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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160419 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160419.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Australian Case Shows Why #ISDS Isn't Needed In #TPP -- Or In Any Trade Agreement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160412/01183734157/australian-case-shows-why-corporate-sovereignty-isnt-needed-tpp-any-trade-agreement.shtml #AU

Bernie Sander’s completed questionnaire on "free trade agreements," #TPP, #ISDS etc - http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/pennsylvania/files/2016/04/PAFTCPresidentialQuestionnaire_Sanders2016.pdf

Anti-innovation: EU excludes #opensource from new tech standards - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/anti-innovation-eu-excludes-open-source-from-new-tech-standards/ wants #FRAND licensing to be standard

Marine Le Pen could campaign for UK to leave EU - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/20/marine-le-pen-could-campaign-for-uk-to-leave-eu-referendum she'll fit in nicely...

#Copyright reform: libraries not proxies for commercial interests: http://www.eifl.net/news/libraries-not-proxies-commercial-interests-copyright-reforms certainly not

EBU & WBU Express Great Concern at Absence of EU Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty - http://www.worldblindunion.org/English/news/Pages/EBU--WBU-Send-Letter-to-President-of-European-Commission-Urging-EU-Ratification-of-the-Marrakesh-Treaty.aspx scandalous omission

EU dropped climate policies after BP threat of industry 'exodus' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/20/eu-dropped-climate-policies-after-bp-threat-oil-industry-exodus @BP_plc= scum,@EU_Commission utterly spineless

"Oettinger said that he shared [BP]’s views on a guarantee for unlimited crude oil & gas exports being included in a #TTIP" #sustainability

last quote confirms that #TTIP will be a disaster for the environment

Academics to PricewaterhouseCoopers: You Got It Wrong on Benefits of #FairUse - http://infojustice.org/archives/35919 PWC Report’s findings “preposterous”

MP who threatened to bring in law to ban curtains wins transparency exemption - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/charles-walker-outlaw-curtains-mp-finance-exemption/ proportionality applies to IPBill

ODI responds to UK Land Registry privatisation consultation - http://theodi.org/news/odi-responds-uk-land-registry-privatisation-consultation "risks reducing economic growth" #opendata

The #OpenAccess Interviews: Sir Timothy Gowers, Mathematician - http://poynder.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-open-access-interviews-sir-timothy.html

Farming risks being used as bargaining chip in EU trade deals - http://www.fwi.co.uk/business/farming-risks-being-used-as-bargaining-chip-in-eu-trade-deals.htm how #farming will sacrificed on the altar of #TTIP

U.S. reluctant to change data pact after EU watchdogs' concerns - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-dataprotection-usa-idUSKCN0XH1PF which means #PrivacyShield is doomed

SCOTUS rules families of terror victims can collect $2bn from #Iran - http://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/apr/20/supreme-court-ruling-iran-terror-victims-families so #drone victim families can sue US, right?