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Is #TPP To Blame For Continuing Delay In Passing New Zealand's 2008 Bill That Excludes Software Patents? - http://bit.ly/HPRacU bad #nz

Programming project comes to UK primary schools - http://bbc.in/JDWM9I at last (v @timanderson)#scratch #education

#ACTA Rapporteur's Recommendations: Reject Treaty, But Ask European Commission To Come Up With Replacement – http://bit.ly/HRZtqq

Torna la norma ammazza blog - http://bit.ly/Jbzubz this looks really bad #italy

UK open government data: the results of the official audit - http://bit.ly/HMuh9O interesting stats #opendata

Kiwi ISP Issues First Music Piracy ’3rd Strike’, Movie Biz Can’t Be Bothered - http://bit.ly/HRCMGh complete waste of time #nz

How #Microsoft Fought True #OpenStandards II - http://bit.ly/J8RsAq more FOI revelations of MS lobbying & inconsistencies

UK Government proposes to filter legal content for child safety - http://bit.ly/HYbmuw excellent analysis of misguided idea (v @rmack)

No stalling on the 2013 ban - http://bit.ly/HSGdJs won't someone think of the pigs?

If Publishers Can't Cover Their Costs With $10 #Ebooks, Then They Deserve To Go Out Of Business - http://bit.ly/IKPT5C great point

Why Every Company Should Adopt #Twitter's Internet Patent Agreement - http://rww.to/JgSoRc or something like it #swpats

BT brinjal row: National Biodiversity Authority decides to prosecute #Monsanto - http://bit.ly/HNbTxz potentially big #india

Microsoft bigs up open source, then stuffs it under the sofa - http://bit.ly/HSIrsf yup

#Microsoft: #OpenStandards Are Good... If They're The Open Standards We Get Paid For - http://bit.ly/JGr0cn quite

Why the end of Consumer Focus is a blow to UK tech policy - http://bit.ly/I4FSk8 this is a real tragedy & scandal: shame on UK gov

Microfinance: Why #OpenSource Means Bigger Impact - http://on.mash.to/HNkGzL interesting

Clean up the dirtiest thing on the internet - http://bit.ly/HHXBj5 nicely done

European Food Safety Authority admits failure on revolving doors - http://bit.ly/I6fav5 appalling #lobbying

Spotify Details New Global Partnership With Coca-Cola - http://tcrn.ch/IlXZ7V #spotify just became seriously #uncool; time to ditch...?

Harper gets support of Chile in bid to join #TPP free-trade pact - http://bit.ly/HYsgci daft; interesting comments on drug decriminalisation

Major Book Publisher Demands Jury Trial Against BitTorrent Pirates - http://bit.ly/HTKizx so #johnwiley gets hated - & for what?

Open Source #Robotics Foundation - http://bit.ly/HSlngI oooh, fun: "to support the development, distribution, and adoption of OSS"

Guess What? Most #Cybercrime 'Losses' Are Massively Exaggerated As Well - http://bit.ly/HTewBH time to puncture those inflated claims

Gulf seafood "horribly deformed" - http://bit.ly/JhTfkA this. is. not. good.

In defence of NonCommercial clauses - http://bit.ly/IM6ru1 I disagree with the overall thrust, but interesting points worth noting #cc

Ottawa elbows regulators in quest 4 final word on pipeline approvals - http://bit.ly/J0lneT bit blatant, no? (v @AlexSteffen @billmckibben)

The online #copyright war: the day the internet hit back at big media - http://bit.ly/ImcIQf gets main dynamics quite well #sopa #ACTA

"default blocking" plan from @claire4devizes would censor adults & fail children - http://bit.ly/Ji4o5a illiberal, patronising & unworkable

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement ("#TPP") - http://bit.ly/HUbMFo important new resource - don't miss