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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140316 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ch/2014/03/140316.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Popcorn Time Is Back - http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/16/popcorn-time-is-back/ because #opensource never dies (v @technollama)

Stiglitz: "Critics of #TPP are so numerous because both the process and the theory that undergird it are bankrupt" - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/on-the-wrong-side-of-globalization/

Will Cheese Derail #TAFTA/#TTIP? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140312/11300926551/will-cheese-derail-taftattip.shtml no, seriously: #GIs will be huge stumbling block

#TTIP Regulatory Co-operation Council [pdf] - http://www.riskforum.eu/uploads/2/5/7/1/25710097/erf_policy_note_25.pdf more hints how EU regulations will become more corporate-friendly

#TTIP 'threatens' European education quality, teachers say - http://www.euractiv.com/trade/ttip-threatens-european-educatio-news-534162 hugely important issue, largely overlooked until now

Release Tibetan singers - http://www.freetibet.org/petitions/1742 is #china so frightened of music? #tibet

Data Protection, NSA Votes Won; #NetNeutrality Next - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/data-protection-surveillance-votes-won-net-neutrality-next/index.htm pl. write to your MEPs today #EU

The Privacy Surgeon lodges plea with Attorney General to refer #GCHQ interception to the UK police - http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/attorney-general-receives-plea-to-refer-gchq-interception-to-uk-police/ great move

Even The German Government Wants Corporate Sovereignty Out Of #TAFTA/#TTIP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140313/10571526568/even-german-government-wants-corporate-sovereignty-out-taftattip.shtml #ISDS unloved by all...

Man Calls Cops To Turn In Drug Paraphernalia He Found, Gets Placed On Federal 'Drug Lab' Watchlist For 2 Years - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140307/11061626482/man-calls-cops-to-turn-drug-paraphernalia-he-found-gets-home-placed-federal-drug-lab-watchlist-2-years.shtml

Enhancing US-EU chemical regulatory cooperation under #TTIP - http://www.ciel.org/Publications/CH_Pro.pdf important leak showing how EU regs will be undermined

#TTIP leak: NB push for corporate-friendly "Trans-Atlantic Scientific Advisory Committee"; will be used to undermine EU regulatory freedom

"critique of the ACC-CEFIC proposal for trans-Atlantic cooperation on chemicals" - http://ciel.org/Publications/ToxicPartnership_Mar2014.pdf brilliant analysis - do read #TTIP

Warner Bros. Turns A Kickstarter Success Story Into A Flaming Mess With Proprietary Platforms And #DRM - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20140314/23410326583/warner-bros-turns-kickstarter-success-story-into-flaming-mess-with-proprietary-platforms-drm.shtml impressive

"call on @Cambridge_Uni and Colleges to implement alternative #investment strategies" - http://www.green.cusu.cam.ac.uk/campaigns/ethicalinvestment/petition/external.html ethical ones, that is

Cosmic inflation: 'Spectacular' discovery hailed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26605974 exciting stuff (v @Eaterofsun ‏@jonWturney)#science

Mozilla Science Lab, GitHub and Figshare team up to fix the citation of code in academia - http://thenextweb.com/dd/2014/03/17/mozilla-science-lab-github-figshare-team-fix-citation-code-academia/ nice idea

U.S. Chamber defends investor-state provision in #TTIP - http://justinvestment.org/2014/03/u-s-chamber-defends-investor-state-provision-in-ttip/ but with truly unconvincing reasons... #ISDS

European Commission prepares to surrender our privacy - http://acta.ffii.org/?p=2089 a pessimistic take on #TAFTA/#TTIP talks

Cambridgeshire police tried to turn political activists into informers - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/17/cambridgeshire-police-political-activists-informants contemptible bullies

Nancy Pelosi Admits That Congress Is Scared Of The CIA - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140317/07441526589/nancy-pelosi-admits-that-congress-is-scared-cia.shtml this is worrying...

Australian Attorney General Wants To Make It A Criminal Offense To Not Turn Over Private Encryption Keys - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140317/08030126591/australian-attorney-general-wants-to-make-it-criminal-offense-to-not-turn-over-private-encryption-keys.shtml awful #AU

New Law Means Photographers In Hungary Must Ask Permission First; Bad Hungarian Cops Rejoice - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140317/04295426586/new-law-means-photographers-hungary-must-ask-permission-first-bad-hungarian-cops-rejoice.shtml crazy #hu

Rule-Breaking Dog Is Happier Than You'll Ever Be - http://mashable.com/2014/03/17/dog-on-bed-video/ infectious good humour...

#FLOKSociety: #Ecuador wants to become a 'paradise of free  knowledge' and turn its economy towards the common good - http://www.slideshare.net/floksociety/press-release-flok-society-32417669#

Facing the New Conquistador: Indigenous Rights and Repression in Rafael Correa’s #Ecuador - http://intercontinentalcry.org/facing-new-conquistador-indigenous-rights-repression-rafael-correas-ecuador-21831/ (v @mbauwens 24m @diigo)

How Big Tobacco's lobbyists get what they want from the media - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/media-big-tobacco-lobbyists-bbc-cigarette-packs @BBC is just a pathetic disgrace these days; sad...

Lead #TTIP Negotiators Reveal Split Over Tariffs As Round 4 Closes - http://insidetrade.com/Inside-Trade-General/Public-Content-Special-Promo/lead-ttip-negotiators-reveal-split-over-tariffs-as-round-four-closes/menu-id-1037.html trouble if they can't even agree on tariffs...