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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest 170327 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2017/03/170327.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

No global corporate court: withdraw plans for a “multilateral investment court” - https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/no-global-corporate-court 317K sigs; more needed #ISDS

From Marrakesh to Brussels: the long arm of the EU #copyright lobby - https://corporateeurope.org/power-lobbies/2017/03/marrakesh-brussels-long-arm-eu-copyright-lobby why do publishers hate blind people so much?

Stop the @ECB subsidising climate disaster - https://corporateeurope.org/economy-finance/2017/03/stop-ecb-subsidising-climate-disaster shortsighted and unacceptable

‘Sightings’ of extinct Tasmanian tiger prompt search in Queensland - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/tasmanian-tiger-sighting-search-thylacine-queensland-australia be so great if this were true…

“not possible to overestimate the threat the UK press poses to reaching a deal” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/28/brexit-uk-backing-away-from-threat-to-leave-with-no-deal-say-eu-diplomats #brexit

Limited Edition Gear For Our Friends In The UK: #NecessaryHashtags - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170327/20224837016/limited-edition-gear-our-friends-uk-necessary-hashtags.shtml ha!

Apache Software Foundation Announces 18 Years of OS Leadership - https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-announces6 how time flies when you’re changing the world

.@edhusicMP on the need for #Copyright Law Reform to support Innovation in #Australia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCpJ5Vg84CM&feature=youtu.be #safeharbour

European parliament will veto #Brexit deal with early cut-off date for free movement - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/28/meps-veto-brexit-early-cut-off-date-european-parliament-freedom-movement this is going so well

“imagine other nations penalising future US goods if they are produced with dirty energy” - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/trump-climate-change-executive-order-us-dominance-china we must plan 4 this now

MIT experts urge Trump to take immediate action on cybersecurity - http://news.mit.edu/2017/mit-experts-urge-trump-administration-immediate-cybersecurity-action-0328 not weakening #crypto would be a good start

Institute of International Economic Law Publishes Book on the Legal Aspects of #brexit - http://iielaw.org/event/iiel-publishes-book-on-the-legal-aspects-of-brexit-implications-of-the-united-kingdoms-decision-to-withdraw-from-the-european-union/ free ebook and roadmap

UN criticism of Israel bombing Hezbollah absurd, says Johnson - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/28/un-criticism-of-israel-bombing-hezbollah-is-absurd-says-johnson another pathetic attempt to curry favour with trump

Trump Is About to Gain Full Control Over the US #Copyright Office - http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/03/27/trump-control-us-copyright-office/ so, what’s going to happen here, I wonder…

Police and protesters clash in Paris over death of Chinese man - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/28/police-and-protesters-clash-in-paris-over-death-of-chinese-man “Beijing has summoned a diplomat 4 an explanation”

Seed giant #Monsanto meets its match as Hindu nationalists assert power in Modi’s India - http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/monsanto-india/? important moment #india

The Collapsing Empire is a hilarious tale of humanity’s impending doom - https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2017/03/the-collapsing-empire-is-rip-roaring-space-opera-with-a-conscience/ clearly a thinly-veiled allegory of #brexit

Commission alarmed by ‘mass killing’ of Aegean seals and turtles -
http://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/commission-alarmed-by-mass-killing-of-aegean-seals-and-turtles/ so much for Greek civilisation…

Consumer Broadband Privacy Protections Are Dead - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170328/09565737026/consumer-broadband-privacy-protections-are-dead.shtml detailed analysis