160518

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160517 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2016/05/160517.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Disappointing: Elsevier Buys #OpenAccess Academic Pre-Publisher SSRN - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160517/13513134465/disappointing-elsevier-buys-open-access-academic-pre-publisher-ssrn.shtml no one wants this - except elsevier...

New study and workshop for the protection of public services in free trade agreements - http://www.akeuropa.eu/en/news-full.html?cmp_id=7&news_id=2788 #TTIP #CETA #TISA

Spy tribunal tells #GCHQ snooping complainants to prove they were “at risk” - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/05/spy-tribunal-gchq-snooping-complainants-prove-risk/ not exactly helpful #surveillance

Why #Google’s monopoly abuse case in Europe will run and run - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/05/google-antitrust-case-europe-details-analysis/ good historical background #EU

"Model Clauses For The Exclusion Of Public Services From Trade And Investment Agreements" - http://www.epsu.org/article/new-study-model-clauses-exclusion-public-services-trade-and-investment-agreements #TTIP #CETA #TISA

A Dozen Bad Ideas That Were Raised At The #Copyright Office's DMCA Roundtables - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160517/17541834469/dozen-bad-ideas-that-were-raised-copyright-offices-dmca-roundtables.shtml thorough report of awful ideas

#Israel action threatens to close down rights group and 'chill' free speech - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/18/israel-action-threatens-rights-group-free-speech-breaking-silence-soliers "crucial test case for civil society."

Portugal runs for four days straight on #renewable energy alone - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/18/portugal-runs-for-four-days-straight-on-renewable-energy-alone kudos #portugal

Brazil's Guarani Indians killing themselves over loss of ancestral land - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/18/brazils-guarani-indians-killing-themselves-over-loss-of-ancestral-land awful; shame on brazil's courts

Turkish journalist sued by state stripped of legal rights 4 her children - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/18/turkish-journalist-arzu-yildiz-sued-by-state-stripped-of-legal-rights-over-her-children #turkey descends into madness & tyranny

IBM Wants To Patent A Printer That Won't Let You Output Unauthorized Copies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160516/09464634451/ibm-wants-to-patent-printer-that-wont-let-you-output-unauthorized-copies.shtml I'm sorry, Dave...

here's ITC's full (792-page) assessment of #TPP  Likely Impact on  US Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors - https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4607.pdf

Federal Judge Says Internet Archive's Wayback Machine A Perfectly Legitimate Source Of Evidence - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160518/08175934474/federal-judge-says-internet-archives-wayback-machine-perfectly-legitimate-source-evidence.shtml that's good