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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141215 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.ie/2014/12/141215.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Boycott Called Against Spanish Newspaper Publishers' Association Titles In Protest Of New #Copyright Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141215/09463429444/boycott-called-against-spanish-newspaper-publishers-association-titles-protest-new-copyright-law.shtml #spain

#China seeks gateway to EU via cash-strapped Balkans - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/china-seeks-gateway-eu-cash-strapped-balkans-310839 shrewd move

Audiovisual sector feels threatened by copyright reform - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/audiovisual-sector-feels-threatened-copyright-reform-310836 copyright dinosaurs feel threatened by fair approach #FTFY

Modified London police brag-sheets - http://boingboing.net/2014/12/15/modified-london-police-brag-sh.html kudos to whoever did this

The charts that show we're living through Earth's warmest year on record - http://mashable.com/2014/12/15/charts-earths-warmest-year/ #climatechange

#EU "could do worse than reflect upon what “wealth” really means for its 500 million citizens" - http://www.martinwhitlock.co.uk/2014/12/the-eu-needs-to-learn-true-meaning-of.html great analysis

.@TheEconomist - #TTIP doesn't involve "political agony of structural reforms" - http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21636061-trade-deal-america-would-be-good-everybody-yet-it-still-may-not-happen-ships-pass *wrong*: #NTB removal is structural

#China to write animal welfare into law for the first time - http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1663199/china-write-animal-welfare-law-first-time great news (v @AleColarizi)

New year begins new #TPP talks, Obama 'optimistic' - http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/new-year-begins-new-tpp-talks-obama-optimistic-ns-166778 just like he was in 2013 and 2012...

Congress Shouldn't Give Obama Power To Ram Through #TPP - http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2014/12/16/fast-track-to-nowhere-congress-shouldnt-give-obama-power-to-ram-through-tpp/ "America is the picture of an unbalanced economy"

MPAA Knows It Doesn't Understand SOPA-Style Site Blocking, But Has Decided It's The Answer - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141215/13574629446/mpaa-admits-it-doesnt-understand-sopa-style-site-blocking-has-decided-its-answer.shtml #copyright

.@MalmstromEU:"efforts to bring standards of our trading partners into line with our own" - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/malmstrom-pushes-ttip-paris-310863 US gives in? ORLY? #TTIP

Proposed Spanish Law Would Make Online Calls For Street Demonstrations, And Circulating Riot Images, Illegal - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141210/08430529379/proposed-spanish-law-would-make-online-calls-street-demonstrations-circulating-riot-images-illegal.shtml awful

Li talks of hub to funnel exports into Europe - http://www.shanghaidaily.com/business/finance/Li-talks-of-hub-to-funnel-exports-into-Europe/shdaily.shtml "We hope to sell a lot of Polish food to #China" (v @ChinaBizWatch)

The #Snowden Effect: 750 Million People Have Taken Steps to Avoid Surveillance - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141215/12023529445/snowden-effect-750-million-people-have-taken-steps-to-avoid-surveillance.shtml good work; only 6 billion to go...

External traffic to Spanish news sites plummets after Google move - https://gigaom.com/2014/12/16/traffic-to-spanish-news-publishers-plummets-after-google-move/ surprise - not... #copyright

capture of baby elephants for zoos in China shocks the world - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/africa-wild/2014/dec/16/barbaric-capture-of-baby-elephants-for-zoos-in-china-shocks-the-world shame on #mugabe, #zimbabwe - and on #china #barbarism

Washington Post Shrugs Off #Torture Because, You Know, It Polls Well - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141216/07023429449/washington-post-shrugs-off-torture-because-you-know-it-polls-well.shtml huh?

Cameron claims public was “fed up” with onshore windfarms - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/16/cameron-windfarm-subsidies-onshore-energy actually, they're fed up with #fracking FUD &bullying