWorks: Mapping the Possible Solution Spaces - http://bit.ly/zvGqm0 hugely important problem

After years of intense competition and legal battle, Chinese online video giants #Youku and #Tudou merge - http://tnw.co/x0xpQm wow

Can big data fix a broken system for software patents? - http://bit.ly/wIzpP0 nope; here's why #swpats

Newspapers moot dropping Doonesbury during transvaginal ultrasound plot - http://bit.ly/zWGhf3 misogynists or just spineless?

Bundesregierung beantwortet kleine Anfrage zu #ACTA, #IPRED und Warnhinweisstudie - http://bit.ly/wn2hNQ interesting snippets

India Controller General for Patents issues order granting Compulsory License in the matter of NATCO Vs. BAYER - http://bit.ly/yda5qd good

Why Does An Unpatentable 'Abstract Idea' Becomes Patentable If You Add 'On The Internet'? - http://bit.ly/xUf7Y4 kill it, #SCOTUS

Why Does An Unpatentable 'Abstract Idea' Becomes Patentable If You Add 'On The Internet'? - http://bit.ly/xUf7Y4 kill it, #SCOTUS

National Libraries and a Museum open up their data using CC0 - http://bit.ly/xHeYFu others follow, please

EDPS opinion on the data protection reform package - http://bit.ly/ziBV9T useful analysis #privacy

Mary's Monday Metazoan: O Beautiful Salad - http://bit.ly/AuvvJ7 what a wonderful image

Warehouse Fire in Peru Destroys Educational Materials and 40,000 XOs - http://bit.ly/yFpV65 sad loss

Kontaktiert jetzt Eure Europaabgeordneten und stoppt das Fluggastdatenabkommen! - http://bit.ly/y7gO5z important stuff

Why #Monsanto Thought Weeds Would Never Defeat Roundup - http://n.pr/zfHSTG incredible hubris

3D printer knocks out tiny objects - fast - http://bit.ly/xrvAbD as in grain of sand tiny; amazing #3dprinters

#TPP Reveals U.S.'s Unbridled Corporate Agenda - http://bit.ly/zxqsMY great analysis; non-US countries would be mad to sign

PirateBox Takes File-Sharing Off The Radar and Offline, For Next To Nothing - http://bit.ly/yopkTq inevitable move

India Issues First Compulsory Licence - http://bit.ly/Ahhrox #msf on groundp-breaking move #generics #pharma

How #patent monopolies work in reality, outside of fairytale land - http://bit.ly/wrKF3v not about innovation, all about litigation

UK Gov issues DA notices over imminent #WikiLeaks leak - http://bit.ly/w5WeRy UK government still clueless (v @schestowitz)

#Afghanistan: Mainstream Media Awakes - http://bit.ly/wMUDME let's hope: time to end this madness

Pepys Road: online story about Londoners weathering the crash - http://bit.ly/xcufNv nice idea, but I'm a little disappointed by the book

'Don't Get SOPA'd' Is The New Mantra On Capitol Hill - http://bit.ly/w8wGWb great to see SOPA become such a toxic brand

#HTML5 = new world of hackable games - http://bit.ly/z9gapF interesting idea

Kim Dotcom: Many #Megaupload Users at the US Government - http://bit.ly/yDlNjb well, naturally

#Kony 2012's Visible Funding: Invisible Children's anti-gay, creationist, Christian right donors - http://bit.ly/y13HiE well, well, well

Putting Lives Before #Patents: #India Says Pricey Patented Cancer Drug Can Be Copied - http://bit.ly/yytOhC good, detailed analysis