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#Megaupload Details Raise Significant Concerns About What DOJ Considers Evidence Of Criminal Behavior - http://bit.ly/zXNobW great analysis

The Dawn of Social Lobbying - http://tcrn.ch/A59Urj "financial power will be trumped by network power"

Spain's Navarra Region Presents Progressive Open Government Law - http://bit.ly/xXtUWd interesting #ogov #es

Undercover police had children with activists - http://bit.ly/zUfhW2 more great work by our defenders of public morality#

BrowserID is an easier way to sign in - http://bit.ly/yAIegH good to see #mozilla doing important, innovative things #identity #security

More than Half of the EU with Restrictions to Net access. What will Neelie Kroes Do? - http://bit.ly/wtrjBm good question #netneutrality

MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought - http://bit.ly/yBaQUP its cheek knows no bounds

Springer Statement on the US Research Works Act - http://bit.ly/y2TJBm feeble #openaccess #rwa

WebM-Enabled Browser Usage Share Exceeds H.264-Enabled Browser Usage Share on Desktop - http://bit.ly/yOET3c wow (v @jwildeboer)

Pick up the pitchforks: David Pogue underestimates Hollywood - http://bit.ly/znPLqv one of shirky's best recent pieces #sopa

Fissure opens in #chess #AI scene - http://bit.ly/yrhtqP amazing saga (if you care about this stuff)

Stallman on E-Book Evils & Privacy - http://bit.ly/wt501o really important point about #privacy #ebooks

2011 Libraries' Digital Checkouts Up 133% Over 2010 - http://bit.ly/ziYSqw oh look, another huge opportunity publishers want to throw away

Google Maps gets #UK national train times, routes and directions - http://tnw.co/y9Eixl ooh, handy

MegaUpload - http://bit.ly/AjK4pa really wise & important post from Jonathan Coulton; highly recommended (v @Awexelblat)

#Megaupload site wants assets back, to fight charges - http://reut.rs/w5LydD I expect its users do, too

DoD Using Plant #DNA To Combat Counterfeit Parts - http://bit.ly/zqQJ7f one day, everything will have this...

Kill Hollywood - http://bit.ly/z7sAii I think it's doing that itself; but hastening the deed wouldn't hurt (v @jackschofield)#ycombinator

The Seizing of Domains - http://bit.ly/yNkHVc one of the key problems with the #megaupload takedown

Launching: Heartsong Project: Who I Am, My Passion, My Vision & Intentions - http://bit.ly/A8Syyz interesting set of ideas

How can the US seize a "Hong Kong site" like #Megaupload? - http://bit.ly/A8Nh5V good summary of the issues

#MegaUpload case proves we don’t need #SOPA or #PIPA - http://bit.ly/yE3XuO yup; and now we have Exhibit A

Internet Rising - http://bit.ly/yjpfc6 entertaining sequence of interviews with usual suspects; rather woolly towards the end #cc by-nc-nd

FBI Reminds Us Government Already Has MegaPower to Take Down Websites - http://bit.ly/zeZWnE more good thoughts on this issue

Elsevier — my part in its downfall - http://bit.ly/zCQTB1 important refusal by top mathematician +Timothy Gowers to work with them #oa (v @petersuber)

Steal This Book! - http://tcrn.ch/wRFQjJ kudos to Jon Evans, liberating 2 of his novels under #cc licence

Powers of Ten Perspective on #SOPA - http://oreil.ly/w37FcX insightful analysis & big thinking from @gnat

XBMC running on #RaspberryPi - http://bit.ly/w7aZsN just the start of the coming tidal wave of ultra-cheap home devices #linux

RT @normative"Chris Dodd is lying about piracy costing us jobs" -@wilw goo.gl/UMiO9 >>the word is getting out

#Australia: US #Copyright Colony or Just a Good Friend? - http://bit.ly/zpLneQ useful summary of key issues currently