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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151214 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2015/12/151214.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Niederlande: Referendum gegen #TTIP & #CETA - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/nl-referendum_ttip_ceta.html need this in all EU nations given magnitude of changes involved

UK Movie Pirates Facing Shocking Prison Sentences - https://torrentfreak.com/movie-pirates-facing-shocking-prison-sentences-151213/ "none of the defendants made a penny from their actions"; absurd

Moral Failure of Computer Scientists - http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/12/the-moral-failure-of-computer-science/420012/?single_page=true "These aren’t the dark times for either law enforcement or intelligence"

Qubes OS will ship pre-installed on Purism’s security-focused Librem 13 laptop - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/12/qubes-os-will-ship-pre-installed-on-purisms-security-focused-librem-13-laptop/ sounds nice

Spanish Government Using Obstructionism And Bureaucracy To Nullify Transparency Law - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151214/09552733073/spanish-government-using-obstructionism-bureaucracy-to-nullify-transparency-law.shtml they just hate #FOI laws...

Man faces years in jail for alleged online comment insulting Thai king’s dog - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/12/man-faces-37-years-in-jail-for-alleged-online-comment-insulting-thai-kings-dog/ does lèse-majesté apply to pets?

Jeff Koons sued for appropriating 1980s gin ad in art work sold for millions - http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/15/jeff-koons-sued-allegations-he-appropriated-1980s-gin-advertisement art builds on art; get over it...

anybody know this lot? http://www.wti.org/ - are they any good? who's behind them? thanks for any info

Agreement on Commission's EU data protection reform will boost Digital Single Market - http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6321_en.htm scant details so far...

Trade deals are far from the only answer - http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/trade-deals-are-far-from-the-only-answer-20151215-glnrp6.html "existing intellectual property protections actually inhibit innovation"

Human rights central to new WSIS agreement at U.N. - https://www.accessnow.org/human-rights-central-to-new-wsis-agreement-at-united-nations/