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Dotcom judge quits the case - http://bit.ly/NgQqoy oh no, I feared this might happen #copyright

Thank you, Michael Tiemann! - http://bit.ly/LxC4yQ seconded #osi

Charles Ives: Complete Chronological Catalogue - http://bit.ly/NDOZjx not the easiest of composers, but worth it

EU Proposes To Provide #OpenAccess To The Results Of Research It Funds -http://bit.ly/Ofy6Kn is this the tipping point?

Richard Stallman Speaks About UEFI - http://bit.ly/LqWrsX no surprises, but worthing his views #rms

Sakehe - http://bit.ly/Pgaiao "a group of words the meaning of which is not well understood"; fab stuff #ainu #linguistics

European consultation on #GM animals - http://bit.ly/LxE2iO good summary of ways in which you can respond #eu

Secrecy bids in Apple-Samsung patent lawsuit denied - http://cnet.co/MHHToLquite right, too

Help OSI - Complete Our Survey! - http://bit.ly/OUlMwG sensible move

#Anonymous statement re. #ITU - http://bit.ly/M8tJ1z interesting world where anonymous is (rightly) criticising institutions in this way

re OSI survey - seems it's from February...sorry about that

#OSI Announces Individual Membership - http://bit.ly/NDYWgU "non-profit organization that advocates for #opensource software"

Pro-Copyright Judges Never Drop Cases Over Conflicts, So Why Does Megaupload Judge Have To Step Down? - http://bit.ly/O9Be9c great point

Digital Economy Act: Respond or Repeal? - http://bit.ly/Nyfkf2 there's an#ofcom consultation that needs a response by next week #deact

PI founder Simon Davies to assess data protection reforms for the European Parliament - http://bit.ly/OWasQE should be good

Legal warfare behind it, Google finally adds books to its Play store in France -http://tnw.co/MHI1FB what a struggle... #ebooks

#ACTA ratification faces #NZ hurdles - http://bit.ly/SGsf29 this is big: another country slamming the brakes on (v @PostActa @dairyflat)

Human rights issues with the draft Communications Data Bill -http://bit.ly/SGujXN time to fight back

Snooper's Charter: a Bill without a proposal - http://bit.ly/Ph6gi5 betrayal not enough: UK gov wants to play dirty, too...

MP To Form Icelandic Pirate Party - http://bit.ly/Nyn80j surprised there isn't one already #is

Governments don’t have websites: Governments are websites -http://bit.ly/Phc8rA thought-provoking perspective

RT @PostActa here is the resolution @senadomexicano will present today to demand removal of mx signature from ‪#ACTA‬ http://bit.ly/MHPjJB

Hong Kong Imported 10 Million Kilograms of Shark Fins Last Year -http://bit.ly/Q7sULb shame on #hongkong - & #spain, apparently (v @BoraZ)

US And EU Still Clueless About What The #SOPA And #ACTA Defeats Really Mean - http://bit.ly/PiE7r0 read & weep

The More America Spends On The Drug War, The Cheaper Drugs Become -http://read.bi/MILIel spectacular failure (v @eur_1965 @sdw)

#AU Downloads: 'It's cheaper to pay a wage, fly to the US and back twice' -http://bit.ly/NiERNv shameless stuff (v @piawaugh @caitlen)

Thai Civil Society Groups Oppose Patent Application for HIV/AIDS Treatment -http://bit.ly/Q7RBqV good to see #th

Easier to sell than hot dogs: the human tissue industry revealed -http://bit.ly/NPfgGj "a body can be worth up to $200,000"

Pi in the sky - http://bit.ly/NA8k2P "Raspberry Pi with a webcam and GPS up to a hydrogen balloon, which got nearly 40km up"

MIT Economist: Here's How #Copyright Laws Impoverish Wikipedia -http://bit.ly/P0LzmT by the numbers (v @tvol)

How free is my phone? - http://bit.ly/LsKtPw good question; here's the answer

Apple Has To Advertise That Samsung's 'Not Cool' Tablet Is No iPad Copycat -http://bit.ly/MwUrW6 pretty bonkers all round...

Who needs data? Google launches Gmail SMS in #Africa - http://bit.ly/NGp8aIthinking outside the (email) box....

Court May Order Google to Censor ‘Torrent,’ ‘RapidShare’ and ‘Megaupload’ -http://bit.ly/MlkehZ more bad stuff

Dominican Republic Files WTO Case Over Australian Tobacco Packaging -http://bit.ly/MwUIZi pathetic

Has Facebook started its inevitable decline? - http://bit.ly/SI65MS well, course...

WikiLeaks calls for donations, dares Visa/MasterCard to shut them down -http://bit.ly/LXRX3d hmm

#Shell Oil's Social Media Nightmare Continues - http://onforb.es/NPooei couldn't happen to a nicer greedy, callous polluter

Help the O’Reilly animals - http://oreil.ly/Mlm4j6 great idea - and about time, too...