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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140506 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/140506.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

video of my talk at re:publica 2014 yesterday on #TTIP & why the numbers just don't add up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6etQiN382o #rp14

Letter to USTR from Eleven U.S. Civil Society Groups on Pharmaceuticals and the #TPP - http://infojustice.org/archives/32695

 some miscellaneous TAFTA / #TTIP links - http://www.betterworldlinks.org/index.php?cat=10066

man-in-the-middle attack on the EP Wi-Fi - http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/man_in_the_middle_attack_on_the/new interesting....

WTO taps South African ex-minister to judge tobacco dispute - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/wto-tobacco-idUSL6N0NS5P820140506 this shouldn't even be an issue

Canada-EU trade deal: Trojan horse for contested ISDS? - http://www.etuc.org/press/canada-eu-trade-deal-trojan-horse-contested-isds exactly right; why #ISDS must come out of #CETA

Biden, Goodlatte Preach To The IP Maximalist Choir, Vow To Make 'Second-Rate' Countries Bend To US IP Laws - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140503/11103127114/biden-goodlatte-preach-to-ip-maximalist-choir-vow-to-make-second-rate-countries-bend-to-us-ip-laws.shtml

TTIP und die Magie der Zahlen - http://blog.campact.de/2014/05/ttip-und-die-magie-der-zahlen/ @campact & its amazing petition against #TTIP

.@baskut08 my talk at #rp14 used figures you mentioned - re:publica 2014 - TTIP - Closed shop agreement in times... @campact have now picked up on them: http://blog.campact.de/2014/05/ttip-und-die-magie-der-zahlen/

NSA Reform: Do You Support The Lesser Of Two Evils, Or Hope For Something Better? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140506/10483327135/nsa-reform-do-you-support-lesser-two-evils-hope-something-better.shtml tricky

US Government Praises Italy For Implementing SOPA Features The US Public Vehemently Rejected - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140503/07121727111/us-government-praises-italy-implementing-sopa-features-us-public-vehemently-rejected.shtml

Save The Greek Seashore - http://savethegreekseashore.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/press-release-may-5-2014/ insane: this will destroy Greek tourism - why go to see ugly concrete? (v @asteris)

#Brazil's 'chainsaw queen' takes on environmentalists - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/05/brazil-chainsaw-queen-katia-abreu-amazon-deforestation what a sad, sick individual

How #DRM Makes Us All Less Safe - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140506/14532927138/how-drm-makes-us-all-less-safe.shtml

How US Gov't Destroyed The Lives Of A Muslim American Man's Entire Family After He Refused To Become An Informant - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140501/08043127088/how-us-govt-destroyed-lives-muslim-american-mans-entire-family-after-he-refused-to-become-informant.shtml

 Chinese e-commerce giant #Alibaba files for $1 billion IPO in the US - http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/05/chinese-e-commerce-giant-alibaba-files-for-1-billion-ipo-in-the-us/ sign of the times #china

Getting patents is preposterously easy under Obama - http://www.vox.com/2014/5/5/5682926/getting-patents-is-preposterously-easy-under-obama just crazy

Richard Stallman Answers Your Questions - http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/14/05/05/2012218/richard-stallman-answers-your-questions characteristic but interesting replies from the indispensable RMS

ARM: The $20 smartphone will be possible “in the next few months” - http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/05/arm-the-20-smartphone-will-be-possible-in-the-next-few-months/ only free software makes sense here

EU softens stance on Canada’s oil sands as relations with Russia sour - http://business.financialpost.com/2014/05/06/europe-softens-stance-on-canadas-oil-sands-as-relations-with-russia-sour/?__lsa=c636-79c1 absurdly short-sighted (v @StuJT)#tarsands

Emails reveal close Google relationship with NSA - http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/6/nsa-chief-google.html significantly, not from #snowden #whistleblowers

Drei Irrtümer über #TTIP - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/summa-summarum-das-freihandelsabkommen-1.1953012 rubbish arguments: I expected better from @SZ (v @EU_TTIP_team)

video of my talk at re:publica 2014 yesterday on #TTIP & why the numbers just don't add up - http://re-publica.de/session/ttip-closed-shop-agreement-times-open-government-initiatives

Danish software patents: to be or not to be? - http://www.slideshare.net/glynmoody/140413-eu-patent-court-copenhagen-unstepped #cc-by slides from my talk last week in Copenhagen #eu #swpats #dk

How Many Times A Day Do You Violate #Copyright Laws Without Even Realizing It - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140430/17244727083/how-many-times-day-do-you-violate-copyright-laws-without-even-realizing-it.shtml you know the answer...lots

Publisher '#DRMs' Physical Legal Textbook About 'Property,' Undermines Property And First Sale Concepts - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140507/07150527149/publisher-drms-physical-legal-textbook-about-property-undermines-property-first-sale-concepts.shtml such greed

.@Stanford to Purge $18 Billion Endowment of #Coal Stock - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/education/stanford-to-purge-18-billion-endowment-of-coal-stock.html huge #disinvestment win: who's next? (v @EllnMllr)