Tuesday, 13 October 2015

151012


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151011 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151011.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

How the controversy over drug prices could take down Obama’s massive trade deal - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/09/how-the-controversy-over-drug-prices-could-take-down-obamas-massive-trade-deal/ it ain't over yet #TPP

Sky TV, internet users seek answers on criminal penalties for TV trickery - http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/72854916/sky-tv-internet-users-seek-answers-on-criminal-penalties-for-tv-trickery use a VPN in #NZ, go to prison? #TPP

Free trade deals set to ravage Europe’s public services - http://waronwant.org/media/free-trade-deals-set-ravage-europe%E2%80%99s-public-services here are the facts on #TTIP & #CETA, & what they will do

UK-based Romanian author's 1st novel a sensation - http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/12/uk-romanian-author-eugene-chirovici-book-of-mirrors-english damn foreigners, coming over here, writing brilliantly in English

.@libertyhq looking for Policy Officer (Technology and Surveillance) to help define their policy for #surveillance - https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/sites/default/files/Policy%20Officer%20%28Technology%20and%20Surveillance%29%20Sept%202015.pdf

I didn’t think #TTIP could get any scarier, but then I spoke to the EU official in charge of it - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-didn-t-think-ttip-could-get-any-scarier-but-then-i-spoke-to-the-eu-official-in-charge-of-it-a6690591.html

France wants biometric data from all travellers at EU borders, including EU nationals - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/france-wants-biometric-data-from-all-travellers-at-eu-borders-including-eu-nationals/ oh, come on... #privacy

Fighting wildlife crime in the UK - http://www.ifaw.org/united-kingdom/get-involved/fighting-wildlife-crime-in-uk something else important the UK gov wants to cut, with dire consequences


Monday, 12 October 2015

151011


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151010 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151010.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

"creating a carve-out only for tobacco underscores basic problem with #ISDS" - http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-corporate-friendly-world-of-the-t-p-p important point (v @DrRimmer)#TPP

Revealed: how ‘big #tobacco’ used EU rules to win health delay - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/11/tobacco-eu-delay #TTIP will allow even more corporate interference

Berlin protest against #TTIP trade deal draws thousands - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34498451 250K = thousands? downplaying much, lickspittle @BBCNews?

GUE/NGL MEP denounces #TiSA at the WTO in Geneva - http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/gue-ngl-news/gue-ngl-mep-denounces-tisa-at-the-wto-in-geneva not just about #TPP and #TTIP

Why geopolitical arguments in favour of #TTIP are also flawed - http://speri.dept.shef.ac.uk/2015/10/07/why-geopolitical-arguments-in-favour-of-ttip-are-also-flawed/ good analysis

#noTTIP International Day of Action at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - https://www.facebook.com/events/1641026096156406/1641639202761762/ nice pix #TTIP

US Congress: Stop the #TPP - https://secure.avaaz.org/en/tpp_2015_eu/ the big battle begins

Facebook paid £4,327 corporation tax despite £35m staff bonuses - http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/oct/11/facebook-paid-4327-corporation-tax-despite-35-million-staff-bonuses no creative accounting here, definitely not...

Wikileaks Releases Final Intellectual Property Chapter Of #TPP Before Official Release - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151009/16061032488/wikileaks-releases-final-intellectual-property-chapter-tpp-before-official-release.shtml here's the bad stuff

#TPP misses Labour's key tests - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11527509 things start to get interesting in #NZ

EU bank could demand loans back from #VW - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/11/eu-bank-could-demand-loans-back-from-vw pain just keeps growing – rightly


Saturday, 10 October 2015

151010


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151009 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151009.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Remote Western Australia island to host colony of endangered dibblers - http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/oct/10/remote-western-australia-island-to-host-colony-of-endangered-dibblers let's hear for the dibblers...

very interesting interview with #NZ's Tim Groser about #TPP - https://www.3news.co.nz/tvshows/thenation/transcript-tim-groser-2015101014 lots of details

Debatte über Freihandelsabkommen: Ich bin nicht rechts. Aber gegen #TTIP - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-kommentar-ich-bin-nicht-rechts-aber-gegen-ttip-a-1057182.html good reply to that other piece

a perfect example of lowering #EU standards, just as @MalmstromEU swore she'd never do - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/radikaler-zollabbau-soll-ttip-retten-a-1057093.html she's desperate #TTIP

Nationalpark im Kongo: Elefantenjäger töten Elefantenschützer - http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/nationalpark-in-kongo-wilderer-toeten-vier-ranger-a-1057167.html a hero: let's hope his family is looked after

Berlin anti-#TTIP trade deal protest attracts hundreds of thousands - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/berlin-anti-ttip-trade-deal-rally-hundreds-thousands-protesters well done,@guardian #CETA

needless to say, zilch about 250K people at #TTIP demo on @BBCWorld - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news such a lazy government lapdog these days


151009


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151008 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151008.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#AU Data regime will see us funding our own surveillance - http://eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=45547 paying for our own punishment: Brazil is with us

"responsible farmers, retailers, manufacturers who work in tobacco" - http://www.pmi.com/eng/media_center/media_kit/Pages/PMI_Comments_on_Trans_Pacific_Partnership_Agreement.aspx what, those who give cancer to people? #TPP

House of Commons Meeting - #TTIP - Giving Up Our Democracy - http://www.meetup.com/GlobalNet21/events/224091886/ October 14

Turnbull hails #TPP as central to Australia's prosperity - http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2015/s4325850.htm but can only speak in vague platitudes about "benefits"

#TPP bad for the environment, green groups say - http://www.smh.com.au/environment/transpacific-partnership-bad-for-the-environment-green-groups-say-20151006-gk2bga.html #ISDS powerful weapon to stop legislation fighting pollution #AU

#TPP: Greens call for greater scrutiny of Trans-Pacific Partnership deal - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-07/greens-call-for-greater-tpp-scrutiny/6834764 need detailed projections #AU

Winners, losers, sceptics in #TPP - http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/10/06/06/24/enormous-benefits-from-tpp-ministers easy: 1% are the winners, everyone else loses - not least democracy #AU

"#TPP not a free trade agreement, but an agreement to co-ordinate the management of existing trade relationships" - http://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/even-money-on-transpacific-partnership-win-on-current-form-20151006-gk2jd1.html

"#TPP was of 'enormous benefit' to Australia": platitudes, platitudes - http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/10/06/trade-deal-a-win-for-australia--turnbull.html & he won't be around when truth emerges

Greens call on Government to refer #TPP to Productivity Commission - http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/pr-article/greens-call-on-government-to-refer-trans-pacific-partnership-ag/ if it's such a good deal, why not prove it? #AU

 #TPP digital impact yet to surface - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11526107 #NZ selling out the future for the sake of a few cows...

Medicines #Australia disappointed by #TPP outcomes - https://ajp.com.au/news/medicines-australia-disappointed-by-tpp-outcomes/ people will die for a nugatory increase in profits

Once More: #TPP Agreement Is Not A Free Trade Agreement, It's A Protectionist Anti-Free Trade Agreement - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151007/18053032475/once-more-tpp-agreement-is-not-free-trade-agreement-protectionist-anti-free-trade-agreement.shtml important

Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/mercedes-honda-mazda-mitsubishi-diesel-emissions-row we need some juicy fines to concentrate minds here (v @EliotHiggins)

Australian prime minister runs private e-mail server, uses Confide and Wickr - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/australian-prime-minister-runs-private-e-mail-server-uses-confide-and-wickr/ maybe we should praise tech-savvy PM

here's the chapter of the #China-#Australia Free Trade Agreement with the #ISDS section - http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/chafta/official-documents/Documents/chafta-chapter-9-investment.pdf #ChAFTA

Responses to Software Patents in #India Though Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions - http://techrights.org/2015/10/09/de-facto-monopolies-on-software-india/ #swpats

Oettinger glaubt nicht an Datenschutzabkommen mit USA - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/guenther-oettinger-glaubt-nicht-an-datenschutz-abkommen-mit-usa-a-1057005.html "EU zu wenig gegen den Datenmissbrauch unternommen habe"


Megaupload Defendants Don’t Need Expert Witnesses, U.S. Argues - https://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-defendants-dont-need-expert-witnesses-u-s-argues-151009/ yes, and justice - who needs that, after all?

#TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter, Consolidated Text (Oct. 5th 2015) - https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/ that's hot... (v @claudio)

Biggest anti-#TTIP rally to hit Berlin - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/biggest-anti-ttip-rally-hit-berlin-318380 "600 special buses & five trains will shuttle protestors from every corner"

SeaWorld can't breed orcas in newly approved $100 million tank expansion - http://mashable.com/2015/10/08/seaworld-tank-expansion/ @seaworld needs closing down completely

#BBC apologises for R4 show that mocked climate science - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/07/bbc-apologises-radio-4-show-that-mocked-climate-science not a "lapse", part of pattern of irresponsible journalism

Freedom of information commission not very free with its information - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/09/freedom-of-information-commission-not-very-free-with-its-information start of the attack on UK's FOI

telling the biggest brands that they won't buy unsustainable or unjust tuna - https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/not-just-tuna outrageous this is still happening

Leak of Complete, Final #TPP Intellectual Property Text Confirms Would Raise Costs, Put Medicines Out of Reach - https://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=5662

Independent Commission on FOI is calling for evidence on aspects of FOIA 2000 - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/independent-commission-on-freedom-of-information-call-for-evidence gutting FOI: pl. write to stop them

International Days of Action against #TPP, #TTIP, #TISA, #CETA - https://www.trade4people.org/

Wikileaks release of #TPP deal text confirms 'freedom of expression' fears - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/09/wikileaks-releases-tpp-intellectual-property-rights-chapter good to see coverage in @guardiannews

Propiedad intelectual en el Tratado Transpacífico: más costos que beneficios - https://www.derechosdigitales.org/9405/la-version-final-del-tpp-retroceso-las-politicas-propiedad-intelectual/ claro #TPP

#Japan's Amari says not willing to renegotiate #TPP trade pact - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-japan-economy-amari-idUSKCN0S30UL20151009 come on, such fun before - why not do it again?


Friday, 9 October 2015

151008


#TPP: 'She's a beauty, mate!' Really? - http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/tpp-the-devils-in-the-unknown-details-20151007-gk326i.html er, no actually, as people will discover when they finally get the text

Tobacco carve-out highlights risks of #TPP - http://www.theage.com.au/comment/tobacco-carveout-highlights-risks-of-tpp-20151007-gk38os.html 'cos 1000s of other companies can use #ISDS to sue to impede gov policy

#TPP stifling rather than sustaining - http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/tpp-stifling-rather-sustaining "The downsides are uncertain and could be large, while the upsides are small"

#TPP digital rights fears: IP laws lock-in, offshore housing of personal data - http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/tpp-digital-rights-fears-ip-laws-lockin-offshore-housing-of-personal-data-20151006-gk2bt0.html unlike in EU, where privacy wins

Clinton opposes new Pacific trade pact in break with Obama - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/08/us-usa-election-clinton-tpp-idUSKCN0S12HX20151008 I'm not convinced: still lots of wiggle room #TPP

#AU sugar Farmers disappointed and Qld National Party MPs may cross floor on #TPP - http://www.canegrowers.com.au/page/Industry_Centre/Media_Centre/Media_Releases/Australian_sugar_TPP_A_story_of_contrasts_ASA_media_release/ when reality kicks in, TPP fails

Official New Zealand 'Fact Sheet' on Intellectual Property in #TPP - http://tpp.mfat.govt.nz/assets/docs/TPP_factsheet_Intellectual-Property.PDF more of a "fact" sheet, methinks... #NZ

Mass protest against #TTIP and #CETA to take place in Berlin - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/mass-protest-against-ttip-and-ceta-take-place-berlin-317066 the place to be...

Why we'll sue CEOs who ignore climate change - http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/oct/08/business-boss-legal-action-court-climate-change great idea, can't start soon enough

Smoke from Indonesian fires blankets Thai holiday island in haze - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/smoke-from-indonesian-fires-blankets-thai-holiday-island-of-phuket-in-haze "Indonesia needs to convict plantation companies"

Pint-sized DNA sequencer impresses first users - http://www.nature.com/news/pint-sized-dna-sequencer-impresses-first-users-1.17483 this is gobsmacking - in the nicest possible way #genomics

.@ArsTechnicaUK is hiring a Technology Editor - http://arstechnica.co.uk/staff/2015/10/ars-uk-is-hiring-a-technology-editor/ form an orderly line, please...



Matthew Keys Found Guilty Of Criminal 'Hacking' For Sharing News Company Login - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151007/17063532474/matthew-keys-found-guilty-criminal-hacking-sharing-news-company-login.shtml absurd

The Right Way To Stop Piracy: Carrot of Stick? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151007/14402732471/right-way-to-stop-piracy.shtml new free report from @mmasnick's @CopiaInstitute #copyright

Wikipedia founder says the UK's proposed ban on crypto is “moronic” - http://boingboing.net/2015/10/08/jimmy-wales-calls-uks-propos.html & that's being kind...

#Genepatents probably dead worldwide following Australian court decision - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/gene-patents-probably-dead-worldwide-following-australian-court-decision/ great: this will save many lives #myriad

How the NDP and Liberals can defeat the Tories: a data-driven approach - http://boingboing.net/2015/10/08/how-the-ndp-and-liberals-can-d.html now that's an interesting approach... #ca

TRAI wants definitive sunset date for mandatory GPS: Privacy concerns? - http://www.medianama.com/2015/10/223-trai-gps-mandatory/ er, just a bit #india

Lumber liquidators pleads guilty to importing illegal wood products, settles with department of justice - http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2015/10/lumber-liquidators-pleads-guilty-importing-illegal-wood-products-settles

#asbestos "cost industry more than $50 billion to date, as a possible model" for #teflon's C8 costs to Dupont - https://theintercept.com/2015/10/08/dupont-found-liable-in-c8-trial/


The Coming Collision Between EU Privacy Regulation And American Free Speech - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151002/22252332432/coming-collision-between-eu-privacy-regulation-american-free-speech.shtml eeek, could be bad...

“Weev” threatens prosecutors with info from Ashley Madison leaks - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/weev-threatens-prosecutors-with-info-from-ashley-madison-leaks/ whoa

No more new cars or furniture, says king as oil slump forces cuts on Saudi Arabia - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/no-more-new-cars-furniture-king-oil-slump-forces-cuts-saudi-arabia whoa, it's happening...

"#Mozilla intends to remove support for most NPAPI plugins in #Firefox" - https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/10/08/npapi-plugins-in-firefox/ I'd rather they dropped the #DRM

Appeals Court: No You Can't Copyright Yoga - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151008/11264432480/appeals-court-no-you-cant-copyright-yoga.shtml not this again...

#NZ "will also need to provide 10 years of data protection for new agricultural chemicals" under #TPP - http://tpp.mfat.govt.nz/assets/docs/TPP_factsheet_Intellectual-Property.PDF anti-science

re last tweet: this undermines science because data is just facts, but #TPP gives extended monopolies on those facts #outrageous

law firms "are likely to see considerable work from the #ISDS provisions in" #TPP - http://www.australasianlawyer.com.au/news/legal-experts-weigh-in-on-tpp-206498.aspx you bet - and how #AU

#NZ #TPP factsheets - http://tpp.mfat.govt.nz/#fact_sheets is there no claim about the economic growth this will produce? maybe 'cos there's none

Chinese 'ivory queen' charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/08/chinese-ivory-queen-charged-smuggling-706-elephant-tusks this is a very hopeful sign; more please

Clinton's #TPP deal disapproval is 'a critical turning point' - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/08/hillary-clinton-tpp-disapproval-critical-turning-point yes, provided she doesn't do another policy flip


Friday, 2 October 2015

151002


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 151001 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/10/151001.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

#TPP hangs in balance with Atlanta negotiations expected to drag into third day - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-02/tpp-talks-drag-on-in-atlanta/6822572 they're close, but close enough?


East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases in one fell swoop - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-throws-out-168-patent-cases-in-one-fell-swoop/ fab; more please...



#TPP Carve Out for Tobacco Shows Core Flaws in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (#ISDS) - http://infojustice.org/archives/35107

Jeremy Hunt’s cuts mean the #NHS will be forced to deny hearing aids to #deaf people - http://www.scriptonitedaily.com/2015/10/01/new-cuts-deny-hearing-aids-to-deaf-people/ tory compassion at work

"make sure Transparency Tim hears exactly what you think of his secret trade agreement (#TPP)" - http://transparencytim.com/

T-Mobile Customer Data Leaked By Experian... And Faulty Encryption Implementation - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151001/16251332415/t-mobile-customer-data-leaked-experian-faulty-encryption-implementation.shtml not so clever #privacy

New rights for UK consumers buying #digital content come into force - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/10/new-rights-for-uk-consumers-buying-digital-content-come-into-force/ long overdue, but welcome

How the Pharmaceutical Industry Pursues its Interests Through International Trade Agreements: A Case Study of #TPP - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2668576

Court Says USTR Can Continue To Keep The Public From Seeing The Trade Agreements They'll Be Subjected To - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151001/08102632406/court-says-ustr-can-continue-to-keep-public-seeing-trade-agreements-theyll-be-subjected-to.shtml because


How a Canadian scientist became the voice of the anti-Harper movement - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/02/canadaman-protest-song-harperman-stephen-harper #Harperman #ca

151001


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150930 - https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/09/150930.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Samsung TVs appear more energy efficient in tests than in real life - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/01/samsung-tvs-appear-more-energy-efficient-in-tests-than-in-real-life why we can't trust the #InternetOfThings

Cancer patients call for UK government to override #patent on £90,000-a-year drug - http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/10/cancer-patients-call-for-uk-government-to-override-patent-on-90000-a-year-drug/ profits before patients #roche

A moment that changed me – my husband fell in love with a bonobo - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/01/my-husband-fell-in-love-bonobo nice piece

Have your say on the future of our #BBC - https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/surveys/bbc-consultation UK consultation made easy online by @38_degrees; takes 5 minutes

Why reassurances that #TTIP will not affect the right to regulate miss the point - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/why-reassurances-that-ttip-will-not-affect-the-right-to-regulate-miss-the-point/ exactly right; crucial point

Germany opts out of growing GMO crops - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/agriculture-food/germany-opts-out-growing-gmo-crops-318136 that will be popular in some parts... #TTIP

Donald Trump is just getting started, Republicans - https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/10/01/morning-plum-donald-trump-is-just-getting-started-republicans/ and #TPP could die as a result...

Pacific Trade Deal Talks Resume, Under Fire From U.S. Presidential Hopefuls - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/business/pacific-trade-deal-talks-resume-under-fire-from-us-presidential-hopefuls.html more problems for #TPP

Corporate Power Unbound: #ISDS for IP Monopolies on Medicines - Eli Lilly v. Canada & #TPP - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2667062

Bernie Sanders edges close to Clinton with record $26m in​​ small donations - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/01/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-record-small-donations probably @jeremycorbyn's fault somehow

#TiSA Stakeholder Survey - https://s.chkmkt.com/?e=33722&d=e&h=7402DA183304325&l=en deadline now 15 October

#TPP talks in Atlanta undercut Obama promises on global development goals - http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2015-10-pacific-trade-deal-talks-in-atlanta-undercut-obama-promises not looking good

State Department 'Planted' Anti-Wikileaks Questions For 60 Minutes Interview With Julian Assange - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150930/17560132399/state-department-planted-anti-wikileaks-questions-60-minutes-interview-with-julian-assange.shtml tut-tut

The Principles of Community-Oriented #GPL #Enforcement - https://www.fsf.org/licensing/enforcement-principles fascinating