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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140916 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2014/09/140916.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Another Case Against #GCHQ Filed At The European Court Of Human Rights; Could Overturn UK's Main Snooping Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140916/06092028531/another-case-against-gchq-filed-european-court-human-rights-could-overturn-uks-main-snooping-law.shtml

Why Greenland’s “Dark Snow” Should Worry You - http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/16/jason_box_s_research_into_greenland_s_dark_snow_raises_more_concerns_about.html things look bad - literally & metaphorically (v @superglaze)#climate

UK Orphan works diligent search guidance for applicants - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/orphan-works-diligent-search-guidance-for-applicants #copyright

Osborne's #patent box tax break policy likely to divide G20 - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/sep/17/osborne-patent-box-tax-break-g20 bin it: yet more market distortion

British music industry added £3.8bn to the UK economy in 2013 - http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/17/british-music-industry-38bn-uk-economy-2013-measuring-music-report growth driven by live music sales: up 20% to £789m

Freedom Not Fear 2014/Schedule - http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/Freedom_Not_Fear_2014/Schedule FWIW, I'll be talking there about #TTIP and #ISDS on 27 September

Marie Arena interpelle la Commission à propos de certains pans de #CETA - http://fr.metrotime.be/2014/09/17/news/marie-arena-interpelle-la-commission-a-propos-de-certains-pans-de-laccord-ue-canada/ NB: says there is regulatory committee here

CoreOS: #OpenSource Future of Enterprise Computing? - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/coreos-3572564/ what can #Linux conquer next? #docker

#CETA: "Article X.6: Role and Composition of the Regulatory Cooperation Forum" seems very open-ended (v @bitsoffreedom)

#CETA regulatory forum "shall: (a) adopt its own terms of reference, procedures and work­plan" - own terms of reference??? unlimited???

Open edX: Why we’re relicensing XBlock API under #Apache - https://www.edx.org/blog/open-edx-why-were-relicensing-xblock-api interesting

civil society on global alliance for climate-smart #agriculture - http://www.climatesmartagconcerns.info/english.html "climate-smart": talk about rebranding...

New Study Says There's No Evidence That Terrorists Changed How They Communicate Post-#Snowden - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140916/18082828544/new-study-says-theres-no-evidence-that-terrorists-changed-how-they-communicate-post-snowden.shtml

Investitionsschutz bei Freihandelsabkommen #TTIP und #CETA untergräbt Demokratie & Rechtsstaat! - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/investitionsschutz_ttip_ceta.html too right #ISDS

Proposal Would Let FBI Hack Into Computers Overseas w/ Little Oversight - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140916/17495228543/doj-proposal-would-let-fbi-hack-into-computers-overseas-with-little-oversight.shtml would legitimise other countries doing it

#ISDS dominates #CETA debate in Strasbourg - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/CETA%20Plenary%20September.html good report on MEPS' growing doubts

Watch Out, Obama: Only Israelis Believe Trade Will Cut Prices for Consumers - http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/09/16/watch-out-obama-only-israelis-believe-trade-will-cut-prices-for-consumers/ #TPP, #TTIP are dinosaurs

Prompted by Drought, California Will Regulate Groundwater for First Time - http://mashable.com/2014/09/17/california-drought-regulate-groundwater/ we must stop squandering precious resource

#China clamps down on dirtiest coal to curb pollution - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329872.300-china-clamps-down-on-dirtiest-coal-to-curb-pollution.html oh, bad luck #australia...

Dutch court refers questions to CJEU on e-lending and digital exhaustion - http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2014/09/dutch-court-refers-questions-to-cjeu-on.html important stuff #copyright

Copyright Holders Want Netflix to Ban VPN Users - http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-holders-want-netflix-ban-vpn-users-140917/ the war on #VPNs is serious: post Snowden we need to use VPNs