Saturday, 7 April 2012

120406


Our Imminent Summer of Digital Discontent - http://bit.ly/I0e445 [RT from yesterday] #ACTA #IPRED #CCDP

Letter to Colombian Legislature About #FTA Implementation Legislation - http://bit.ly/HZYEuf "more restrictive than U.S. law": not good #co

How the Snooper’s Charter materially threatens the UK Coalition Government - http://bit.ly/IbYU7U fascinating analysis (v @e3i5 @AlecMuffet)

Stopping Climate Change Is Much Cheaper Than You Think - http://bit.ly/HTQTL4 updating #stern

USTR’s Short Description of IPRs in Each of the Countries Negotiating the #TPP - http://bit.ly/HVyvA7 interesting, but warped perspective

Opposition to biotech giant #Monsanto growing worldwide, new report shows - http://bit.ly/HmoKs6 if confirmed, important

Court Orders “Copyright Lobby-Linked” Group To Stop Pirating The Pirate Party - http://bit.ly/IcaQ9L vaguely amusing

Publishers Sue As Boundless Learning Grabs $8M For An Open Alternative To Textbooks - http://tcrn.ch/HlCBRw more background

LibriVox Free Audiobook Project Receives Generous Mellon Support for Upgrade - http://bit.ly/HARSJq great news; well deserved

Where #TPP Goes Beyond #ACTA -- And How It Shows Us The Future Of IP Enforcement - http://bit.ly/HmDU0X glimpses of our dystopia

Offener Brief der Jungen Piraten an die Piratenpartei - http://bit.ly/I1cTiB tensions within the German #pirateparty (v @netzpolitik)

Breaking News on UK #FOI Charges - http://bit.ly/I1dBMM another attack on government transparency (v @FOIMan UK @PoliceStateUK)

#ACTA Update XII - http://bit.ly/IaZjbt good news from ITRE, recycled FUD from European Commission

Leave FOI Alone (#saveFOI) - http://bit.ly/HmuHVZ #epetition defending #uk #foi

Court Kicks Out Copyright Troll Who Has “No Desire To Litigate” - http://bit.ly/HlQG1m thoughtful ruling

Kreativ werden gegen #ACTA - http://bit.ly/Hn3kuS "Klare Messages verpackt in kreative Bildideen, die sich für Demos genau so eignen"

Nonprofit “Digital Public Library Of America” To Launch In April 2013 - http://tcrn.ch/HsmmBg nice idea, but wonder how it will work

Announcing the #FRPAA Day of Action on April 25th! - http://bit.ly/Hjw36W yay - militant academics... #openaccess

#OpLithChild: Pedophile politicians & judges, murder & a child to be returned to the mother who pimped her - http://bit.ly/I78fTK #lithuania

#OpLithChild: Change.org petition in support of abused girl in last story - http://chn.ge/IeqogG shame on #lt if even half true


Friday, 6 April 2012

120405


A #Copyright First: Bogus #Copyright Takedown Leads To Australian Court Awarding $150k Damages - http://bit.ly/HKRXgS {RT from last night]

Machtkampf in der KP: Chinas Elite gegen Chinas Banken - http://bit.ly/I4P48D fascinating #china

Challenges to Australia’s national health policy from trade agreements - http://bit.ly/HfFyiI useful anlysis of #TPP (v @DrRimmer)

New iPad app could help save endangered #whales at sea - http://cnet.co/HqjLUR nice use of tech

Stop the UK's big brother law - http://bit.ly/HXZTfR good to see #Avaaz on the case - 30K sigs so far #CCDP

Mike Masnick: The Sky Is Rising! - http://bit.ly/HnaHo0 see @mmasnick in #london, free (v @Coadec)

Richard Clarke, US Security Wonk, Suggests Customs Should Check All International Net Traffic - http://tcrn.ch/Hfkpd7 </facepalm>

Milkroundabout, London’s startup jobs fair, returns - http://bit.ly/HM2t7v great to see #london digital ecosystem flourishing

Leihbeamte: FDP-Ministerien beschäftigen Lobbyisten als Top-Berater - http://bit.ly/HaH72H old-style politics; needs to stop #de

Commission sides with business on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/Hon8ze De Gucht talking his usual nonsense

Why the coming patent crisis is inevitable - http://cnet.co/HU3j0H er, it's already here, mate

Erschienen! – Wikimedia Deutschlands Tätigkeitsbericht 2011 - http://bit.ly/HhhFeh free download (of course) #wikipedia #de

Lords give automatic smut censorship bill the once-over - http://bit.ly/HM4fFJ bad: parents will become less involved with their children

Lansley’s attack on #abortion: expensive, disruptive and unjustified - http://bit.ly/HneDFa dangerous politicisation here (v @Glinner)

NHS Hack Day 2012 - http://bit.ly/HgbAQI cool idea (v @monkchips)#opendata

Our Imminent Summer of Digital Discontent - http://bit.ly/HjeYXq why is so much bad stuff happening all at once? #ACTA #IPRED2 #CCDP

Increased autism rates crush vaccine hypothesis - http://bit.ly/HWJSVt let's hope once and for all

#Afghanistan sees rise in ‘dancing boys’ exploitation - http://wapo.st/HMhWEu West really winning that war, eh? (v @Asher_Wolf @Pressistan)

Polish Government Funding 'Full Set Of Educational Materials' Available Under #CC-BY - http://bit.ly/HgmvtF more great moves by #poland

Corporate confidentiality, company relationships, & why this ‘competitive advantage’ is anti-competitive - http://bit.ly/HiDGf0 great post

Minister’s letter fails to answer key questions - http://bit.ly/Hgc2cL raises important points #CCDP

#OER Textbook Startup Sued By Publishers For Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/HgZ5UY more bullying to protect dying business models

Our Imminent Summer of Digital Discontent - http://bit.ly/I0e445 it's gonna be hot #ACTA, #IPRED, #CCDP

Information Sans Frontières: #Orphanworks directive in it’s current form creates more harm than good - http://bit.ly/HiOqaY no surprise

Post-#SOPA surprise: Common ground for tech, big media - http://cnet.co/HgJ6kU don't see it myself...

5000+ Artists Line Up For a Pirate Bay Promotion - http://bit.ly/HkMEEM wow: the future of recorded music?

‘#Counterfeit’ Dropped From New WHO Protocol On Illicit Tobacco Trade
- http://bit.ly/Hpb2Xd intriguing

„Mein Kopf gehört mir!“: Kampagnen„journalismus“ vom Feinsten - http://bit.ly/Hh4JGE the dinosaurs looking really rattled

Air Force Chief: It'll Be 'Years' Before We Catch Up On #Drone Data - http://bit.ly/HgGGaq this will be key problem in future

Liam Maxwell appointed new deputy government CIO in UK - http://bit.ly/HkOXrr good news for #opensource (v @swardley)


Thursday, 5 April 2012

120405


What Quilting's Legal Battles Can Teach Us About #Copyright - http://bit.ly/Hc1j7E it's getting nasty in the world of #quilting

#openaccess does not "harm" publishers' rights - here's why - http://bit.ly/HdJSmc debunking the lies (v @researchremix)

Spanish ‘SOPA’: 79 Site Takedown Requests in First Month - http://bit.ly/HL08f4 I'm sure they'll prove as bogus as #hadopi #leysinde

Mapping Digital Media: The Media and Liability for Content on the Internet - http://bit.ly/HTqh8p dry but useful

Mammoth carcass found in Siberia - http://bbc.in/He38Ng poor thing; amazing, though

Extremadura overhauls IT to save millions and to increase #opensource - http://bit.ly/HOhynK big success story #es

UK net super-snooping clashes with Euro privacy law - expert - http://bit.ly/HTp2JQ another reason to bin it #CCDB

38degrees anti-#CCDB epetition now up to 75K in less than a day - let's take it to 100K – http://bit.ly/HhF9jj

Can Copyleft Clouds Find Contributors? - http://rww.to/HfyMuU interesting point

The #smartphone Wars: Finally, Android breaks 50% - http://bit.ly/HkSkzm eric tells it as it is

Survey: Open source procurement costs less and reduces vendor lock-in - http://bit.ly/HSEcOf no, really?

De Gucht calls for an EU-ASEAN FTA - http://bit.ly/Hk8aLc clearly wants his own #TPP

Tor traffic disguised as Skype video calls to fool repressive governments - http://bit.ly/H87I0i er, that would be the UK, presumably

"111 Gründe, #London zu lieben" - http://bit.ly/HZHaQs sehr nett

Parliament must protect the public’s privacy - http://tgr.ph/HkURts well-argued piece by tory mp #CCDP

Comments submmitted in Consultation on #Spain's draft Access to Information Law - http://bit.ly/HfAo7S "substandard"

Organic farmer lodges court case against GM contamination - http://bit.ly/HdWY4n important issue (v @Beautyon_ @GMWatch)

CCDP: What we know - http://bit.ly/HpdFnb good summary of what we might be coming

Stream of consciousness blather - http://bit.ly/HduN0f delightful: "suppressing cough unblocking bowel movement busy with a hundred things"

Opening Pandora’s box: secret treaty threatens human rights - http://bit.ly/HdXXkU good to see this in #AU (v @StopActaNow)#ACTA

Government's 'secret' court evidence plan rejected - http://bit.ly/HdQTnd more stupid ideas from UK government #policestate

Submission to the All Party Parliamentary IP Group Inquiry - http://bit.ly/HdvLcR good call from #ORG for open, evidence-based policy

The Leveson Love Triangle - http://bit.ly/Hkhn6i truly sordid for all concerned

ORGCon 2012: how to lobby your MP - http://bit.ly/HJMyKp good practical advice #uk

"Wir haben doch schon überall dort Transparenz" - http://bit.ly/HK1bx9 what an utter idiot (v @netzpolitik)

Confusion over warrants, surveillance powers and the intrusiveness of traffic data - http://bit.ly/HU6p53 excellent post #CCDP

How to make your Company and Products thrive in an Age of Cooperation - http://bit.ly/HfRqmz lots of nice diagrams too #p2p

Group Says Industry, EPO Finding Loopholes To Patent Seeds, Plants - http://bit.ly/I27E3Y #EPO is a real problem

Internationaler Aktionstag gegen #ACTA am 9. Juni 2012 - http://bit.ly/HQNkAq back on the streets, people

The Fight Against Copyright Enforcement & The Fight For Civil Liberties Are The Same - http://bit.ly/Hev3wc good analysis

RT @MarietjeD66 Join me for a stakeholders meeting on #ACTA, April 11, 13:00-15:00 in the EP, with @mmasnick& others! http://bit.ly/HNiE6O

Greenhouse gases drove the close of the last ice age - http://bit.ly/Hevuqb intresting stuff #climatescience

Farm-fresh infringement: Can you violate a patent by planting some seeds? - http://bit.ly/HgoYoC more patent absurdities

Dutch, Belgian publishers mull a ‘Spotify for newspapers’ - http://bit.ly/Hgv2Ob interesting idea, but devil is in the details

For a Truly Private Social Network, Try RetroShare - http://bit.ly/HgBKPX interesting #opensource sw for "F2F" exchanges - sadly necessary

RT @petermurrayrust http://data.nature.com/ Nature making data sets available as CC0 for Linked #opendata. Initial inspection positive>>good

Blimp-like inflatable wind turbine tested at high altitude - http://bit.ly/HV6BTO clever

#Hadopi Accused Of 'Massaging' The Numbers To Make Anti-Piracy Activity Look Better - http://bit.ly/HeBC1J oh, look at that...

Commission asks EU parliament to delay #Acta decision - http://bit.ly/Hfsvlf ha! a little bit blatant, no? (v @smarimc)

#Microsoft Releases Utterly Bizarre And Confusing Anti-#Piracy Video - http://bit.ly/HeHrw1 this. is. insane.

Welcome to eLife - http://bit.ly/HgDMnd oooh, exciting; potentially big #openaccess (v @petersuber @mrgunn)

A #Copyright First: Bogus Copyright Takedown Leads To Australian Court Awarding $150k Damages - http://bit.ly/HKRXgS #au


Wednesday, 4 April 2012

120403


Piratenpartei steigt bundesweit auf 12 Prozent - http://bit.ly/HSasR1 wow; other parties should be quaking in their boots. #ACTA, anyone?

An Essay on the New Aesthetic - http://bit.ly/HDSVPk rambling but worth reading (v @boingboing)

Migrate all UK government IT to Linux based systems - http://bit.ly/HHEWDp rather forlorn hope, but hey... #epetitions

Microsoft makes Top 20 list of Linux kernel contributors - http://bit.ly/HN7mzu how times change

Prometheus v Mayo – A European view - http://bit.ly/HDUVqC further proof the #EPO is a waste of space #patents

Going global in search of great art - http://bit.ly/HctiBG "30,000 high-resolution artworks"; sounds good #google

Red Hat donates $100,000 to "the future of open source" - http://bit.ly/HQpuFv good to see #cc #eff #sflc #unicef

Eric #Whitacre's Virtual Choir 3, 'Water Night' - http://bit.ly/HDXpWd do not miss eric's latest hi-tech wonder

#epetition: Scrap Plans to Monitor all Emails and Web Usage - http://bit.ly/H5Eijs UK people please sign & RT #CCDP

A dangerous erosion of individual liberty - http://ind.pn/HQqbP4 good summary of why this is a stupid idea #CCDP

UK Surveillance plans: key questions - http://bit.ly/HhdD4F excellent stuff from #ORG: why we must fight this #CCDP

Boris Johnson plans to give police access to congestion charge cameras - http://bit.ly/HbrEyu just lost my vote, then #london

UK government's new plans for mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/HhbVRE "no place in a country that would call itself free" (v @ralpost)

question: why is there no #pirateparty candidate for London Mayor? I'd vote for them, I'm sure others would #fail

Punish them for spying on you - http://bit.ly/Hc9yS8 gladly: but how? piece doesn't offer answers here (V @~PrivacyInternational)#CCDP

German Scriptwriters Attack 'Greens, Pirates, Left-wingers And Internet Community' For Different Views On #Copyright – http://bit.ly/HcLoY2

Piratenpartij weigert TPB-proxy offline te halen - http://bit.ly/HEEQkF dutch pirates show some backbone (v @AdV007)#nl

Arizona Passes Sweeping Internet Censorship Bill - http://bit.ly/HMyYQa insane: "illegal to use “offensive” language online" (v @Beautyon_)

Maintaining' 'lawful' intercept capability - http://bit.ly/Hbbb0E "a claim built on strata upon strata of sand" - great post #CCDP

Stop UK Government Snooping - http://bit.ly/HhF9jj good to see 38degrees on the case: please support & RT #CCDP

Fear outweighs hope in #ACTA debate - http://bit.ly/HktwE2 kudos to @davidmartinmep for perceptive analysis (v @FelixTreguer)

Guillaume de Machaut: Complete Recordings on #Spotify - http://bit.ly/H68XwZ fab; one of my favourite composers

Digital Music Now Pays Artists More Than Pubs - http://bit.ly/HkRnTs time to accentuate the positive

Stop UK Government Snooping - http://bit.ly/HhF9jj epetition has already reached 36K signatures in a few hours: please support & RT #CCDP


Tuesday, 3 April 2012

120402

Oz to review copyright law for digital age - http://bit.ly/HepGff #AU people, get those pencils sharpened

Transcripts of public hearings on #ACTA before Australia's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties - http://bit.ly/HepLj3 (v @MsLods)

The Global Knock-on Effects of #China’s Home-Grown #Standards Preferences - http://bit.ly/H7W6sS the giant awakes

Bootstrapped Startup Saves Over $100K By Dropping IE - http://tcrn.ch/H9T8tP anecdotal, but amusing #microsoft

Vorratsdatenspeicherung in Österreich startet rechtswidrig - http://bit.ly/HC9Htm bad, but not as bad as UK proposals (v @jwildeboer)#at

Kim Dotcom Back Online, Prepares To Release Music Album - http://bit.ly/HewEAI good to see judge being reasonable

Anonymous media briefings to soften us up for even more Internet Snooping in Queens Speech - http://bit.ly/HzGnIA (v @lilianedwards)

MPs of #India: Support the Annulment Motion to Protect Internet Freedom #stopitrules - http://chn.ge/HezZnx bad things happening #epetition

Don't forget to apply before 16 April - EUhackathon 2012 – Hack4Kids #H4K – 20 & 21 June 2012, Brussels http://www.euhackathon.eu/

Do not allow the government to back-door our entire communications infrastructure - http://bit.ly/HGbTCG great piece - do read #uk

Phone-hacking: more ‘pinging’ still government policy - http://bit.ly/HOKhrE eye-opening post on #uk #surveillance - read it (v @jamesfirth)

America’s new data centre makes UK #surveillance plans seem petty - http://bit.ly/HGgtAY hardly a consolation

How The RIAA & MPAA Are Like The Anti-Innovation German Weavers' Guild Of The 16th Century - http://bit.ly/Hf2DRe but more useless

#Hungary’s president resigns in plagiarism scandal - http://bit.ly/Hasukt another politician bits the dust

US draws up plans for nuclear #drones - http://bit.ly/HAG8NA one way to get nuclear materials into terrorists' hands, I suppose

Is There Any Value In Cracking Down On 'Piracy' If It Doesn't Increase Sales? - http://bit.ly/H9enLq the key question they are not asking

New copyright center ready to fire on pirates - http://cnet.co/HCwrNp we shall see... #us

Lamar Smith: #SOPA protesters were “misinformed.” - http://bit.ly/HCx0GN yeah, right

40 million companies now in OpenCorporates database - http://bit.ly/HfG9Vc impressive #opendata

Version 4.0 – License Draft Ready for Public Comment! - http://bit.ly/HFecEV exciting #cc

How #Canada's green credentials fell apart - http://bit.ly/HFAfZe sad

Irish minister in fresh #Sopa controversy - http://bit.ly/HfuTYd #censorship too - classy, Sherlock (v @Glinner)

Cyber spying plan "could put off new UK business" - http://bit.ly/HP1GmL great point (v @annadoble @newsbrooke)

Leaked LibDem internal briefing on new government surveillance plans reveals MPs being misled on key issues - http://bit.ly/HagJ81 #CCDP

Mediation process begins on EU private copying and reprography levies - http://bit.ly/HgWVP5 anachronistic waste of time (v @jonasnuts)

Public Domain Starves While Copyright Office Struggles To Modernize - http://bit.ly/HgXGr9 really regrettable, to say the least... #pd


Monday, 2 April 2012

120401

US government orders UK carriers to extend no-fly list Brits travelling to non-US destinations - http://bit.ly/H5g1ZO AFAICT, not a joke

World War 3.0 - http://vnty.fr/H4hwMb overlong but reasonable piece about #ICANN, #SOPA et al. (v @mathewi)

Piratenpartei liegt bundesweit schon bei neun Prozent - http://bit.ly/HwtuxM interesting, assuming it's true </sigh> #pirateparty

Sharing Works: 100,000 concert recordings for free - http://bit.ly/HA4Uep nice milestone for #InternetArchive

Dolphin social networks are unusually open - http://bit.ly/H7kIHL open source dolphins

Microsoft's secret weapon against Google Maps -- open source - http://bit.ly/H1veft good analysis #ironyalert #osm

Will Hachette Be The First Big-6 Publisher To Drop #DRM On E-Books? - http://bit.ly/HuNtOy it will happen, as with music

A big leap and a logical step: Moving to PLoS - http://bit.ly/HzQHNf @CameronNeylon on his big move #openscience #openaccess

MPAA Targets Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles - http://bit.ly/HAk43f should put this energy into innovation

Pirate Party Demands Payment For Its Hard Work - http://bit.ly/Hv9iO1 only fair: can't have any more "theft", can we?


Sunday, 1 April 2012

120331


Government to reconsider nerve agent pesticides - http://ind.pn/H4vdel a ray of hope for the bee world... (v @Dedward5)

Is #ACTA dead? - http://bit.ly/H5o6TS no, but it will be if we do our job properly in the next 2 months (v @webmink)

White House's New Report On Intellectual Property Enforcement Should Get A Copyright As A Creative Work Of Fiction – http://bit.ly/H59yDm

#Sina, #Tencent Weibo Punished for Spreading Rumors - http://bit.ly/HBkgi9 interesting developments in #china (v @GraniteStudio)

#wikipedia Board decisions on fundraising and funds dissemination - http://bit.ly/HrZxK7 important changes at wikipedia

Ahoy! Meet the real-life pirate scientist 300 years ahead of Aardman - http://ind.pn/H3GTsN more positive publicity for #piracy

‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Has Earned $500,000 in 5 Years - http://on.mash.to/H8Hbl8 how to make money from stuff that is freely available

Unpaid Huffington Post Bloggers Remain Unpaid - http://dthin.gs/H8HZGt well, there you go #huffpo

Felix Mendelssohn: Complete Works on Spotify - http://bit.ly/HwgQN7 unjustly neglected composer

The Magic of Editable PDFs - http://bit.ly/HEklz0 simple but effective #libreoffice

Digitaler Widerstand in Russland: Innovationen der Aktivisten und Gegen-Innovationen der Regierung - http://bit.ly/HakUUI (v @netzpolitik)

French ‘3 Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to Boost Sales - http://bit.ly/H51Hm4 maybe they're unrelated - or piracy boosts sales

SPD-Politiker in Panik: Demagogie gegen Piraten - http://bit.ly/HDR6xl hilarious: old-style politicians are out of their depth now

20th Century Concerto Grosso Revival on Spotify - http://bit.ly/HwYlJy nice idea

How #Linux is changing lives in #Zambia - http://bit.ly/H5Dsqu great story (v @josholalia @MadanRao @doctorow)