131212

 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131211 - http://bit.ly/1d92Bwn yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#TPP: "way of subordinating sovereign parliaments & domestic law beneath the rule of unaccountable corporations" - http://bit.ly/1e7fWKI

Action Alert: Korea deal allows corporations to sue - Email #AU Cabinet ministers before it is signed - http://bit.ly/1bxqOtx #TPP #ISDS

#AU Senate motion on protecting public health and PBS from trade agreements - http://bit.ly/IH1gUp #TPP and #KAFTA specifically

Update from the latest Trans Pacific Partnership meeting - http://bit.ly/J95DHH sorry tale of bullying and pusillanimity #TPP

Pope Francis is a whistleblower for the poor. Thank you Time for recognising it - http://bit.ly/1fmmfqV interesting points (v @raycorrigan)

Backpacker stripped of tech gear at Auckland Airport - http://bit.ly/1iZb5NK the new police state spreads to #NZ (v @AlecMuffett)

sad how hard some people try to stop others being happy: http://bit.ly/1cCLZic & http://bit.ly/19jrd6O #india #australia

#malaysia Government accused of backtracking on trade talks - http://bit.ly/1aXZPY8 I do hope not... #TPP

Legal Challenges To Spying Mount In UK - http://bit.ly/1bYgkti the fightback begins... #GCHQ #NSA

Call for UK food crime unit to tackle 'endemic' illegal activity - http://bit.ly/1kC5FUt we need this urgently, not copyright cops...

#Japan condemned for 'secret' executions - http://bit.ly/1h2eEhP hurtling into the middle ages...

#Opensource advancing at Dutch defence ministry - http://bit.ly/1jRs8z7 another big win for #libreoffice, #firefox, #ubuntu #nl

Gender segregation not 'alien to our culture', says Universities UK chief - http://bit.ly/JhERgX witless analogies; she should resign

The #BBC must declare the interests of its contributors, or lose our trust - http://bit.ly/18EdbsA pretty much shot to pieces already

#Linux's New Game: the Internet of Things - http://bit.ly/Jar2QX what do you do when you already dominate much of computing? #steamos #IoT

#Snowden: MEPs vote to invite ex-NSA contractor to testify - http://bit.ly/1h32dT1 goo to see pathetic, craven objections were ignored #EU

"Wyden said that the continued leaks from #Snowden help build momentum for changing the law" - http://nyr.kr/1d9A75w long, great piece #nsa

EU faces double whammy with investor-to-state dispute settlement - http://bit.ly/18EnEEs great analysis of v important issue #TAFTA/#TTIP

Browser-Erweiterungen: #Google verbannt Torrent-Apps aus Chrome Web Store - http://bit.ly/1dtujEm pathetic: it's a technology #evilgoogle

Google’s Road Map to Global Domination - http://nyti.ms/1aZ1b4H wrong: #OpenStreetMap will own maps just as #Linux owns operating systems

The Public Domain “Class of 2014″ - http://bit.ly/1hOWTp9 ridiculous we have to wait this long #pd

Finnish antismoking ad - http://bit.ly/1h3bpGT your choice, of course... #tobacco

Israel: Schwarze Abgeordnete darf kein Blut spenden - http://bit.ly/1bZ76wL lovely

#Lobbying #Transparency via Right to Information Laws - http://bit.ly/1d9DZmZ "recommendations on info which govs should make available"

Unease among Brazil's farmers as Congress votes on #GM #terminator seeds - http://bit.ly/1h3iaZj incredibly disappointing move from #brazil

Horsemeat review: not just rogues, UK has serious mainstream food crime - http://bit.ly/1kDimOX sounds like a commendably thorough report

Read This If You Want To Understand Just How Far The #NSA Has Gone, And The Political Mess Behind It - http://bit.ly/19kjGVd agreed

Harper government wants lifetime gag agreements from Canadian parliamentary staffers - http://bit.ly/1jTNU5A frightened of #whistleblowers?

EU, U.S. Officials Indicate Potential #Privacy Agreement at Data Protection Congress - http://bit.ly/1da2wZe EU selling us down the river?

"Every transmission of personally-identifiable information must be #encrypted" - http://bit.ly/18GwAw4 good post on problems we must solve

Alexander: Can't Think Of Any Other Way To Keep US Safe Than Bulk Metadata Collections - http://bit.ly/1fnV671 clearly not up to the job

#Openaccess mandate from EU - http://bit.ly/1bZHQq9 seems overly-obsessed with "protecting" results, not sharing them: misguided

#TPP: Australia 'fails' anti-tobacco bid - http://bit.ly/1fajtUQ Australia as a "constant stumbling block" (v @DrRimmer)#ISDS

Inofficial web form for the Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules - http://bit.ly/1b01qg4 brilliant idea (v @teirdes)

Data Retention Directive Incompatible With Fundamental Rights According To EU Court Of Justice's Advocate General - http://bit.ly/19Fjvjz

Proposed US Ambassador to #Canada Pledges More Pressure on Intellectual Property - http://bit.ly/18XGuMw you have to stand up to bullies

’AGCOM sequestra il web. Pubblicato il regolamento sul diritto d’autore, senza modifiche - http://bit.ly/1cqRmha a farce & disaster

Content Mining starts today! - http://bit.ly/18oBOi5 great news: good luck @petermurrayrust

Endocrine disruptors: Harmful or not? - http://bit.ly/1dafW7u excellent summary; shows why #REACH must be protected during #TAFTA/#TTIP

#NHS campaigners' bid for #1 Christmas song - http://bit.ly/1j15A0V nice: not even the #BBC could ignore that...

An Open Source, $2000, metal 3-D printer - http://bit.ly/18FhzaE technology is moving fast #3dprinting

Remember Aaron Swartz in January & join New Hampshire walk - http://bit.ly/IImy43 @petermurrayrust:"Is anything planned in UK/Europe?"

Paul Krugman and #TPP - http://bit.ly/18H0ct8 good rebuttal

131211

 Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131210 - http://bit.ly/1go47Qu yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Lib Dem ex-minister calls for new spy laws - http://bit.ly/18lwdJx good for him #UK #gchq

Response to the #Snowden revelations: the seven-month itch - http://bit.ly/J4yIUP "the future of the online world is on the line"

#TPP ministerial slated for Davos, Switzerland in January - http://bit.ly/1bv8Es8 retreating to the Magic Mountain #desperate

#Norway To Digitize All Its Books, Allowing Domestic IP Addresses To Read All Of Them, Irrespective Of (c) Status - http://bit.ly/JdAsM8

#TTIP Forum - http://bit.ly/19gNzpg totally biased & one-sided conference: no room 4 scepticism or public view; disgraceful (v @EuropeinUK)

UK prepares to launch internet archive without internet access - http://bit.ly/1kyuC2Z publishers to blame, as usual (v @vickeegan)

#TPP trade deal favours US corporate agenda - NGOs - http://bit.ly/1cApSZN not just NGOs: it's a simple fact

#TPP Ratification Process - http://bit.ly/1d7K5o7 I read this as NZ cabinet will approve TPP, not NZ parliament: is that right? awful if so

#TPP talks fail to reach agreement - http://bit.ly/1doW6WF "landing zones" formulation allows for plenty of misdirection

#Blackfish, #SeaWorld and the backlash against killer whale theme park shows - http://bit.ly/1bveARZ pl. boycott this cruel abuse of whales

"#AU is very determined to see an ambitious market access outcome" - http://bit.ly/1dp0GUE prepared to compromise everything else? #TPP

Why #Mozilla Was Right: #GCHQ & #NSA Track Cookies - http://bit.ly/1dp6KMX time to block all cookies, then whitelist some

Haunting Multiple-Exposure Photos Blend Humans and Nature - http://on.mash.to/1co9ZCn spooky but beautiful

#Ubuntu Touch OS wins its first smartphone partner - http://cnet.co/1iVUPNA exciting

#TPP update: Talks stall as concern grows - http://bit.ly/1gZ9bIp lots of good links (v @DrDebGleeson)

This is #Nokia's #Android phone - http://bit.ly/19gZJ1y whoa, interesting...

Groser must tell #NZ public downside of #TPP talks - http://bit.ly/19BtK8M simply dishonest & insulting not to do so

Copyright vs free speech: #TPP will take away basic rights if ratified - http://bit.ly/JdYF50 deeper & broader than #ACTA in bad ways

Visualizing #TPP Negotiating Positions with New Leaks: Salt Lake City - http://bit.ly/1aUu8Pl makes US isolation graphically clear

The Oxford Comma is your friend - http://bit.ly/18lM2Qr always been my view... #iinguistics

US factory farming: appalling tales of cruelty - http://rol.st/1hMo4Ru NB:#TAFTA/#TTIP will bring these animals to EU plates (v @dozykraut)

Data isn't a four-letter word - http://bit.ly/1goXBch nice to see #snowden mentioned; but current "Safe Harbour" undercuts ideas here #EU

Not just the #NSA: #Surveillance company selling system to spy on any mobile phone worldwide - http://bit.ly/1aUSA2V big (v @csoghoian)

#AU Law Reform Commission recommends 'fair use' style exception - http://bit.ly/1bDxsTi but will #TPP allow it? (v @lilianedwards)

Former #whistleblowers: open letter to intelligence employees after #Snowden - http://bit.ly/1gp3Hct join them: "Courage is contagious."

Muen Separation Kernel Lays #OpenSource Foundation for High-Assurance Software Components - http://bit.ly/1aV53Ui sounds interesting #gplv3

Impossible to conclude #TPP negotiations by year end, says #malaysia - http://bit.ly/1gZKmMt would be debated in parliament on signing

MI5 chief Andrew Parker will not face MPs on #Snowden claims - http://bit.ly/1iWTCFR confirms view they can't justify them, 'cos not true

French officials can monitor internet users in real time under new law - http://bit.ly/1iX8Om9 really, #France? #surveillance

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood Thinks Google Is To Blame For Infringement On The Web - http://bit.ly/1e5RBVE </facepalm>

#Uruguay marijuana decision 'breaks internationally endorsed treaty' - http://bit.ly/1hN2RXu time to bin the treaty, then...

23 dazzling photos of the fog enveloping #London - http://bit.ly/1d8nHLd oddly enough, this is rather a rare sight these days...

#SteamOS will be available to download on December 13th - http://bit.ly/IFVW3I the #linux empire continues to spread (v @popey

Fast-track authority, currency manipulation remain top issues amid #TPP delay - http://bit.ly/1fkL1HV why cede authority? (v @DrRimmer)

Free Trade, Gangnam Style: The Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement - http://bit.ly/18DxKbM good early analysis of #KAFTA, which has #ISDS

FDA finally addresses problem of antibiotic overuse by meat industry — sort of - http://bit.ly/1fkPf28 "sort of" may not be good enough...

NZ judge: @KimDotcom is likely still being spied upon - http://bit.ly/J7elpV never-ending story...

China Bans Shark Fin Soup From Official Banquets - http://bit.ly/1h0DApR kudos, #china. now, about that ivory problem...

Internet Apartheid in Tibetan-dominated Aba County - http://bit.ly/1f7W070 not good

Police Who Seized Woman's Phone As 'Evidence' Of Bogus Crime Now Complaining About Criticism - http://bit.ly/18Cz23I incredible

#FSF: "We call on these companies to issue set of principles declaring support for user control over software." - http://bit.ly/1kAGeCE

"Das geplante Freihandels-Abkommen #TTIP zwischen der EU und den USA dient den Interessen der Konzerne" - http://bit.ly/1dr3Hnv #TAFTA

#TPP Won't Wrap Up This Year, But Fast Track Remains a Threat - http://bit.ly/J7uVpI "no fast track authority for shady backroom deals"

Romanian MPs decriminalise political corruption - http://bit.ly/1bwAzbf cut all #EU funding until it's cancelled (v @fhenriques @ronpatz)

“amount they are requesting is around half of national schools budget" - http://bit.ly/1h0X1Pm #ISDS in action (v @SenatorSurfer @DrRimmer)

131210

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131209 - http://bit.ly/1btQCKh yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

State #surveillance of personal data is theft, say world's leading authors - http://bit.ly/1byVBdP great initiative; stupid metaphor

Publish or perish? The future of scholarly publishing and careers - http://bit.ly/1kuT19A important stuff; in US, alas...

Statement of Ministers on #TPP - http://bit.ly/1cmeAF7 still getting ready to sell out their countries - and for what? magic beans...

guide to the most contentious issues of #TPP - http://bit.ly/18yrZsN how could any responsible government sign up to this list of horrors?

Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals - http://bit.ly/18yFKdY 'a "tyranny" that must be broken' #openaccess

 We cannot afford to be indifferent to internet spying - http://bit.ly/1e2yWtO "we have finally attained Peak Indifference to Surveillance"

How Not To Deal With Plagiarism - http://bit.ly/1glqvdo #PNAS

Bringing Transparency Back To The #Patent System With 'Innovation Cartography' - http://bit.ly/1iSdzO0 interesting, v different approach

#AU approves dredging off Queensland to create huge coalport - http://bit.ly/INeiz1 unforgivable: "spoil dumped within Great Barrier Reef"

Stop the industrial destruction of the deep ocean - http://bit.ly/1ffHmLv pl. sign: big vote in European Parliament today...

Global IP negotiations leak shows US pressure on #TPP nations - http://bit.ly/18RbnSK high-level bullying

Where Did #ODF Disappear to? (And How to Fix it) - http://bit.ly/ICtwYp how many times do we have to do this? #opensource #openstandards

State surveillance of personal data: what is the society we wish 2 protect? - http://bit.ly/18RfFJK "delusionary nightmare of completeness"

looks like #Intermarché is the villain of destructive #deepsea trawling - http://bit.ly/1bTuqfy time for a boycott, surely?

Snowden document shows #Canada set up spy posts forNSA - http://bit.ly/1bTO23b "exchange of liaison officers and integrees" integrees???

Human Rights Day: #Networkneutrality key to preserving online privacy - http://bit.ly/19eN6Uy interesting analysis #dpi

U.S. #TPP Proposals Defy Congressional Objectives, Unanimous Partner Country Opposition - http://bit.ly/18k7Mfl sounds like a disaster

EU-US Trade Deal to Strengthen the Transatlantic Relationship - http://bit.ly/1bTPanj yes, by making #EU a vassal of #US (v @jmcest)#TTIP

"NSA may be able to analyze phone records of a sizable proportion of US with just 1 seed number" - http://bit.ly/1aREakc (v @superglaze)

Jeremiah Owyang Launches Advisory for the #Collaborative Economy - http://bit.ly/1hKpwnf interesting move

The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Economic Benefits - http://1.usa.gov/1hKtCf4 just figures pulled from the air: where's the methodology? #TPP

UK Government Digital Strategy: annual report 2013 - http://bit.ly/1iT7wJ2 nice work; pity there's no support for open formats like #ODF

Open source 'wasn't available' two years ago, says UK's Universal Credit chief - http://bit.ly/ICW83x what a pathetic, witless excuse

Streaming porn viewers hit with threatening legal letters in Germany - http://bit.ly/1cyCVuU more bullying (v @Asher_Wolf)#malware

good legal analysis (in German) of those legal threats to streaming porn viewers - http://bit.ly/1cmNKN6 (v @dozykraut)

job advert for public library eBooks project - http://bit.ly/1fgDcmx "Physical Duties:  This is a mostly sedentary role." (v @jeffjarvis)

US Machinists Union Urges Slow Down on Fast Track for #TPP - http://bit.ly/1jIVNKU will be a disaster for US jobs, as NAFTA & KORUS were

#Chevron suspends shale gas exploration in Romania - http://bit.ly/1dm6NJn it will be back, I imagine #fracking (v @schestowitz)

Will French Parliamentarians Consent to a Democratorship? - http://bit.ly/1d6NC5W not looking good #france

#TPP & Fight Over a Cultural Exception - http://bit.ly/1jJ5kle will #france be able to keep its own cultural exception for #TAFTA/#TTIP?

USTR Says #TPP Must Be Kept Secret, Because The Public Is Too Stupid To Understand It - http://bit.ly/18SzsbG or too inteilligent...

61 languages are found on #Twitter. Here’s how they rank in popularity - http://tnw.co/1bvByfa japanese & malay very strong

#TPP Deadline Passes Without Deal, More Talks in 2014 - http://bit.ly/JcdpBe good time to release - or leak - the text, no?

Divisions over US demands prevent final deal at #TPP - http://bit.ly/1gXnsW5 strange how it's always US demanding from others...

#Avaaz Reaction to Ministerial Statement On #TPP Talks Ended - http://bit.ly/1cnpXN8 you have signed the petition, haven't you?

Shock trade-offs by #TPP ministers in Singapore - http://bit.ly/JceER7 they seem to think a bad agreement is better than no agreement

#TPP with US should hold fears - http://bit.ly/1dnioId "if the rest of us get sold out, it will all be in aid of Australian farmers" #AU

TSA Agent: Give Me That Toy Monkey Gun Or I'm Calling The Real Cops - http://bit.ly/1hLez4S you can't be too careful with toy monkeys...

#NZ Minister welcomes progress on #TPP negotiations - http://bit.ly/1gXrSMO they've nearly managed to destroy #pharmac...

The #NSA Is Recruiting Teens - http://on.mash.to/1e3XOkN ah, yes, the Ceaușescu model... #desperate

“We cannot trust” Intel’s chip-based crypto, #FreeBSD developers say - http://bit.ly/18kUak8 1st MS zero days, now this: #wintel is dead

Abbott Government caves in to US demands in #TPP talks - http://bit.ly/18ATiFL for what? a smile from obama..?

 Geheimdienste: Sie hassen unsere Freiheit - http://bit.ly/J3ht6d it's the only explanation...

The Open Knowledge Foundation opposes #copyright term extensions in #TPP negotiations -  http://bit.ly/1cntg6Y good stuff

#TPP and Privacy: What Are the Implications of the E-commerce Chapter? - http://bit.ly/1bURbj7 good question

 How Big Agribusiness is Trying to Muzzle Animal Rights Activists Who Infiltrate Factory Farms - http://bit.ly/1d7e9jw something to hide?

2014 World Cup To Nearly Double Carbon Emissions Over 2010 - http://bit.ly/1czx34E let's just cancel it, then...

Tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing #Australia for billions of dollars in lost profits - http://bit.ly/1f5k5uZ #TPP will make this normal

Trade Minister’s readiness to agree to investor rights to sue governments shows why #TPP text must be released now - http://bit.ly/19AgqkM

Food safety in the EU-US trade agreement: going outside the box - http://bit.ly/1gn88EP sickening - literally #TAFTA/#TTIP

Vast Freshwater Reserves Discovered Under Ocean Floor, Scientists Say - http://onforb.es/JcnsX9 how long before they're sold & depleted?

Coalition throws out Murray River endangered listing - http://bit.ly/18AWHEy "a burden economically" (v @rharris334 @Asher_Wolf  #AU

Obama Faces Backlash Over New Corporate Powers In Secret Trade Deal - http://bit.ly/1bBqGO5 #ISDS out now #TPP

Man Who Joined Anonymous Attack for '1 Minute' Fined $183,000 - http://on.mash.to/1d7f6Z4 yeah, that's proportionate...

#TPP: #NZ has "least barriers and therefore we have the least we have to give away" - http://bit.ly/18AcLmS no: means you give up #pharmac

Govt must resist foreign tribunal demands in #TPP - http://bit.ly/1aT7Ey9 "This amounts to a direct attack on New Zealand's sovereignty."

131209

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131208 - http://bit.ly/1ck70L6 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#NSA surveillance: tech companies demand sweeping changes to US laws - http://bit.ly/1e0eIks so big even @BBCNews had to mention this...

Global Government Surveillance Reform - http://bit.ly/1d4sptv open letter and principles of reform #NSA #GCHQ

Eight tech giants have sided with citizens over spies, but it's not enough - http://bit.ly/1brqEah "note who is missing from the list" #nsa

Obama Faces Backlash Over New Corporate Powers In Secret Trade Deal - http://huff.to/ILxmxQ important new #TPP leaks

#TPP: New Huffington Post leaks expose major divisions - http://bit.ly/19bmlk3 "US out on a limb on many crucial issues"

Abbott Government blocks #TPP transparency showing contempt for Senate and Australian people - http://bit.ly/IWDyU7 and how

Crunch decisions on medicines in #TPP today or tomorrow  - http://bit.ly/1iOR8sU stay strong, people...

2nd release of secret #TPP documents - http://bit.ly/IAvUil the fact it was leaked also shows unhappiness among those being bullied by US

Why USTR should not put MPAA and PhRMA ahead of other industries (and consumers), in #TPP - http://huff.to/1e0u9sQ great piece (v @MsLods)

.@EU_Commission Desperately Tries To Justify Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In #TAFTA/#TTIP; Fails Dismally - http://bit.ly/1kmb2qx

Tobacco sector blamed for swamping warning campaign in paperwork - http://bit.ly/1bRszrx 'cos they know plainpacks work (v @TransformDrugs)

Time for Commissioner Šefčovič to get tough on secretive #lobbying lawyers - http://bit.ly/1ks107o this must be done now #TAFTA/#TTIP

#TPP nations & US divided over IP chapter - http://zd.net/19vx4ST US completely isolated, expects everyone else to bend over (v @DrRimmer)

Vigilância governamental: empresas pedem reforma na legislação dos EUA - http://bit.ly/1jDfOm5 US companies call 4 surveillance reform #br

Of principles and plain packaging: is infant formula different from tobacco? - http://bit.ly/1jDihNn wasn't aware of this; interesting

2nd Wikileaks release: US refusing to budge on TPP issues - http://bit.ly/1brLtTh #TPP is trade imposition, not trade negotiation

South Korean Spy Agency Allegedly Tried To Influence Presidential Vote - By Posting 1.2 Million Tweets - http://bit.ly/1iPcYwk #twitter #kr

Revealed: spy agencies' covert push to infiltrate virtual world of online games - http://bit.ly/1bwdjyB beware angry gamers, #NSA, #GCHQ

India-EU free trade pact not likely in 3-4 years: Think tank - http://bit.ly/1aO5m3r that long?

Open Data Empowers Us to Answer Questions that Matter - http://bit.ly/18OSq3d "We need to create a culture of “#opendata makers"

UK Police: Domain & Advert Suspensions For Dozens of Pirate Sites - http://bit.ly/1e0JOIF who needs courts anymore?

"I will be avoiding Elsevier both for publication and peer review" - http://bit.ly/1gjuWW3 (v @Stephen_Curry)#openaccess

Zu Guttenbergs magere Bilanz als EU-Internetberater - http://bit.ly/18wqefu this man is a joke

#Japan's whaling fleet en route to Southern Ocean for 'scientific' hunts - http://bit.ly/IAXJqw selfish & shameful #commons

Leaks: #TPP talks to fail unless nations yield to US pressure - http://bit.ly/IB0ZlQ #ISDS main sticking point

important: person who will probably be #Chile's next president says #TPP must be revised to protect its interests - http://bit.ly/1hIdDhM

Why #Elsevier is completely in the right… and totally wrong - http://bit.ly/1ksFnnz + best summary of #berlin11 too #openaccess

Detengan las negociaciones del #TPP y abran el acuerdo al debate público - http://chn.ge/18P6MAC Firme esta petición..

EU lobby register working group to finalise reform package this week; ALTER-EU sets out key elements 4 credibility - http://bit.ly/1aOonmk

Sign our petition asking the UK government to stop secret corporate #lobbying - http://bit.ly/IB4Rn4 important

EU to #Nokia: Don't be a 'patent troll' - http://cnet.co/1jE63UP good to hear #patents

Late sixties "Internet" brand transistor radio - http://bit.ly/IBa8ej intriguing...

The U.S. Stands Alone: How the U.S. Is Increasingly Isolated on Intellectual Property Policy - http://bit.ly/IBavFy good summary #TPP leak

Webinar: The promises and perils of proposed US-EU trade deal for food and agriculture - http://bit.ly/1hItxsj next Monday #TAFTA/#TTIP

UK Students Facing Violence, Intimidation & Arrest for Opposing Privatisation of Universities - http://bit.ly/18Pkqna attack on the future

.@ggreenwald : What I've Learned - http://bit.ly/1cwwyrS worth reading (v @jackschofield)#snowden #nsa

#NZ committed to #TPP - English - http://bit.ly/1gTMndl sounds like this is all about politicians' ego, not public welfare...

29 Organizations and More than 70 Individuals Sign Letter Opposing Life Plus Seventy #Copyright Term in #TPP - http://bit.ly/1gkvomV

#Japan wants Webcasting back into Casting Treaty: What happened to Broadcasting in the "Traditional" Sense? - http://bit.ly/1gTMRQu insane

Access by poor to key drugs at stake in #TPP talks - http://bit.ly/1e1JZDx but not according to all the friends of corporations taking part

Make Art Not Law - http://bit.ly/19ddjmG nicely done #copyright

Cheap chicken: tests for horse, pig and cow protein will take until March - http://bit.ly/1hJ0uVH we need stronger regs, not weaker #TTIP

Support for #TPP Questioned by Regional Councillors - http://bit.ly/19deZfN because local SMEs will be crushed by it...

Latest #TPP Leaks Reveal That US Is Isolated In Its Desire To Push Through Corporate Exceptionalism - http://bit.ly/1gkAijE

Kansas City Cops Tell Man They'll Kill His Dogs And Destroy His Home If Forced To Obtain A Search Warrant - http://bit.ly/IMDWUJ sickening

Simple guide to the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (#TPP) benefits - http://bit.ly/1cx6HQP hint: the public unlikely to see any #ISDS

Der Aufruf der Schriftsteller - http://bit.ly/18xx5sl this is impressive: 500 authors against #surveillance, many big names... #nsa #gchq

131208

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131207 - http://bit.ly/1ciszM4 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#TPP Trade Agreement Could Make "Bio-Piracy" Worse - http://slate.me/1dc9KfC "could"? that's one of its aims... (v @DrRimmer)

The cost of the #TPP: Learning from #Australia’s copyright experience under AUSTFA - http://bit.ly/1ggZLL0 ‘A net loss’ (v @MsLods)

US whistle-blowers to #Snowden: Don't come home - http://alj.am/1bPQt6T whistleblowers should be treated like heroes (v @AnnieMachon)

#avaaz petition against #TPP already over 1.2 million names - http://bit.ly/1crYe19 pl. add yours if not there - let's get to 2 million

#WTO’s Legitimacy So Diminished that Simply Agreeing on Anything Is Touted as Success [pdf] - http://bit.ly/1hFWmpj fascinating analysis

US Congress: Fast Tracking #TPP is a Non-Starter - http://bit.ly/18MiD2g so why should other countries sign up & give US blank cheque?

The World's Largest Vessel Is Bigger Than the Empire State Building - http://on.mash.to/1dcgCcQ helpful article

ICYMI: FTAs With Mexico And South Korea Turned Out To Be Disasters For US: So Why Pursue #TPP And #TAFTA/#TTIP? - http://bit.ly/13akc1B

excellent analysis of #snowden leaks from #Australian perspective  - http://bit.ly/1gPy9dm (v @DrRimmer)#ASIS #NSA #GCHQ

.@ggreenwald : Industrial espionage is hypocrisy - http://bit.ly/IzjKGt so much for the "fighting terrorism" story #nsa #swden

"leaked NSA files show Washington spying to gain an advantage in economic negotiations" - http://bit.ly/1d3lFMd (v @schestowitz)

Cape Town Conference Highlights Innovation, IP And Public Interest - http://bit.ly/1bQaKJx #southafrica #copyright

#Snowden to give evidence to EU parliament, says MEP - http://bit.ly/18gJx1F UK conservatives being obstructive as usual (v @ervinjuresa)

Yilibu: Teacher of Endangered Tungusic Tongue - http://bit.ly/IKAtpB let's hope he & others can pull it back from brink #manchu

Former Top NSA Officials Insist Employees Are Leaving Because Obama Is Mean, Not Because of Current Activities - http://bit.ly/1jB6jUn

MPAA to Settle With Pirates For $2 Billion Plus Blood of First Born Child - http://bit.ly/1bptDg1 in other words, pure #FUD

Kim Dotcom’s Tweets Make Megaupload Defense Less Credible, US Govt Says - http://bit.ly/IVbv7h what a ridiculous argument #desperate

'Pay hospitals for stopping treatment' [#nl] - http://bit.ly/1cjmYFj what could possibly go wrong? (v @hanscees)#medicine

#AU Coalition blocks Senate from secret details of #TPP - http://bit.ly/1hGJoro will accept #ISDS? stupid (v @Aus_Digital @Asher_Wolf)

A tale of new censors - #Vodafone UK, #TMobile UK, #O2 UK, & #TMobile USA - http://bit.ly/18Nu4GM shame on them (v @BetaTested @PornPanic)

#NZ Govt must release evidence to back up #TPP claim - http://bit.ly/1bpG4Zh if it won't, we must assume it's just made up & worthless

From coast to coast, Canadians are speaking out about Internet right now - http://bit.ly/1gieLbo specifically, about #TPP secrecy

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131206 - http://bit.ly/Ixz3PM yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

What you need to know about the Trans Pacific Partnership - http://bit.ly/1d1XvSw excellent, gentle intro to #TPP & its horrors

Representative Waxman letter to USTR expressing strong disagreement with 12 years of data exclusivity in #TPP [pdf] - http://1.usa.gov/18eMGPs

Australians warn Canadians about $88 million economic fallout from caving into US pressure on digital policy - http://bit.ly/18qraoY #TPP

Outrageous heavy-handed ‘green room’ tactics in #TPP talks aim to isolate dissenters - http://bit.ly/18KbQpS bullying pure & simple

open letter on #TPP from Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate economist [pdf] - http://bit.ly/IYtURn

#avaaz petition against #TPP already over 1 million names - http://bit.ly/1crYe19 pl. add yours if not there...

Martin Freeman: from Slough to Smaug – then back to Sherlock - http://bit.ly/1jx1Kuk "My idea of a good night out is staying in."

European Commission Desperately Tries To Justify Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In #TAFTA/#TTIP; Fails Dismally - http://bit.ly/1kmb2qx

Models at Nanjing fashion show forced to wear masks due to crazy smog levels - http://bit.ly/1kmbWnc incredible images (v @markmackinnon)

World Trade Organisation confirms long-awaited deal - http://bit.ly/1eX2o0C great; so we don't need #TPP now, do we...?

Lofgren on Emerging & Controversial #TPP - http://1.usa.gov/1bOt5GH " troubling provisions related to Net Freedom, consumer rights, copyright"

1Sheeld lets your Smart Phone be an extended #Arduino shield - http://bit.ly/1d8t4dK that's clever

US Court Secretly Lets Government Share Megaupload Evidence With Copyright Industry - http://bit.ly/1kmjYfC how on earth can that be fair?

Net Neutrality: EU Parliament Must Amend Kroes' Dangerous Proposal - http://bit.ly/1geEjGq "specialised services" kill #netneutrality

Move Towards Generalised Internet Surveillance in #France? - http://bit.ly/1iJzMxJ "live monitoring of everyone's personal & private data"

Holy See (The Pope) Criticizes TPP And #TAFTA/#TTIP In WTO Speech - http://bit.ly/1gHZVs9 could this stiffen resistance to #TPP?

"My face again no not to inform me, even all the heads of the unutterable consequences." - http://bit.ly/1iJAURO the joy of #Perl

FBI’s search for ‘Mo,’ suspect in bomb threats, highlights use of malware for #surveillance - http://wapo.st/IRxv2W et tu? (v @schestowitz)

Freedom Of The Press Foundation Raising Money To Support Encryption Tools - http://bit.ly/18qTqYC very wise

FBI can secretly turn on laptop cameras without indicator light - http://bit.ly/IxTvAc "mainly" used in terrorism (v @TeaWithCarl @zuola)

smokescreen lifts over EU telco specialised services - http://bit.ly/1hEqKjO telecoms want phone/TV priority over Net (v @NoDPIsigma)

 Kurs aufs Südpolarmeer: Japanische Walfangflotte ist in See gestochen - http://bit.ly/18fbWVG was für eine Schande, #Japan

#NSA defends global cellphone tracking as legal - http://wapo.st/1chsb0j because we foreigners have no rights anyway... (v @sfmnemonic)

WikiLeaks' Sarah Harrison: 'How can you take Pierre Omidyar seriously?' - http://bit.ly/1eXZUPD that's the spirit

'All the ships came in' – how Assange and Manning plotted WikiLeaks story - http://bit.ly/1dacvxQ a link to IM logs would have been nice...

"USTR is setting a trade agreement with a 1950s manufacturing agenda in a 21st century information age world" - http://bit.ly/1bnKHDi #TPP

Secret memo shows key role for Blairites in Labour's election team - http://bit.ly/1iKIoEf decides to commit suicide slowly... #uk

Worst-Case Scenario for Oil Sands Arrives, #WikiLeak Docs Show - http://bloom.bg/1eY9ySe i.e. people are waking up to madness of #tarsands

A prototype of Motorola’s Ara modular smartphone is almost ready - http://tnw.co/197SFUI real innovation for a change...

German Court Invalidates #Microsoft #FAT Patent - http://bit.ly/18rNnTC what? really? anyone know more about this?