120311

Google’s reaction leads #Brazil’s royalties collection agency to back down, claiming “error” - http://tnw.co/Am9CIH yeah, right #copyright

The Evolution of Science: Open publishing - http://bit.ly/AnBFfs video of recent debate in oxford (v @phylogenomics)#openaccess

Senator James Inhofe Says the Bible Refutes Climate Change - http://bit.ly/w1V8Id where do they get these fruitcakes? #bonkers

Stop criminalising lawyers & human rights activists - http://bit.ly/w0o2sb #indonesia looking bad (v @suigenerisjen @Asher_Wolf)

USPTO #Patent Grants Continue to Rise - http://bit.ly/ybR1aU yeah, really going for quality there, chaps

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What will the #NHSbill do? I don't think you're worried enough. Read this, write to your MP - http://bit.ly/yLeSQr I will (v @mikebutcher)

Google says #Brazil’s #copyright agency can’t charge bloggers who embed YouTube videos - http://tnw.co/yWHbNs #google wades in

Google Begins to Scale Back Its Scanning of Books From University Libraries - http://bit.ly/A4eFSI wonder why

Insect Experts Issue 'Urgent' Warning On Using Biotech Seeds - http://bit.ly/zg7YtX sounds pretty dire #gm

#Canada threatens trade war with EU over #tarsands - http://bit.ly/xtiZvx pathetic

International Space Apps Challenge - http://bit.ly/wRuzJe "to build, create, and invent new solutions to challenges of global importance"

In rebuilt Grozny, an awkward peace with Russia - http://bit.ly/ykHJeu excellent report about a forgotten land #chechnya #caucasus

#Hargreaves and information mining: I request freedom to mine factual data from Nature Publishing Group full-text – http://bit.ly/xjFcVo

The Extradition Farce - why the delay in reform? - http://bit.ly/wBcwd7 quite, needs fixing now before more injustice (v @wikileaks)#uk

Why #ACTA is so mercilessly pursued - http://bit.ly/zzcsmA good point about outsourcing and branding

#Japan will trotz Kritik weiter Wale jagen - http://bit.ly/yXW7Sv pig-headed national egotism (sorry, pigs...) #whaling

Netkups: World’s First BitTorrent / Cyberlocker Hybrid - http://bit.ly/xxBfAz more innovation

Understanding #ACTA - http://bit.ly/yxRWDr "ACTA from a marxist point of view"; analysis from an unusual perspective

India drops plans for government control of Internet - http://bit.ly/wWAR6n well, that's a relief

Become part of the Internet Freedom Movement - http://bit.ly/wuL9sK your, er, Information Superhighway needs you (v +William Gunn)

MT @publicknowledge On #ACTA,@lcrenshaw(Issa's office) says to expect "pushback" on idea it doesn't need ratification. #SopaPipa #SXSWi

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Why The Chances of #China Joining ACTA Or TPP Are Practically Zero - http://bit.ly/wFHEWG thus rendering #ACTA pointless

The problem with software patents? They don't scale - http://bit.ly/ySYr8W 18th cent. ideas don't work for 21st cent materials #swpats

As promised, Wikimedia Foundation starts to say goodbye to Go Daddy - http://tnw.co/xzIGSJ good move

Time out for Finland in ratifying #ACTA - http://bit.ly/A5WuI8 only sensible at this point (v @RalfGrahn @StopActaNow)

Leaked: Police Plan to Raid The Pirate Bay - http://bit.ly/w1Rgoc good luck with that

Remembering #Colossus, the world’s first programmable electronic computer - http://bit.ly/Am1a3j as we jolly well should #uk

The Research Works Act (RWA): why Scientific Publishing needs FOSS Methods - http://bit.ly/zV7CAi lots of good links on #openaccess et al.

12 reasons you know you are a #BigData biologist - http://bit.ly/zqvtOb wise & witty piece about reality of big data in #genomics

Ethics.Data.gov - "making it easier for citizens to hold public officials accountable"; interesting move, in theory at least #us

This Tiny Feature Could Keep #Pinterest From Getting Sued For Massive #Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/xdRcSq hmm... (v @howardknopf)

Wirbel um EU-Richtlinie zu verwaisten Werken - http://bit.ly/xOk633 good to see more people asking questions about this #orphanworks

Rechteindustrie traurig: Grundrechtsabbau ist nicht populär - http://bit.ly/x6gPj4 hilarious; these people really are utterly clueless

Wealth Destroyers and End Game for the Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-51) - http://bit.ly/xrYZHf good debunking at end (v @mgeist)

Thinking About #Drones - http://bit.ly/AwlV0X don't miss the drones building a brick wall...

#RaspberryPi Fedora Remix, our recommended distro, is ready for download! - http://bit.ly/z9ajMg actual kit, not so much

DoJ warning means one thing: E-book prices are coming down - http://bit.ly/xhK7lV about time, too #ebooks

Government use of #Ubuntu - http://bit.ly/y7UXbv good to see Mr Shuttleworth thinking about this

Speculative invoicing 2: Golden Eye in court - http://bit.ly/ziKx17 important UK case

#Bulgaria's GERB promised not to ratify #ACTA in parliament - http://bit.ly/wR5NKi not clear what this means in practice (v @StopActaNow)

How Big Music Companies Are Stealing Hundreds Of Millions In Royalties From Artists - http://bit.ly/zIcJnp outrageous - as usual

On the privacy elements of the BT, TalkTalk DEA loss in the Court of Appeal - http://bit.ly/zpgTQ7 good point about scale #deact

Apple begins using OpenStreetMap data, to OSM Foundation's surprise - http://bit.ly/Ai3jtW #openstreetmap rising

NSA, German government using #Android for secure phones - http://bit.ly/yjg5NC the power of openness

#ACTA and access to medicines: flawed process, rationale and agreement - http://bit.ly/xCOME5 good analysis of why #ACTA will kill people

The New York Times joins Mozilla and Knight Foundation to drive open innovation in news - http://bit.ly/wDJvlH #journalism

Google is globally switching its search to HTTPS by default - http://bit.ly/w1Z9sS others ought to follow

Why Google’s Plan To Make Maps Pay For Itself Could Backfire - http://tcrn.ch/xRRFKr someone else wakes up to unbeatable power of sharing

The case for dolphin rights - http://bit.ly/xbf1uT "if corporations can be people, my friends, why not dolphins?" quite

US Government Admits It Has Seized Hundreds Of Domains Registered Outside The US - http://bit.ly/zPUKLL has been doing it for years

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Obama Administration: #ACTA Is Binding & Don't Worry Your Pretty Little Heads About TPP - http://bit.ly/wpNGNd US citizens: get fighting

Attack of the #Drones – How Surveillance May Change our Culture - http://bit.ly/AsqCKJ excellent, thought-provoking piece

Gorilla DNA unlocks secrets of our species - http://bit.ly/Akbmcm exciting times #genomics

Open source helicopters trivialize Europe's ODF troubles - http://bit.ly/xsa2H0 interesting stuff (v @sjig)

Isn't It Time Artists Lost Their 18th-Century Sense Of Entitlement? - http://bit.ly/x9l1no another reason why #copyright reform is needed

U.S. Says #Canada Will Not Have A Say in the #TPP - http://bit.ly/wuo3HN another v good reason to shun it

Italian corruption and church complicity left a murderer free to kill again - http://bit.ly/A1UhC2 sad stuff #italy

Giuseppe Verdi: Complete Operas & Other Works - http://bit.ly/y6VGjd 90 hours of Joe? de gustibus... #spotify

Reforming Regulation 1049 - http://bit.ly/xyerEw "campaign on the reform of the #EU access to documents Regulation" - civil society orgs NB

Participatory Budgeting and Technology - http://bit.ly/wtea2A skype meetup tonight #openspending

With latest domain seizures, US declares trade war world - http://bit.ly/wtBSlR still want to use .com .net .org?

USTR Wants 'Trade Promotion Authority' In An Effort To Ram #TPP Through Congress With Little Debate - http://bit.ly/yCBrQS not good

Open source hardware: Announcing a new licence - http://bit.ly/zBS2UB Solderpad Hardware Licence: comments invited #openhardware

Do they cheat in the European Parliament? - http://bit.ly/yCcB4p if confirmed some MEPs should resign over this (v @rikwes66)#ACTA

Do We Have a Right To Open Public Data? - http://bit.ly/zglfS9 new report says we do; lots of other good analysis #opendata #uk

Stop Stealing Dreams - http://bit.ly/AljXhg Seth Godin on the future of #education; can be read freely in various formats (v @petersuber)

Brazilian Performance Rights Agency Demands Blogger Pay $204 A Month To Embed Videos - http://bit.ly/w0n9Er entitlement madness in #brazil

UK Arms Export Licences - http://bit.ly/znUKzs interesting use of open data to visualise arms trade; lots of crypto going into Hong Kong

Open, moral and pragmatic - http://bit.ly/yvcDtM good rebuttal to #elsevier with detailed figures (@demartin)#openaccess

#SOPA poked an angry bear and set it loose on the net - http://bit.ly/A05apR revealing comments from Rob Levine #ACTA

[corrected URL] Megaupload Shutdown Boosted TV and VOD Services - http://bit.ly/zEWWEE but will it last?

Australia considers national digital archive - http://bit.ly/ywpVeI every country should do this

Bonobos are caring because they are led by females - http://bit.ly/wGosQZ maybe we should learn from them...

Is #ACTA Binding? Depends on Where You Ask - http://bit.ly/zHsqkN totally academic: they will ignore whatever they want (v @jerezim)

Letter on irregular vote to Chair of Legal Affairs from Orphan Works Rapporteur - http://bit.ly/wvrlKW please pass on - need answers #EP

Free Hardware and The Rise of #Android - http://bit.ly/x7d4dj nice analysis

O que é o Ecad, e por que ele está cobrando direito autoral de blogs? - http://bit.ly/x9gIdR sounds to me like #Ecad needs investigating

Canadians To Prime Minister: Don't Censor Our Scientists - http://bit.ly/waZwJc too right #ca

120307

The CONTROL of knowledge: Ours or Elsevier’s; It’s High Noon for Universities - http://bit.ly/wuXWpe great post #textmining

Did a Pirate TV Stream Save Lives During the Japan Tsunami? - http://bit.ly/wBqtHY great story

Bin Laden sea burial cast into doubt - http://bit.ly/zSGoat quite: why would they chuck away a source of info like that?

Pin A Quote lets you convert text into an image for easy sharing on #Pinterest - http://tnw.co/ya3QCX this is so wrong

Why Hayek Would Have Hated Software Patents - http://bit.ly/znrnmD further reasons why #patents are not property: no well-defined boundaries

Samsung sues Apple over patents in Korea (after saying it wouldn’t) - http://tnw.co/ymjD0P can't we just stop this nonsense?

Arbitrary and Orwellian - Amazon Payment Services blacklists Open Digital with no reason given - http://bit.ly/xRuxjy #amazon being evil

Spotify: 'We have to turn ourselves into the OS of music' - http://bit.ly/yAmG3R lots of interesting possibilities

#UAE citizen arrested for criticizing security forces on Twitter - http://tnw.co/y30Hhe absurd

#VW's U-turn on CO2 emissions shows green revamp - http://bit.ly/zbaRH8 whoa, wonder why?

An open letter to Vince Cable - http://bit.ly/x8ESxR great post about #UK government's confused approach to #opendata

Danish Trade Minister Apologizes For Using Bogus Industry Numbers To Support Pro-#ACTA Argument - http://bit.ly/zG0sTJ like most of them #dk

Measuring the economic impact of the #Sharing Economy - http://oreil.ly/A2xhfs hugely important issue: measuring the Negawatts

US State Department Response to Wyden on #ACTA - http://scr.bi/xTbv24 "legally binding international agreement" (v @StopActaNow)

Chris Dodd: The Internet Developed Because Of Strict Copyright Enforcement - http://bit.ly/xKj7Ln not in this universe, maybe not in any

120306

German Government Wants Google To Pay To Show News Snippets - http://bit.ly/A3BwYy nicht logisch #de #newspapers

“The Most Outstanding Fact.” - http://tnw.co/wfLGyM I agree; this is why we need science: once you understand this fact, wars become absurd

#RaspberryPi interview: Eben Upton reveals all - http://bit.ly/wKYeTI well, lots, at least #linux

Cato Versus Caesar - http://bit.ly/wO8BRq excellent point about the irony of this situation

DARPA Cheetah Sets Speed Record for Legged Robots - http://bit.ly/xNMz9Q coming to a street near you: be v afraid

The #SOPA-#TPP Nexus - http://bit.ly/Aa3KNP looks interesting

why open education matters: competition - http://bit.ly/ygklHj #openeducation #cc

History Shows That Copyright Monopolies Prevent Creativity And Innovation - http://bit.ly/zOYUgV it's just a fact

The Lessons of Paris-on-Thames - http://nyti.ms/wE2WUp #london "the sixth-largest French city": zut alors (v @gchampeau @GillesKLEIN)

ORGCon 2012 - http://bit.ly/w2l485 coming soon; lots of fine speakers

Why Digital Texts Need A New Library Of Alexandria -- With Physical Books - http://bit.ly/wVziSc no, really #ebooks

Digital Economy Act Judicial Review mostly fails, but we still don't have workable legislation - http://bit.ly/zEX3iq good analysis #deact

#LouisVuitton's International Tour Of Trademark Bullying Runs Smack Dab Into UPenn Law School - http://bit.ly/zjDVcP nice smackdown

European Commission should investigate all options as regards Data Retention - http://bit.ly/wFAzy1 junk this knee-jerk law

Why Autonomous Drone Tech is Advancing so Quickly - http://bit.ly/wDIlkP good point

Impact Assessment for #ACTA - http://bit.ly/w5U4XA where is it? remember, European Parliament, you wanted this?

Embattled scientists publish study linking (surprise) diesel exhaust and cancer - http://bit.ly/ybuWo4 shame on industry for fighting this

ACTA Update X - http://bit.ly/xqezFM #BASCAP/#INTA's #ACTA defence has gaping logical hole in its argument

#LulzSec leader "Sabu" worked with FBI since last summer - http://bit.ly/xr5BIz betrayal is always sad

Anti Digital Economy Act March - http://on.fb.me/wSuGgY good to see this is back on people's radar #deact

How The Runaway Success Of A Tiny $25 Computer Could Become A Big Problem For Oppressive Regimes - http://bit.ly/xkyhmX #raspberrypi

BT & TalkTalk v Business Secretary - http://bit.ly/xcewKc detailed, rather depressing legal analysis (v @copyrightgirl)#deact

Publisher opposition to #FRPAA - http://bit.ly/ytiKw3 oh, they want a fight, do they? bring it on, says I... #openaccess

An #opensource robo-surgeon - http://econ.st/zeyQOZ gosh, even talks about #linux

Rep. Darrell Issa opens up secretive intellectual property “treaty”, #ACTA, to the public - http://bit.ly/wuZCIJ come on, US (v @jwildeboer)

#ACTA en el Parlamento Europeo: Entrevista con Michael Geist - http://bit.ly/ypYVMl good summary of last week's meeting (v @StopActaNow)

A Strategy Looking Through #ACTA and Beyond - http://bit.ly/yf0cbw excellent thoughts

Permission Taken -- a summary and outline - http://bit.ly/AxZM8m great project about freedom from @dangillmor

They. Just. Don’t. Get. It… - http://bit.ly/ADDrhU academic publishers, that is; and they don't #textmining #openaccess

The French farmers fighting the taboo of #pesticides - http://bit.ly/xQ7tyE this could be really big

Attacking The Hacker Hydra: Why FBI's #LulzSec Takedown May Backfire - http://bit.ly/x2rtbE good points

#ACTA: Κλίμα νίκης του κινήματος ψηφιακών ελευθεριών αλλά ο αγώνας συνεχίζεται - http://bit.ly/yEwgiX good summary for Hellenes

RT @jamie_love Anti-#Sopa & anti-#ACTA has had a positive impact on #tppa negotiations. At least there are lots of brackets on US proposals.

Notes from Internet Stakeholder Briefing @ #TPP Melbourne - http://bit.ly/y1NyoC useful sketches (v @MsLods)

Warner Bros’ False Takedowns Stifle Free Speech, EFF Tells Court - http://bit.ly/z6ox96 could have big implications #dmca

Only Hollywood Would Think That This 'Disc To Digital' Program Makes Sense - http://bit.ly/wymmkV utterly deranged

“Anonymous is a huge sprawling octopus, and Sabu and his buddies are just a few suckers" - http://tcrn.ch/y6Uo2k nicely put

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MIT App Inventor Open Beta Preview - http://bit.ly/yF2AYd good stuff #android

10,000 strong: 'Don't #ACTA fool' - http://bit.ly/wdFFnG good debate in #denmark (v @StopActaNow)

Beyond the Code - http://bit.ly/xcM6RA "Bringing #Mozilla values to our products and the Web"; new blog from @nitot#openweb #opensource

#Microsoft and #Nokia sue #Apple for Patent Infringement (via a Holding Company) - http://bit.ly/zzF9Tg spreading the patent madness

Unlawful tweets could land Twitter in Blighty's dock - http://bit.ly/xqwfGT that way lies madness

Selected Supplementary Material for Against Intellectual Property - http://bit.ly/yswlw7 lots of good links

Oz says 41 hits a day turn bloggers into publishers - http://bit.ly/ypHh7T more bad ideas

FBI Preaches Dangers Of '#Cybercrime' To The Choir - http://bit.ly/whLs0z good analysis of a daft scaremongering trend

Bundesregierung erspart Verlegern Innovation - http://bit.ly/zdQH6y good post about a really dumb move #de (v @netzpolitik)

Tech Groups Propose Changes to #TPP to Promote Internet Freedom - http://bit.ly/yQBXWt good to see some counterproposals at last

US Demands Extradition of #Megaupload Suspects - http://bit.ly/xDVHM8 "no copyright offenses are specifically listed in extradition treaty"

Pirate Party Australia’s Presentation to Trans-Pacific Partnership Stakeholders Meeting in Melbourne - http://bit.ly/xSSd1K good speech #tpp

Why is#copyright dominating all digital policy debates when powerful copyright provisions exist & sales are booming? - http://bit.ly/xE4f89

Help us stop GM trees - http://bit.ly/yVRykj really? GM trees?

… for human beings - http://bit.ly/y76b1U Mr Shuttleworth reviews the state of the Ubuntu #linux

EUhackathon 2012 Edition: Hack4Kids! - http://bit.ly/weGCF8 looks good; positive use of "hacker", & code released under GPLv3 or Apache v2.0

Strange Czech bedfellows: What about the pirates? - http://bit.ly/A58Uoz "experiencing an unprecedented boom" (v @Falkvinge)

OpenCorporates opens up new database of corporate directors and officers - http://oreil.ly/wHJKFV important new tool for #transparency

Paypal Pressured To Play Morality Cop And Forces Smashwords To Censor Authors - http://bit.ly/xcyLAC good point about credit cards and #SOPA

#RaspberryPi demand running at '700 per second' - http://bit.ly/wPSnKR nice stats, but no mention of what makes it all possible: #opensource

RT @jamie_love In #TPPA trade negotiations, Obama wants it done before election, but also to force unpopular IPR provisions in agreement

cmdrTaco : Rolling Up My Sleeves - http://bit.ly/yYdt7K not sure if this is victory or defeat, and for whom (v @wilbanks @timoreilly)

The plans to bring #ACTA back to life - http://bit.ly/wh9PtS v shrewd analysis; v worrying (v @StopActaNow)