Thursday, 16 April 2015

150416


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150414 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/04/150414.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Netflix Moving To Encrypted Streams, As Mozilla Moves To Deprecate Unencrypted Web Pages As Insecure - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150415/16181530668/netflix-moving-to-encrypted-streams-as-mozilla-moves-to-deprecate-unencrypted-web-pages-as-insecure.shtml good news

BP dropped green energy projects worth billions to focus on fossil fuels - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/16/bp-dropped-green-energy-projects-worth-billions-to-focus-on-fossil-fuels shame on @BP_plc #divestment

Crowdsourcing The Human Telescope - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150414/06125030649/crowdsourcing-human-telescope.shtml this is just amazing

Lord Janner will not face trial over abuse claims - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/16/lord-janner-no-trial-abuse-claims "not in public interest to proceed ": what???

Ex-Cop 'Forced To Release Five Paedophiles' - http://www.lbc.co.uk/ex-police-officer-breaks-silence-on-cyril-smith-108099 staggering & shameful (V @NafeezAhmed @TomSwarbrick1)

TSA's Investigation Into Groping Agents Ensured They Wouldn't Be Prosecuted - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150415/15140330667/tsas-investigation-into-groping-agents-ensured-they-wouldnt-be-prosecuted.shtml incredible

Would You Open-Source Your Body? - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/open-source-body-3607468/ How far are you prepared to go? #opendata

Gore: Coal industry campaign on energy poverty is extremely misleading - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/16/al-gore-coal-industry-campaign-on-energy-poverty-is-extremely-misleading yup

Labor: We won't be fooled again on trade - http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/labor-we-wont-be-fooled-again-on-trade-117029.html resistance to #TPA and #TPP mounts in US

Julian Assange speech prompts judges to boycott legal conference - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/16/julian-assange-speech-prompts-judges-boycott-legal-conference


Turkey eclipses centenary of Armenian massacre by moving Gallipoli memorial - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/16/turkey-armenia-1915-centenary-gallipoli-massacre-genocide shabby #ArmenianGenocideRecognition


EU’s refusal to conduct a human rights impact assessment for trade negotiations constitutes maladministration - https://www.fidh.org/International-Federation-for-Human-Rights/asia/vietnam/eu-commission-s-refusal-to-conduct-a-human-rights-impact-assessment

Student Sues College After Campus Cops Demand He Get A Free Speech 'Permit' Before Handing Out Fliers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150403/12161730541/student-sues-college-after-campus-cops-demand-he-get-free-speech-permit-before-handing-out-fliers.shtml insane

AIB : Save The Internet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfY1NKrzqi0 a brilliant intro not just to #netneutrality in #India, but #netneutrality in general


ALEC Threatens To Sue Critics That Point Out It Helps Keep Broadband Uncompetitive - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150415/10482230664/alec-threatens-to-sue-critics-that-point-out-it-helps-keep-broadband-uncompetitive.shtml uh-huh

Kim Dotcom may get kicked out of New Zealand—but not because of copyright - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/kim-dotcom-may-get-kicked-out-of-new-zealand-but-not-because-of-copyright/ rather ironic if he does

Facebook’s Internet.org sees defections over alleged harm to #netneutrality - http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/04/facebooks-internet-org-sees-defections-over-alleged-harm-to-net-neutrality/ not much "alleged", methinks

Fast Track Bill Met with Tidal Wave of Opposition - http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/blog/2015/04/16/fast-track-bill-met-with-tidal-wave-of-opposition/ let's hope they wash it awy... #FTA #TPP

Hatch Bill Would Revive Controversial 2002 Fast Track Mechanism That Faces Broad Congressional, Public Opposition - http://www.citizen.org/documents/press-release-fast-track-introduced-april-2015.pdf

#CETA draft: Important positions taken by the French National Assembly also relevant for TTIP/TAFTA and the EPAs - http://www.bilaterals.org/?ceta-draft-important-positions

Creative Commons Launches Open Business Models Initiative - http://www.open-electronics.org/creative-commons-launches-open-business-models-initiative/ #cc

European Left united to reform international arbitration tribunals - http://www.bilaterals.org/?european-left-united-to-reform clueless: don't fix what you don't need #ISDS

Big Pharma talks up Trans Pacific Partnership but profits trump patients - http://www.theage.com.au/comment/big-pharma-talks-up-trans-pacific-partnership-but-profits-trump-patients-20150416-1mm8ct.html especially if they're poor ones #TPP

Tories play down fears Defra may be abolished - http://www.fwi.co.uk/news/tories-play-down-fears-Defra-may-be-abolished.htm farming is all about extracting profit = business, so why not, eh?

Congress Finally Releases Fast Track Trade Bill, And It's A Mess - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150416/13475530676/congress-finally-releases-fast-track-trade-bill-mess.shtml "It's a really weird fight in oh so many ways."

intellectual monopolies section of 2002 Fast Track and 2015 Fast Track introduced today compared in table - http://www.citizen.org/documents/fast-track-intellectual-property-objectives-differences.pdf

Public concern over the #TPP trade deal mounts - http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/public-concern-over-the-transpacific-partnership-trade-deal-mounts-20150416-1mmhwt.html note Robb's shabby personal attacks - he's clearly desperate
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