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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130412 - http://bit.ly/YB6qqE yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Trade agreement with Singapore secret until it enters into force - http://bit.ly/16TE6B9 this is not democracy #EU #transparency

Documentary On The History Of Apple And Microsoft Show It Was All About Copying, Not Patents - http://bit.ly/YzoykZ

#Monsanto Protection Act Just Tip of GE Iceberg - http://bit.ly/XIUHa7 links to excellent, detailed history [pdf] - http://bit.ly/110UR8l

Lessons from Mendeley: Where’s The Open In The Model? - http://bit.ly/12XDtnI lots of good points #mendelsevier #openness

Industry group attacks EU plans to overhaul #copyright enforcement law - http://bit.ly/113hdrk quotes usual troublemaker... #IPRED

Evolution or Revolution In Science Communication - http://bit.ly/XIWpIF interesting stuff #openaccess

Open Seed Data Catalog - http://bit.ly/173vypv interesting project to preserve genetic diversity; seeking funding (v +Stephen Bathgate)

Here's Another Inventor Who Willingly Gave Away His Greatest Idea In Order To Establish It As A Global Standard – http://bit.ly/173w9aF

RSC's Matilda: the Musical a hit on Broadway - http://bit.ly/10XeT6j " a success story for the UK's system of subsidy"

Pirate Party Crowd-Sources File-Sharing Fine Settlements - http://bit.ly/119j7rf interesting approach

What’s the right model for shared scholarly communications infrastructure? - http://bit.ly/114Ccdl let the debate begin...

Psy Video 'Gentleman' Released on YouTube: Is It a Hit? - http://on.mash.to/ZgUdq0 those follow-ups are so hard to pull off...

EU court decision heralds multi-country European music licenses - http://reut.rs/YTeana long overdue #monopolies

Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at #homeopathy (again) - http://ars.to/15b148M long, thorough, pretty definitive

Repo Man Director Alex Cox Plans To Edit Next Film With OpenShot - http://bit.ly/114FQnr wow, another big vote for power of #opensource

#Facebook: double mastectomy obscene - http://huff.to/ZTbnG2 gang-rape perfectly OK - http://bit.ly/ZTbotM (v @amirightfolks @Asher_Wolf)

Uno-Studie: Welt verliert Kampf gegen Klimawandel - http://bit.ly/14kHWWb this is not good #climatechange

"The silencing of the Munchkins must rank as 1 of most inept acts of censorship Britain has seen" - http://bit.ly/XyL4sr (v @superglaze)

Is U.S. #drone policy creating more terrorists than it's killing? - http://bit.ly/YTpsb1 gosh, no, you think? </facepalm> (v @tvol)

Six Reasons Why Chinese People Will Drive the Next Bull Market in #Bitcoin - http://on.mash.to/15bkslR intriguing & plausible #china