180629

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180628.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The #CopyrightDirective: Misinformation and Independent Enquiry - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/06/29/the-copyright-directive-misinformation-and-independent-enquiry/ academics dispel some of the lies and misinformation circulating about #article13 and #article11

‘Cherished’ local pub that was unlawfully demolished rises again - http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/article/14567/cherished_local_pub_that_was_unlawfully_demolished_rises_again “prompting the council to issue the developer with an enforcement notice requiring him to rebuild it brick-by-brick.” quite right

Action plan against the first obligatory EU internet filter - https://edri.org/strategy-against-the-first-obligatory-eu-internet-filter/ do you want a filtered EU internet? no? here’s what we need to do… #article13

MEPs’ Email Says #Article13 “Will Not Filter The Internet”; JURI MEP’s Tweet Says It Will - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/meps-email-says-article-13-will-not-filter-the-internet-juri-meps-tweet-says-it-will/ pl. write to your MEPs now - this is urgent and serious

180628

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180627.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Archaeologists stumble on Neolithic ritual site in Suffolk - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/28/archaeologists-stumble-on-neolithic-ritual-site-in-suffolk?CMP=share_btn_tw amazing finds

UK taxman warned it’s running out of time to deliver working customs IT system by Brexit - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/28/hmrc_risks_customs_declaration_service_nao/ not a hope in hell that this will work; question is: how long will the meltdown last…? #brexitshambles

Meet America’s new climate normal: towns that flood when it isn’t raining - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/28/rising-elizabeth-rush-extract-towns-flooding #climatedenialists should move there…

Parliament may not have time to approve Brexit deal, MPs warn - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/28/parliament-may-not-have-time-approve-brexit-deal-mps-warn sounds totally democratic #BrexitShambles

180627

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180626.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Unions join business leaders to demand urgency in Brexit talks - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/26/unions-join-business-leaders-to-demand-urgency-in-brexit-talks when workers and bosses unite against you, you know you’re wrong… #brexitshambles

North Korea making ‘rapid’ upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges so who’s surprised trump’s deal turns out to be worthless? anyone? no, thought not…

Preparations for post-Brexit Irish border in chaos with ‘no one in charge’, reveals Northern Ireland police chief - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-irish-border-northern-ireland-police-george-hamilton-eu-immigration-customs-a8418966.html perfectly normal, nothing to worry about #brexitshambles

Brexit: bank contracts worth trillions at risk, says finance watchdog - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/27/brexit-bank-contracts-worth-trillions-at-risk-says-finance-watchdog a trillion here, a trillion there - pretty soon, you’re talking big money… #brexitshambles

French butchers ask for police protection from vegan activists - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/french-butchers-ask-for-police-protection-from-vegan-activists oh #2018, you are such a card…

Cheap bacon: how shops and shoppers let down our pigs - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/27/gestation-crates-farming-cheap-bacon-how-shops-and-shoppers-let-down-our-pigs good animal welfare must be supported - financially, if necessary

You Wouldn’T Steal A #Meme: The Threat From Article 13 - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/you-wouldnt-steal-a-meme-the-threat-from-article-13/ only people who don’t understand the Internet could propose something as stupid as #article13

“How to get out of this farcical tragedy, when neither the prime minister, cabinet sub-committee, cabinet in plenary, nor parliament can rule sanely in the interests of the people? Only one way now. A second referendum” - https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/opinion/brexit-are-they-insane/ #brexit

‘Free’ Game Making $300 Million Per Month? But I Thought You Can’t Make Money On Free… - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180627/00175740113/free-game-making-300-million-per-month-i-thought-you-cant-make-money-free.shtml that argument pretty dead now…

180626

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180625.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

“Cantonese is one “variant of Mandarin,” which Song claims for the Chinese ethnic group as a whole.” - https://chinachannel.org/2018/06/26/mother-tongue/ what utter tosh #linguistics

Time Is running Out to Defend User Rights Online - http://infojustice.org/archives/40106 #article13 must be stopped: pleas start writing to your MEPs

When Lies Are Told…Or How The Meme Illustration Shows Its Merits - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/when-lies-are-told-or-how-the-meme-illustration-shows-its-merits/ getting the facts on #article13 of EU #copyrightdirective

European regulators report sharp rise in complaints after #GDPR - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/26/european-regulators-report-sharp-rise-in-complaints-after-gdpr hardly surprising, and probably good

Palm oil ‘disastrous’ for wildlife but here to stay, experts warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/26/palm-oil-disastrous-for-wildlife-but-here-to-stay-experts-warn obvious solution is to make it synthetically - we need a global project to research this

‘Toxic garbage will be sold here’: Outcry as #Brazil moves to loosen pesticide laws - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/toxic-garbage-will-be-sold-here-outcry-as-brazil-moves-to-loosen-pesticide-laws really bad news

RUC told to put intelligence before arrests, reveals secret MI5 report - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jun/26/special-branch-ruc-put-evidence-before-arrest-walker-mi5-report-northern-ireland presumably this approach will be coming back after #brexit…

Another Police Accountability Miracle: Five Officers, Zero Body Cam Footage, One Dead Body - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180624/18081640105/another-police-accountability-miracle-five-officers-zero-body-cam-footage-one-dead-body.shtml amazing

“Several countries with which Britain has an FTA via the EU have indicated they would like better terms when moving these agreements onto a bilateral basis than they were able extract from the EU.” good, detailed analysis of the big #brexit blunder

#article13: paragraph by paragraph analysis of what the JURI text means - https://edri.org/files/copyright/20180626-ReDeconstructing_Article13.pdf get the facts, not the copyright industry’s fiction…

France and Germany will block May’s single market plan, says Spain - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/26/france-and-germany-will-block-mays-single-market-plan-says-spain “They are quite angry with the United Kingdom. Because of all this mess, all the trouble created, all this time lost on negotiations.” #brexitshambles

“car lobby told the government it needs “as a minimum” to remain in the customs union with a deal that delivers “single market benefits”.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/26/brexit-uncertainty-putting-860000-jobs-at-risk-warns-car-industry “employing 186,000 people directly and more than 800,000 across the wider manufacturing industry” #brexitshambles

I Helped Design The Election Simulation ‘Parlor Game’ Rebekah Mercer Got, And It’s Not What You Think - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180626/11162540111/i-helped-design-election-simulation-parlor-game-rebekah-mercer-got-not-what-you-think.shtml stranger than fiction

180625

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180624.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Trump Is Coming to the UK. 13 July. Join The Carnival Of Resistance. - https://www.stoptrump.org.uk/ it’s on… #trump

Foreign businesses to UK: solve #Brexit or risk £100bn in trade - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/25/foreign-businesses-tell-uk-solve-brexit-issue-or-risk-100bn-in-trade this is not project fear, but project fact: wake up, #brexiters

180624

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180623.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

and of course, @BBCNews on Radio 3 this morning didn’t think this was worth mentioning at all, preferring to talk about sewage instead - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/23/brexit-demonstration-whitehall-demand-second-referendum these people are not journalists, they are lickspittle cowards

“Wind and solar are set to surge to almost “50 by 50” – 50% of world generation by 2050 – on the back of precipitous reductions in cost” - https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/ good, but not good enough; we must all do more #renewables

UK solar power growth halves for second year running - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/19/uk-solar-power-growth-halves-for-second-year-running tory government = environmental disaster government

Supposed ‘Free Speech’ Warrior Jordan Peterson Sues University Because Silly Professor Said Some Mean Things About Him - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180622/00523140087/supposed-free-speech-warrior-jordan-peterson-sues-university-because-silly-professor-said-some-mean-things-about-him.shtml @mmasnick wades in…

We, the undersigned, demand a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal. - https://www.peoples-vote.uk/petition I’ve signed, FWIW… #PeoplesVoteMarch

EU referendum was a massive decision and people were lied to’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/23/brexit-demonstrators-london-we-were-lied-to #PeoplesVoteMarch

Jeremy Hunt hits back at Airbus over Brexit warnings on jobs - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/24/jeremy-hunt-hits-back-at-airbus-over-brexit-warnings-on-jobs being honest with employees is what good managers do; Hunt wouldn’t know anything about that, of course…

180623

Anti-Brexit march to draw tens of thousands to London - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/22/peoples-vote-march-against-brexit-london-thousands-expected the place to be today… #brexitshambles #PeoplesVoteMarch

I have to say the #PeoplesVoteMarch was very jolly today - a very civilised, upbeat atmosphere...well done all.

“Liam Fox, said the UK was not “bluffing” about being prepared to abandon trade talks” = “Fox said UK was not “bluffing” about sawing its own legs off” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/23/uk-not-bluffing-about-walking-away-with-no-deal-liam-fox-brexit what a waste of skin that man is

Maybe “smart” devices are too clever: they know all about your Facebook friends, and can spy on you and your family - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/06/maybe-smart-devices-are-too-clever-they-know-all-about-your-facebook-friends-and-can-spy-on-you-and-your-family/ #IoT #surveillance

#Opensource sustainability - https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/23/open-source-sustainability/ excellent review of this area…

Zehntausende demonstrieren gegen Brexit - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/brexit-zehntausende-demonstrieren-in-london-gegen-eu-ausstieg-a-1214618.html more like 100K - I know, I was there (although admittedly I didn’t count everybody…)

Insecure internet security cameras and nannycams are actively exploited by voyeurs to spy on owners - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/23/password-123.html of course: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/06/maybe-smart-devices-are-too-clever-they-know-all-about-your-facebook-friends-and-can-spy-on-you-and-your-family/

180621

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180620.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#China's Latest Censorship Crackdown Target: Videos Of Women Rubbing, Kissing And Licking Binaural Microphones - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180619/09121340064/chinas-latest-censorship-crackdown-target-videos-women-rubbing-kissing-licking-binaural-microphones.shtml this is bonkers #ASMR

Port of Dover warns of ‘regular gridlock’ in event of hard Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/20/port-of-dover-warning-regular-gridlock-congestion-hard-brexit-trade from the people on the ground who know what they are talking about… #BrexitShambles

China’s Twitter erases John Oliver after scathing Xi Jinping skit - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/21/chinas-twitter-erases-john-oliver-after-scathing-xi-jinping-skit #china shows its insecurity and weakness again #streisandeffect

EU-Rechtsausschuss stimmt für Upload-Filter - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/urheberrechtsreform-eu-rechtsausschuss-stimmt-fuer-uploadfilter-a-1213947.html #copyrightdirective #Article13

Ireland could bring in ‘Ryanair-type’ passport checks after Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/21/brexit-ireland-could-bring-in-ryanair-type-passport-controls “He warned that customs checks and declarations would make it virtually impossible for smaller freight operators to survive.” #brexit spreading misery everywhere

EU’s attempt at internet copyright reform is a ridiculous own goal - https://www.irishtimes.com/business/eu-s-attempt-at-internet-copyright-reform-is-a-ridiculous-own-goal-1.3538030 good summary of a bad situation #CopyrightDirective

Matteo Salvini threatens to remove Gomorrah author’s police protection - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/matteo-salvini-threatens-to-remove-gomorrah-roberto-saviano-police-protection appalling

In A Surprising Decision, European Court Of Human Rights Says #Sweden's Mass #Surveillance Is Fine - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180621/03350340081/surprising-decision-european-court-human-rights-says-swedens-mass-surveillance-is-fine.shtml but the CJEU says it’s the boss, anyway…

180620

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180619.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The EU is about to “end everything that’s good and pure about the internet” - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/19/your-last-chance.html all at the behest of a greedy #copyright industry, whose sense of entitlement knows no bounds

“Wah wah” – @CLewandowski_ mocks ten-year-old girl with Down Syndrome being taken from her mother - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/19/wah-wah-corey-lewandows.html what utter scum: how does he bear to look in the mirror…?

President Trump Directs Pentagon To Create A ‘Space Force’ In What Is Surely Not Any Kind Of Distraction From Crying Children - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180619/09534040066/president-trump-directs-pentagon-to-create-space-force-what-is-surely-not-any-kind-distraction-crying-children.shtml no, sirreee

More tigers live in US back yards than in the wild. Is this a catastrophe? - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/shortcuts/2018/jun/20/more-tigers-live-in-us-back-yards-than-in-the-wild-is-this-a-catastrophe madness

We can still win: Next steps for the #CopyrightDirective - https://edri.org/next-steps-copyright-directive-article-13/ good explanation and timeline; we can still stop this madness…

The European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee Voted for the #Article13 #CensorshipMachine: What Happens Next? - https://saveyourinternet.eu/the-european-parliament-legal-affairs-committee-voted-for-the-article-13-censorshipmachine-what-happens-next/ important background info on what happens next, and what we do next…

EU votes for copyright law that would make internet a ‘tool for control’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/eu-votes-for-copyright-law-that-would-make-internet-a-tool-for-control " @AxelVossMdEP: “No one is and no one will ever filter the internet". this is precisely what #article13 will impose; the man’s clueless about tech.

European Parliament Committee’s Vote in Favor of Copyright Law Threatens Online Speech and Innovation - https://cdt.org/press/european-parliament-committee-vote-in-favor-copyright-law-threats-online-speech-innovation/ #SaveTheInternet

Wireless Carriers Hope You Won’t Notice Their Location Data Scandal Makes The Facebook, Cambridge Fracas Look Like Amateur Hour - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180619/11155440068/wireless-carriers-hope-you-wont-notice-their-location-data-scandal-makes-facebook-cambridge-fracas-look-like-amateur-hour.shtml good analysis of important issue

Police officer caught making over 16,000 privacy violations in police registers; charged with electronic trespassing - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/06/police-officer-caught-over-16000-privacy-violations-in-police-registers-charged-electronic-trespassing/ but they say we can trust the police to have access to this info

President Trump Overturns Obama’s National Ocean Policy - https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/president-trump-overturns-obamas-national-ocean-policy what a monster trump is: his name will live in infamy…

EU Parliamentary Committee Votes To Put American Internet Giants In Charge Of What Speech Is Allowed Online - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml #CopyrightDirective #Article13

The EU’s Terrible, Internet-Wrecking Copyright Plan Lurches Forward - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjbazn/the-eus-terrible-internet-wrecking-copyright-plan-lurches-forward #CopyrightDirective #article13

Warner Bros. Turns Harry Potter Fan Events Into Events For The Franchise That Must Not Be Named - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180619/10130740067/warner-bros-turns-harry-potter-fan-events-into-events-franchise-that-must-not-be-named.shtml just imagine what carnage #article13 will wreak on #fanfic in the EU…

180619

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180618.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Free software is at risk in the EU – take action now - https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/free-software-is-at-risk-in-the-eu-take-action-now write to your MEPs today please #article13

Open Source Industry Australia Says Zombie TPP Could Destroy Free Software Licensing - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180615/09090440050/open-source-industry-australia-says-zombie-tpp-could-destroy-free-software-licensing.shtml #TPP was and is bad…

.@openstreetmap Should Be a Priority for the #OpenSource Community - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openstreetmap-should-be-priority-open-source-community in a world awash with smartphones, maps are fundamental, #OSM should be too

“With the ancillary copyright, some publishers want to get a digital money printing machine from politicians – soon also at the EU level. How did we come to this?” - http://ancillarycopyright.eu/news/2018-06-19/such-nonsense-law @saschalobo on #article11 #copyrightdirective

Europe on the verge of voting nefarious digital publishing right - https://www.technollama.co.uk/europe-on-the-verge-of-voting-nefarious-digital-publishing-right “This idea is bad. Really bad. This is a new right created without any evidence supporting it, and on the contrary, the experience of such a new right in Spain & Germany has been negative.”

Dear EU Parliament: Why Are You About To Allow US Internet Companies To Decide What EU Citizens Can Say Online? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180618/16521740060/dear-eu-parliament-why-are-you-about-to-allow-us-internet-companies-to-decide-what-eu-citizens-can-say-online.shtml that’s what #copyrightdirective will do…

Barnier: UK will lose access to EU security databases after Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/19/barnier-uk-will-lose-access-to-eu-security-databases-after-brexit exactly as we warned… #BrexitShambles

#Brexit row: GCHQ chief stresses UK’s role in foiling European terror plots - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/19/barnier-uk-will-lose-access-to-eu-security-databases-after-brexit sure, but what about GCHQ’s other role of breaking into the computer systems of EU governments and businesses? #snowden

Ajit Pai Now Trying To Pretend That Everybody Supported #NetNeutrality Repeal - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180615/07410640047/ajit-pai-now-trying-to-pretend-that-everybody-supported-net-neutrality-repeal.shtml er, nope…

180618

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180617.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Jetzt Uploadfilter in der EU-Urheberrechtsreform verhindern: Sag dem EU-Parlament Deine Meinung! - https://netzpolitik.org/2018/jetzt-uploadfilter-in-der-eu-urheberrechtsreform-verhindern-sag-dem-eu-parlament-deine-meinung/ bitte…

Top German Publisher Says: ‘You Wouldn’t Steal A Pound Of Butter… So We Need A Snippet Tax’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180613/02020040026/top-german-publisher-says-you-wouldnt-steal-pound-butter-so-we-need-snippet-tax.shtml huh? #article11 #copyright

#censorship by abuse of #copyright, as here - http://www.europe1.fr/medias-tele/le-compte-youtube-de-la-chaine-dextreme-droite-tv-libertes-ferme-le-rn-sinsurge-3683666 - will become much easier and more common if #article13 is included in EU #copyright directive. everyone who believes in freedom of speech should be against it. /cc @MCBoutonnetFN @Gilles_Lebreton

Article de Glyn Moody dans « boingboing.net » : Du foutoir, de l’Article 13, et de la déconstruction de mythes - https://www.april.org/article-de-glyn-moody-dans-boingboingnet-du-foutoir-de-l-article-13-et-de-la-deconstruction-de-mythe #EU #copyrightdirective #Article13

#Humansofcopyright: Interview With Éva Simon - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/humansofcopyright-interview-with-eva-simon/ “if you think about #Article13, the solution is not to carve out certain services, but it’s just to delete [it].”

Illegal memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the proposed EU copyright overhaul - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/illegal-memes-weak-safe-harbor-unpacking-the-proposed-eu-copyright-overhaul/ quick summary of main problems with #EU #copyrightdirective #article13 #article11

In two days, an EU committee will vote to crown Google and Facebook permanent lords of internet #censorship - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/18/asymmetric-information-war.html how does that help EU companies and startups? hint: it doesn’t…

#Humansofcopyright: Interview With David Lopez, Lifelong Learning Platform - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/humansofcopyright-interview-with-david-lopez-lifelong-learning-platform/ “Article 4 needs to be re-thought from the perspective of how it can serve as an enabler, not a barrier to high quality education.” #EU #copyrightdirective

Constellation Update – Tech, Telegram and Proof of Meme - https://constellationlabs.io/blog/index.php/2018/06/13/constellation-update-tech-telegram-and-proof-of-meme/ “proof of meme” is just the software development methodology that Linux invented over 25 years ago…

Jeremy Corbyn, take note: leftwing remainers won’t stay silent on #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/18/jeremy-corbyn-leftwing-remainers-brexit-momentum-labour-live “Awkwardly for its fixed manifesto position of “respect the referendum”, its membership is 87% remain. “Bollocks to Brexit” stickers were everywhere.”

Lessons From Making Internet Companies Liable For User’s Speech: You Get Less Speech, Less Security And Less Innovation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180615/01090140045/lessons-making-internet-companies-liable-users-speech-you-get-less-speech-less-security-less-innovation.shtml #article13 #EU

180617

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180615.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Remember: Time is really running out. Please Write to Your MEPs Today to Stop EU #Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html here’s what I’ve sent - free free to draw on it for your own email. #article13 #article11 #TDM

High risk of food shortages without pesticides, says chemical giant - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/17/high-risk-food-shortages-pesticides-chemical-giant or, you know, we could come up with better solutions…

Leistungsschutzrecht: Miese Mauschelei der Mächtigen - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/leistungsschutzrecht-miese-mauschelei-der-maechtigen-podcast-a-1213093.html #article11 #snippettax #copyrightdirective

Top German Publisher Says: ‘You Wouldn’t Steal A Pound Of Butter… So We Need A Snippet Tax’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180613/02020040026/top-german-publisher-says-you-wouldnt-steal-pound-butter-so-we-need-snippet-tax.shtml what? #article11 #copyright

France’s Front National (who support the EU’s mandatory #copyright filters) furious when Youtube’s copyright filters kill their channel - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/17/three-days-left.html #article13 must go

Where have all our insects gone? - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/17/where-have-insects-gone-climate-change-population-decline we humans are such pathetic idiots

180616

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180615.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Forget The GDPR, The EU’s New #Copyright Proposal Will Be A Complete And Utter Disaster For The Internet - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180525/10072939912/forget-gdpr-eus-new-copyright-proposal-will-be-complete-utter-disaster-internet.shtml crucial vote next week: pl. write to MEPs today - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html

Of Dog’s Breakfasts, Article 13, and Mythbusting - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/07/of-dogs-breakfasts-article.html EU #copyrightdirective is terrible; here are some of the myths about it. pl. write to MEPs today - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html

‘Dubai in Paris’: French climate protesters fight plans for €3bn theme park - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/16/europacity-theme-park-france-climate-protesters-dubai-paris madness; bin it

UN Free Speech Expert: EU’s #CopyrightDirective Would Be An Attack On Free Speech, Violate Human Rights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180614/13211740041/un-free-speech-expert-eus-copyright-directive-would-be-attack-free-speech-violate-human-rights.shtml @davidakaye knows what he is talking about: MEPs must listen to him

Ending The Memes: EU #CopyrightDirective Is No Laughing Matter - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180611/22420640014/ending-memes-eu-copyright-directive-is-no-laughing-matter.shtml just one of many huge problems with #article13; pl. tell MEPs to bin it - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html

Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive Threatens the Internet - https://www.eff.org/files/2018/06/13/article13letter.pdf says @timberners_lee,
@vgcerf, & just about everyone of importance in the digital world. pl. write to MEPs telling them to drop #article13 - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html

Leftwing group at odds with Corbyn pushes for UK to stay in EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/16/leftwing-group-pushes-for-uk-to-stay-in-the-eu-at-odds-with-jeremy-corbyn “The only #Brexit is a Tory Brexit – a racist attack on migrants and workers’ rights.”

The Copyright Directive: Access independent research - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/06/12/the-copyright-directive-access-independent-research/ use this, and then write to your MEPs, please… #article13

Time is really running out: Please Write to Your MEPs to Stop EU #Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html here’s what I’ve sent - free free to draw on it for your own email. #article13 #article11 #TDM

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180614.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Time is running out: Please Write to Your MEPs to Stop EU #Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html here’s what I’ve sent - free free to draw on it for your own email. #article13 #article11 #TDM

Leaked UN draft report warns of urgent need to cut global warming - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jun/15/leaked-un-draft-report-warns-of-urgent-need-to-c... this is not going well #climatechange

Protected grey seals at the mercy of Poland’s ruling party - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/protected-grey-seals-at-the-mercy-of-polands-ruling-party/ #poland's shame: people are slaughtering seals #pl

Experience: I was nearly killed by a spider bite - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/15/experience-i-was-nearly-killed-by-a-spider-bite incredible story of what happened to someone in London when he reached for a banana (arachnophobes may wish to avoid…)

UK Govt Mulls Options to Make Anti-Piracy Enforcement Easier - https://torrentfreak.com/uk-govt-mulls-options-to-make-anti-piracy-enforcement-easier-180615/ this will just stunt growth of Internet UK; stupid and pointless

UN Free Speech Expert: EU’s #CopyrightDirective Would Be An Attack On Free Speech, Violate Human Rights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180614/13211740041/un-free-speech-expert-eus-copyright-directive-would-be-attack-free-speech-violate-human-rights.shtml pl. tell your MEPs what’s happening, & why it’s bad #article13

No 10 insists PM will stick to late change to Brexit promise - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/15/conservative-rebel-theresa-may-forced-backtrack-brexit-pledge-meaningful-vote that’s not a “late change”, that’s an utter betrayal… #brexitshambles

The Copyright Directive: Access independent research! - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2018/06/12/the-copyright-directive-access-independent-research/ use this, and then write to your MEPs, please… #article13

DOJ Lets Cops Know SESTA/FOSTA Is For Shutting Down Websites, Not Busting Sex Traffickers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180614/08352740037/doj-lets-cops-know-sesta-fosta-is-shutting-down-websites-not-busting-sex-traffickers.shtml appalling

Copyright in the EU must balance interests of content creator and recipient - https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/interview/copyright-in-the-eu-must-balance-interests-of-content-creator-and-recipient/ #article13 must go

The UN’s top free speech expert just denounced the new EU copyright plan as a “potential violation of international human rights law” - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/15/contact-your-mep-3.html #article13 must go

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180613.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Putin fires Klimenko as his internet adviser - http://vestnikkavkaza.net/material/113655 whoa: what’s going on here? #russia

For Survivors of a 9-Hour Chinese Exam, a Door Opens to America - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/world/asia/china-gaokao-new-hampshire.html gaokao result now being accepted in US; I predict this will become widespread…

it’s windy in the UK now: wind is generating 9.67GW - 30.70% of UK’s current energy needs - http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/

How @RedHat helped to build Summit, America’s top science supercomputer - https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-red-hat-helped-build-summit-americas-top-science-supercomputer good to have some details #linux

European Citizens: You Stopped ACTA, But The New #CopyrightDirective Is Much, Much Worse: Speak Up - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180613/00492240024/european-citizens-you-stopped-acta-new-copyright-directive-is-much-much-worse-speak-up.shtml please write to your MEPs, perhaps like this - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html

just had an impressively fast personal response from one of my MEPs, @SebDance, after I sent him this email: https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html. this is why it is worth contacting them - the best ones always reply. pl. try… #copyrightdirective

Mike Pompeo loses temper when asked about North Korean disarmament - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/13/north-korea-nuclear-deal-trump-next-steps-what-will-happen so, definitely an absolutely cast-iron agreement there, eh Mike…?

“Das Leistungsschutzrecht im Verbund mit den Zensurmaschinen der Uploadfilter soll via Axel Springer in der EU eingeführt werden - ein schöneres Geschenk der Regierung Merkel könnten sich Populisten und Extremisten kaum wünschen.” - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/leistungsschutzrecht-fuer-presseverleger-so-ein-quatschgesetz-a-1212697.html #copyright

Tory peers poised to back Brexit rebels if talks with May fail - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/14/tory-peers-poised-to-back-brexit-rebels-if-talks-with-may-fail it ain’t over yet… #brexitshambles

Canadian Music Industry Pitches ‘You Must Be A Pirate’ Tax On Smartphones - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180613/10415540030/canadian-music-industry-pitches-you-must-be-pirate-tax-smartphones.shtml <sigh/>

Tory rebellion back on after MPs reject May’s #Brexit amendment - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/14/tory-rebellion-back-on-after-mps-reject-mays-brexit-amendment “At the end of the process something was inexplicably changed, which had not been agreed.” foolish game-playing by UK gov

“Soon the headlines will be not just about a few hundred jobs moving out of the City – but of firms scrapping their expansion plans, or factories shifting to Poland, or thousands of jobs going at a stroke of a pen.” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/14/tories-brexit-business-jobs-theresa-may #brexitshambles

EU Politicians Tell European Commission To Suspend Privacy Shield Data Transfer Framework - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180614/03210140035/eu-politicians-tell-european-commission-to-suspend-privacy-shield-data-transfer-framework.shtml #privacyshield: going down… #GDPR

The EU is about to impose Google’s worst idea on all European internet users - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/14/six-days-left.html but it can still be stopped - write to your MEPs now, pl. like this - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html #copyrightdirective #article13

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180612.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Legislators Reintroduce Pro-Encryption Bills After FBI Destroys Its Own ‘Going Dark’ Narrative - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180609/18253640002/legislators-reintroduce-pro-encryption-bills-after-fbi-destroys-own-going-dark-narrative.shtml

The Open Revolution: rewriting the rules of the information age - http://blog.okfn.org/2018/06/12/the-open-revolution-rewriting-the-rules-of-the-information-age/ #openness is winning

Watch Disney’s new live-action ‘Dumbo’ trailer - https://mashable.com/2018/06/13/dumbo-disney-trailer/ I trust @Disney is making a suitably generous donation to help protect elephants worldwide…

Neue Energie-Verbandschefin will schnellen Kohleausstieg - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/kohleausstieg-energieverband-bdew-will-schnelle-energiewende-a-1212622.html that’s good

Pro-EU Tories warn PM: keep your word or face fresh rebellion - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/13/pro-eu-tories-warn-pm-keep-your-word-or-face-fresh-rebellion quite right: there have been enough #brexit lies and broken promises

Illegal memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the proposed EU #copyright overhaul - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/illegal-memes-weak-safe-harbor-unpacking-the-proposed-eu-copyright-overhaul/ pl. read & then use to explain to your MEPs why #article13 and #article11 must go from proposed law. this site makes it easy: https://saveyourinternet.eu/

#Article13 of the EU #Copyright Directive Threatens the Internet - https://www.eff.org/files/2018/06/12/article13letter.pdf look, if @timberners_lee and dozens of other luminaries say it, should MEPs listen?

Please Write to Your MEPs to Stop EU #Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html here’s what I’m sending - pl. free free to draw on it for your own email. #article13 #article11 #TDM

EU to block UK’s access to Galileo satellite programme after Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/13/eu-member-states-block-uks-access-to-galileo-satellite-programme-after-brexit guess what? when you leave the club, you no longer have access to the club’s amenities… #brexitshambles

Top German Publisher Says: ‘You Wouldn’t Steal A Pound Of Butter… So We Need A Snippet Tax’ - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180613/02020040026/top-german-publisher-says-you-wouldnt-steal-pound-butter-so-we-need-snippet-tax.shtml naja, logisch… #article11 #copyright

It’s time to stop giving more rights to global corporations - https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-time-to-stop-giving-more-rights-to-global-corporations-20180611-p4zkrq.html #ISDS #AU

Hey @Google : Stop Trying To Patent A Compression Technique An Inventor Released To The Public Domain - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180611/23125540015/hey-google-stop-trying-to-patent-compression-technique-inventor-released-to-public-domain.shtml being evil… #patents

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180611.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

last chance: UK Citizens: Please Write to Your MPs *Today* about the Big #Brexit Votes - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/uk-citizens-please-write-to-your-mps.html FWIW, here’s what I’ve sent to my MP

High School Student’s Speech About Campus Sexual Assault Gets Widespread Attention After School Cuts Her Mic - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180611/10470340012/high-school-students-speech-about-campus-sexual-assault-gets-widespread-attention-after-school-cuts-her-mic.shtml if only there were a name for this kind of effect…

Proposed EU #Copyright Measure Threatens the Internet - https://blog.archive.org/2018/06/12/proposed-eu-copyright-measure-threatens-the-internet/ saith @internetarchive - and they know what they are talking about

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180610.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

urgent: What’s really behind the EU law that would “ban memes” – and how to stop it before June 20 - https://juliareda.eu/2018/06/saveyourinternet/ the EU Internet is really in danger from this pernicious #copyright proposal: please write to your MEPs this week

Of Dog’s Breakfasts, Article 13, and Mythbusting - https://boingboing.net/2018/06/07/of-dogs-breakfasts-article.html EU people: please contact your MEPs to tell them why this is bad, and must be stopped #copyright

Time to take fish welfare more seriously - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/time-to-take-fish-welfare-more-seriously/ indeed

.@openstreetmap Should Be a Priority for the #OpenSource Community - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/openstreetmap-should-be-priority-open-source-community in a world awash with smartphones, maps are fundamental #OSM

Theresa May calls on Trump to honour G7 commitments - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/11/theresa-may-calls-on-trump-to-honour-g7-commitments don’t be silly: trump can’t even spell “honour”…

Germany pours cold water on EU’s clean energy ambitions - https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/germany-pours-cold-water-on-eus-clean-energy-ambitions/ I’m really disappointed in #germany these days: anything but a leader in environmental issues…

UK Citizens: Please Write to Your MPs Today about the Big #Brexit Votes - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/uk-citizens-please-write-to-your-mps.html FWIW, here’s what I’ve just sent to my MP

Tory remainers warn of revolt over EU withdrawal bill - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/11/tory-remainers-warn-of-revolt-over-eu-withdrawal-bill if they care about the UK - & I’m sure some do - they should revolt now #brexitshambles

Whale jumps out of water and completely soaks boat filled with tourists - https://mashable.com/2018/06/11/whale-splashes-whale-watchers/ whales just wanna have fun…

104 Members of Parliament agree: It’s time to dump the #LinkTax - https://www.communia-association.org/2018/06/07/104-members-parliament-agree-time-dump-linktax/ #article11 #copyright

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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/06/180609.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Theresa May reiterates strong relationship with US despite slights - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/10/theresa-may-donald-trump-relationship-despite-slights May is naturally weak; #brexit makes her abject

BNEF expects 34% fall in PV module prices in 2018 - https://www.pv-magazine.com/2018/06/05/bnef-expects-34-fall-in-pv-module-prices-in-2018/ these are just incredible figures #SolarEnergy #renewables

Trudeau ‘stabbed us in back’ on trade, says Trump chief economic adviser - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/10/justin-trudeau-donald-trump-tariffs-g7-north-korea-summit trump and his team are completely out of their prams…

What’s really behind the EU law that would “ban memes” – and how to stop it before June 20 - https://juliareda.eu/2018/06/saveyourinternet/ @Senficon knows better than anyone what’s happening in the @Europarl_EN, and how serious this is: pl. act and help spread the word

EU Parliament Must Step Up After Council Adopts Ill-Advised #Copyright Position - https://cdt.org/blog/copyright-eu-parliament-must-step-up-council-adopts-ill-advised-position/ our last hope: EU citizens, please contact your MEPs…