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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140317 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ch/2014/03/140317.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Discussion on #OrphanWorks and Mass Digitization at US Copyright Office - http://keionline.org/node/1978 #copyright

Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement between #Canada & #EU faces delays - http://www.straight.com/news/608956/comprehensive-economic-and-trade-agreement-between-canada-and-europe-faces-delays #ISDS the problem (v @CETAWatch)#CETA

Free Trade Supporter Cato Institute Says Drop Corporate Sovereignty Provisions In Trade Agreements - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140311/11103426530/pro-trade-agreement-cato-institute-says-drop-corporate-sovereignty-provisions-trade-agreements.shtml #ISDS #TTIP

More Hope Than Headway So Far in U.S.-Europe Trade Talks - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/business/international/more-hope-than-headway-so-far-in-us-europe-trade-talks.html?_r=1 going nowhere fast #TAFTA #TTIP

IEA: Energy sector’s use of water to rise by 20% - http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/energy-sector-use-water-rise-20-news-534197 "Non-thermal renewables may use very small amounts of water"

NGOs call for more transparency over food in EU-US trade talks - http://www.euractiv.com/trade/campaigners-call-transparent-tti-news-534166 make tabled negotiating texts available #TTIP

MT ‏@EU_TTIP_team .@vitalmoreira09:'benefits of trade deals like #TTIP are widespread' >>no: GDP boost from #TTIP just 0.05% on average/yr

MT @EPPGroup #EU Parliament committee protects #NetNeutrality by guaranteeing openness of Internet in #Telecoms >>just not true #betrayal

MT @EU_TTIP_team @TABC_Council : '#TTIP is best, only big policy tool left to drive growth'>>no: EU's own predicted GDP boost is tiny

Los activistas presionan por una mayor transparencia en la negociación comercial entre la UE y Estados Unidos - http://www.lacelosia.com/los-activistas-presionan-por-la-transparencia-en-las-negociaciones-comerciales-entre-la-ue-y-estados-unidos/ #TTIP

.@NeelieKroesEU: EP committee vote takes us 1 step closer to ending roaming charges - http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-73_en.htm it also kills #netneutrality

Berlin 'borrowing shop' promotes the benefits of #sharing - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/17/berlin-borrowing-shop-benefits-share-leila such an obviously sensible idea...

#NetNeutrality: Dangerous Loopholes Remain After Key Vote by Lead EU Parliament Committee - http://www.laquadrature.net/en/net-neutrality-dangerous-loopholes-remain-after-key-vote-by-lead-eu-parliament-committee

The truth is out: money is just an IOU, and the banks are rolling in it - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/18/truth-money-iou-bank-of-england-austerity & let's not even start on #bitcoin...

Will the European Parliament safeguard the openness of Internet? - http://www.openforumeurope.org/press-room/press-releases/will-the-european-parliament-safeguard-the-openness-of-internet "regret that compromise amendments were adopted"

TTIP Update XIX - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/03/ttip-update-xix/index.htm #CETA bug shows @EU_Commission *needs* #transparency, & why regulatory data must be #opendata

"systems are recording “every single” conversation nationwide, storing billions of them in 30-day rolling buffer" - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-surveillance-program-reaches-into-the-past-to-retrieve-replay-phone-calls/2014/03/18/226d2646-ade9-11e3-a49e-76adc9210f19_story.html

Bristol plans ban for tree-climbing, skateboarding and 'annoying' football - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/18/bristol-plans-ban-tree-climbing-skateboarding-parks shortly to become UK's most boring city

Transatlantic trade trouble - http://opinion.publicfinanceinternational.org/2014/03/transatlantic-trade-trouble/ "free marketeers may have over-reached on special deals for foreign investors" #TTIP

Viacom & Google Settle YouTube Lawsuit. - http://recode.net/2014/03/18/its-over-viacom-and-google-settle-youtube-lawsuit/ "no money traded hands in the settlement". what a waste (v @declanm)

#Microsoft Enlisting Clueless States Attorneys General To Shake Down Foreign Companies For 'Piracy' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140317/13003426600/microsoft-enlisting-clueless-states-attorneys-general-to-shake-down-foreign-companies-piracy.shtml absurd

Half of meat product samples contained DNA of wrong animals, council finds - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/half-meat-products-contained-dna-wrong-animals-council-survey we need full supply chain as #opendata

Multimaterial 3D printer brings gorgeous fashion to life - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57620506-1/multimaterial-3d-printer-brings-gorgeous-fashion-to-life/ impressive stuff... #3dprinting

Canadian Govt Targets Environment NGOs - https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/17-0 just can't imagine why... #tarsands

#Snowden: The Biggest Revelations Are Yet to Come - http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/edward-snowden-ted-2014/ more on #NSA "building backdoors into systems"

#Snowden: "I am living proof that an individual can go head to head with the most powerful intelligence agencies around the world — & win."

US leads the world in use of compulsory licenses, says KEI - http://www.twn.my/title2/intellectual_property/info.service/2014/ip140305.htm & thus in hypocrisy here... #pharma

Pollution Is to Climate Change as Smoking Is to Cancer, Report Says - http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/report-link-between-pollution-and-global-warming-as-solid-as-smoking-cancer-tie/ getting the message across

Bogus Comparison Between Detroit In 1990 And Silicon Valley In 2012 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140310/17563726524/bogus-comparison-between-detroit-1990-silicon-valley-2012.shtml interesting points

Twitter-Netzwerke der EU-Parlamentarier - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/twitter-netzwerke-der-eu-parlamentarier/ pretty; not sure what it shows...

Statement of Amelia Andersdotter on ITRE vote - http://chrismarsden.blogspot.ch/2014/03/statement-of-amelia-andersdotter-on.html what she said... #netneutrality

MP: UK intelligence watchdog is like sitcom Yes Minister - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/18/intelligence-watchdog-like-tv-sitcom "I wanted to know if I had been spoofed for 18 months"

GOG.com To Add Linux Support - http://beta.slashdot.org/story/199575 #linux #gaming continues to improve

Dilemma for music streaming services: labels demand twice what listeners are willing to pay - http://recode.net/2014/03/18/the-price-of-music/ killing the future

Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy - http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/  how parliamentary democracy in UK can embrace the digital world

Pentagon's Watchdog In Charge Of #NSA Oversight Admits He Was 'Not Aware' Of NSA's Bulk Data Collection - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140318/13445126616/pentagons-watchdog-charge-nsa-oversight-admits-he-was-not-aware-nsas-bulk-data-collection.shtml