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UK Open Standards Consultation Nearing Close - http://bit.ly/KHc81K important: please read and act

Even The #Copyright Office Won't Obey Rules That Don't Make Sense In Reality - http://bit.ly/Ky8N6i good point, nicely made

UK government staff caught snooping on citizen data - http://zd.net/Kkr29C why we cannot trust them with centralised databases #privacy

The Transparent Hypocrisy of Ethical Oil – who is really laundering money - http://bit.ly/KWyuf6 great piece

Indian court orders Pirate Bay, Pastebin blocks, Supreme Court gets DDoSed - http://bit.ly/KeFDFQ bad stuff happening #india

BitTorrent Piracy Boosts Music Sales, Study Finds - http://bit.ly/JBr8OX why recording industry should stop fighting sharing #copyright

Pirate Bay Ban Rockets Pirate Party Website Into The Big Time - http://bit.ly/JozmoV breakthrough time for UK pirates?

“Unsere Freiheit im Netz verteidigen” - http://bit.ly/JXlLta oh yes

Poland Betrays Its Past, Moves Closer To Allowing Software Patents - http://bit.ly/M0xB4Y come on, #Poland, you can do better than this

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ist tot - http://bit.ly/JciabH the best singer of modern times...

Walfänger stechen wieder in See - http://bit.ly/KXsdQs selfish scum #japan

Space Hijackers create Official Protesters programme for the #London2012 Olympics - http://bit.ly/LdJj9n let's hope they go for gold...

UK Government reneges on #opensource promise for Cloudstore 2.0 - http://bit.ly/JS6PLe hmm, not good

La ratification d’#ACTA par la France en débat - http://bit.ly/JoZgsW interesting that this is now a question (v @StopActaNow)