Wednesday 29 February 2012

120228


Denkt nach, bevor ihr #Acta verurteilt! - http://bit.ly/z0z1T4 notice de Gucht flipping between counterfeits & piracy (v @StopActaNow)

Alternative Copyright Reform Bill Introduced in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies - http://bit.ly/wZjXW2 interesting; probably won't go far

RIAA (sort of) responds to SOPA critics, says #copyright "offers little real protection" - http://bit.ly/xthBCj excellent, detailed rebuttal

Fragments of Mark's Gospel May Date to 1st Century - http://onforb.es/yKChxh exciting, if confirmed #palaeography

Yahoo picks patent fight with Facebook - http://cnet.co/xKkEYQ always the last resort of a dying company

Commerce Department Postpones '#Africa IP Forum' After People Point Out How One-Sided It Is - http://bit.ly/yYaAZt another (small) victory

Transparency Life Sciences - http://bit.ly/wRpuen "world’s first drug development company based on #openinnovation"

#Wren Churches In The City - http://bit.ly/yZsrIZ wonderful stuff #london #architecture

Free Your #Android! - http://bit.ly/zxMFWQ certainly necessary, not sure how achievable

UN: #drug gangs controlling parts of British cities - http://tgr.ph/yIUsRS #decriminalisation long overdue (v @Asher_Wolf)

Boot To Gecko (# B2G)'s home screen, running on a test phone - http://bit.ly/xp0FKE oooh (v @nitot)#mozilla #mobile

#ACTA to get second referral to ECJ, causing new delay - http://bit.ly/z1EUTi good summary of today's EP press conference

MT @JackofKent News International 2009 statement denying everything is still up on their site: bit.ly/h7SXcE (v @AnyaPalmer)>>NB

Europe in Turmoil Over Internet Anti-Piracy Legislation - http://bit.ly/waQJA6 useful summary #acta (v @StopActaNow)#eu

Parliament receives petition against #ACTA - http://bit.ly/xJvKF7 interesting press release (no, really) (v @StopActaNow)#avaaz

Reactions to De Gucht’s Announcement that EC Has Sent #ACTA to European Court of Justice - http://bit.ly/yfndG3 roundup (v @StopActaNow)

Judge sides with Monsanto - http://bit.ly/xyJjvK good for #monsanto, bad for the rest of humanity

Boot to Gecko - http://bit.ly/z7KSgy #boot2gecko home page; looking better and better #mozilla

Charges against #Assange drawn up in US, says email - http://bit.ly/ylBcG3 in #stratfor leak - maybe not so silly, eh? #wikileaks

#WURFL: a cautionary tale - http://bit.ly/z7XzCt why you should never try to write your own #opensource licence #dmca

MT @MariaDamanakiEU we have to think first of what the sea is able to produce and then fish according to that. #CFPreform #EU #fisheries

UK #OpenStandards Consultation Submission - http://bit.ly/wSrZ4f here's mine; UK people, don't forget to do yours...

The Struggle Between #Copyright and the Internet - http://bit.ly/xl4XEI 3K words on it, non-technical, so do pass around... #SOPA #ACTA

RT @ThiruGeneva#WTO tobacco discussion over, now on to "IP Enforcement Trends", ie #ACTA. Alea jacta est.

MEPs send #ACTA to European Court of Justice - http://bit.ly/z96lN6 good detailed report of latest developments

How LulzSec kept itself safe during the summer of 'lulz' - http://bit.ly/Ay8wSk interseting tale (v @ThAOSteen)

NB: highly-negative statement by #India at #WTO about #ACTA - http://bit.ly/zC2rCu debunks lie that generic medicines won't be hit

The Internet Blueprint - http://bit.ly/wD6SjC "Developing bills to build a better internet" #us #copyright #transparency

Mi, deca neta - http://bit.ly/z0yhy3 We, the Web kids in Serbian #webkids #rs

RT ‏@jamie_love#ACTA was hammered by developing countries in today's WTO TRIPS Council meeting>>whoops, not quite as planned, then...

Romney, Santorum & Gingrich Sued For #Patent Infringement Over Facebook Usage... Along With Millions Of FB Users - http://bit.ly/weD0R0 fab


Tuesday 28 February 2012

120227

UK Labour Party: Let's Just Get On With Kicking People Offline Over #Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/y6JEn2 [RT from weekend]

#Mozilla in Mobile – the Web is the Platform - http://bit.ly/wVTrmK good stuff happening #openstandards

Wikileaks publishers The Global Intelligence Files - http://bit.ly/yoSWNO #Stratfor is clearly a disgusting outfit

OpenGeocoder - http://bit.ly/ACHlTA "an experiment in creating and serving geocodable results" #publicdomain

#Elsevier withdraws support for the Research Works Act - http://bit.ly/zGz98j nice little climbdown there... (v @openscience)#oa #rwa

#Android growing 250% year-on-year, with over 300 million total devices worldwide - http://tnw.co/zu66Ff 850,000 activations per day

Right versus pragmatic - http://bit.ly/zUg3ad wonderful parable about toilets & #copyright (v @monkchips @robertbrook)

FFII call for action: Act on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/yF8K0v good advice: pl. contact your MEPs on ITRE committee today - meeting tomorrow

#ACTA Update IX - http://bit.ly/A74kZU please contact your MEPs on #ITRE today - important discussion tomorrow

European Parliament also calling for referral of #ACTA to #ECJ? - http://bit.ly/znz07m seems open for comments? (v @StopActaNow)

Parliament to receive 2.4 million petition signatures against #ACTA - http://bit.ly/AALyUq great work by #avaaz (v @lexelas @netzpolitik)

TRIPS-Plus, FTAs & Wikileaks - Fresh Insights on Implementation & Enforcement of IP in Developing Countries – http://bit.ly/xldkML

Attorney Says #Pinterest Needs To Change Its Digital #Copyright Policy - http://rww.to/ymOJDV still up in the air

#Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom: “We’re Going To Win” - http://bit.ly/Aa7USv could be fun to watch

Community-Prioritized Web Standards - http://bit.ly/z8cLN8 sounds good, but will it gain traction?

Even now the #RWA was worth it for #Elsevier - http://bit.ly/xn73TK shrewd analysis #openaccess

The New French Hacker-Artist Underground - http://bit.ly/z4ALZv nice piece about charming group #fr

Telefonica: Mozillaphone is 'ten times cheaper than an iPhone' - http://cnet.co/ApTEV8 v cool if they manage it

RIP Research Works Act - http://bit.ly/w5SCfU "we will continue to see a growth in open access publishers": ha! kudos to all concerned #rwa

Key #Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post #Censored By Bogus #DMCA Takedown Notice - http://bit.ly/wRSQ8O so what's going on here?


Monday 27 February 2012

120226


Zehntausende auf den Straßen: Anti-#ACTA-Demos am 25. Februar - http://bit.ly/yCzSbv great to see; well done #germany

My, dzieci sieci - We, the Web Kids - http://bit.ly/wOVZPY Czech version (v @Falkvinge)#cz #webkids

“Vi, nätbarnen” - We, the Web kids - http://bit.ly/wzDr9C in swedish (v @Falkvinge)#se #webkids

Meie, võrgulapsed - We, the Web kids - http://bit.ly/zldnGs in Estonian (v @Falkvinge)#ee #webkids

We, the Web kids - consolidated list of translations so far – http://bit.ly/zKckPK

What's (still) wrong with #ACTA, & why governments should reject the illegitimate agreement - http://bit.ly/zZzdn4 good summary of bad stuff

Tips for Activists – Inform, Enable, and Incite to Action. Observations of anti-#ACTA demo in #Vienna #Feb25 #IPREDhttp://bit.ly/waXTvt

My, děti Sítě - We, the Web Kids - http://bit.ly/wOVZPY Czech version (v @Falkvinge)#cz #webkids [RT, corrected title]


Sunday 26 February 2012

120225

One More #Copyright Infringement, And #HADOPI Must Disconnect Itself From The Net - http://bit.ly/yKRy3h or would, if there were justice

Why #Ebook Portal Library.nu Differed From Other Filesharing Sites - http://bit.ly/xkf7sM shows why knowledge needs sharing

Christopher Tappin flown to US after losing #extradition battle - http://bit.ly/xI6exh sickening in every way

UK #Labour Party: Let's Just Get On With Kicking People Offline Over #Copyright Infringement - http://bit.ly/y6JEn2 still no evidence why

Berliner Piratenpartei-Chef tritt zurück - http://bit.ly/xkTQDj ah, the wacky world of politics #de #pirateparty

Head of state 'funded al-Qaeda and knew of 7/7 terror attacks' - http://tgr.ph/zJWTHz wow, can't wait for details (v @Asher_Wolf @robcrilly)

We, the Web Kids - http://bit.ly/xGBam8 a beautiful manifesto for the anti-#ACTA generation

Help repeal/amend the EU Data Retention Directive: take this official survey - http://bit.ly/AsklFg (v @glynwintle @christinazaba)

Make tax-funded scientific research public - http://bit.ly/xmRHrc good to see this going mainstream (v @petersuber)#oa #frpaa

Tausende demonstrieren erneut gegen #ACTA Update - http://bit.ly/xyD57D good roundup of what's happening across #eu (v @StopActaNow)

My, dzieci sieci - http://bit.ly/xQb25u (#pl); Nosotros, los niños web - http://bit.ly/zhHoJ7 (#es)

Wir, die Netz-Kinder - http://bit.ly/xh9lfw (#de); Nous les enfants du Web - http://bit.ly/AESCCz (fr); any others?

We, the web kids - manifesto by @piotrczerski- http://bit.ly/xqvADr first, but not the last, reworking... #youtube

help required: we need this great manifesto - http://bit.ly/xGBam8 - translated into other languages; currently have #pl, #es, #de, #fr +?

tilt-shift video of Rio de Janeiro - http://bit.ly/ybpam6 this is just so wonderful (v http://bit.ly/zZndnD) #brazil


Saturday 25 February 2012

120224


Why #Canada Does Not Belong on the U.S. Piracy Watchlist - http://bit.ly/yy2l4E #special301 is an insulting farce

Cultural Flatrate Won’t Work. Here’s Why It Won’t Work. - http://bit.ly/AavnzI interesting point

#ACTA: Why We Take to The Streets - http://bit.ly/wJgikF wonder what the turnout will be?

Fish discarding ban shunned by MPs - http://bit.ly/zxESAU what a bunch of utter morons #sustainability #uk (v @GeorgeMonbiot)

An Open Letter to Chris Dodd - http://bit.ly/ykUOP7 #esr tells it as it is (v @tlhote)#drm

Why #Ebook Portal Library.nu Differed From Other Filesharing Sites - http://bit.ly/xkf7sM wider ramifications of its closure #knowledge

Motorola Gets Its Way In Germany: Apple Disables Push Email In Patent Dispute, Says It’s Appealing - http://tcrn.ch/zOywRw pointless

Cars of the future to be #Arduino compatible - http://bit.ly/yNWFkK fab #opensource

Internet Freedom Fighters Build a Shadow Web - http://bit.ly/zduGib nice piece on #meshnetworks #net #resilience

US Patent Office invalidates fifth Oracle patent - http://bit.ly/y6OgYF whoops, and another one... #android

So how much is a fair price to pay for an e-book? - http://cnet.co/xU1aNd certainly not what they're generally charging today...

L'après-#Hadopi de François Hollande - http://bit.ly/wgbUgC is a cop-out, as we expected (v @gchampeau)

Kenya's Startup Boom - http://bit.ly/wMsW84 hopeful signs for #africa (v @ushahidi)

Researchers aim to chart intellectual trends in #Arxiv - http://bit.ly/wXmzWX using #google#s #ngram viewer (v @sc_k @carlzimmer)

If You Want To Compete With Free, This Is What You Need To Know - http://bit.ly/ysRMYT good analysis


Friday 24 February 2012

120223

#China drafts legal proposal to completely shut down GE rice - http://bit.ly/yqPuQq looks pretty definitive #gm

"Unethical" #HTML video copy protection proposal draws criticism from W3C reps - http://bit.ly/xd8fg2 as it should #drm

The case for open computer programs - http://bit.ly/AtOp9R important: #openscience requires #opencode (v @schestowitz)

Warum der Europäische Gerichtshof #Acta stoppen muss - http://bit.ly/wNDG1t "Acta ist also nur die Lokomotive" - ypup (v @netzpolitik)

MPAA's Chris Dodd Extends #SOPA Olive Branch to Silicon Valley - http://reut.rs/AxaHCl demands they take it and then surrender...

Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' - http://bit.ly/wSLEmb takes the biscuit for sheer cheek; clever move, though #antiscience

#Apple orphans Linux CUPS features- handicaps open source printing - http://bit.ly/wtC1mn apple being evil again, just for a change

MT @davidmartinmep Smell a rat.....?....EU suspends ACTA ratification http://bit.ly/wUsqID >> tweet from EP rapporteur (v @StopActaNow)

The truth about #ACTA - http://bit.ly/xvGCXB "It is time for the Commission to recognise its mistakes." yup (v @StopActaNow)

Acta oder der Schutz der Raubritter - http://bit.ly/xhN2Fh good to see these points being made (v @StopActaNow)#copyright

Reding handbags DeGucht over ECJ referral - http://bit.ly/wXl4CL interesting analysis; great headline (v @StopActaNow)

FAQ on referral of #ACTA to European Court of Justice - http://bit.ly/xHTvfK excellent - do read pl. #ipred (v @StopActaNow)

Do You Need Permission To Take A #Photo With A Chair In It? You Might In France... - http://bit.ly/zL4Q9z #copyright insanity goes insaner

IPRED das ist #ACTA 2.0 - http://bit.ly/xM03of this is good: those wise Germans are already thinking about #IPRED; get ready, people

Bioinformatics Survey - http://bit.ly/zqEI8a "to understand #bioinformatics by examining the scientists and researchers working within it"

RT @normative Apparently two can play the "posthumous baptism" game alldeadmormonsarenowgay.com >>seems only fair

EU #tarsands pollution vote ends in deadlock - http://bit.ly/zhSTaI shame on UK's transport minister, Norman Baker

Chris Dodd Extends #SOPA 'Olive Branch' To Silicon Valley... And Proceeds To Bash Them Over The Head With It – http://bit.ly/wMLsou

If #Android is a "stolen product," then so was the #iPhone - http://bit.ly/z47Rbo a link-packed explanation why #innovation

#TPP Update- http://bit.ly/ym8Au9 why on earth would any non-US country sign this insanity? (v @StopActaNow)

How to Use #Ushahidi More Securely - http://bit.ly/xo5blY basic but important points



Thursday 23 February 2012

120222


W. H. Auden in Music - http://bit.ly/yTKAyi clever idea; I'm sure WH would have approved #spotify #poetry

#Mozilla to challenge big players in mobile web - http://bit.ly/AhQ8hU good to see it in the news #mobile #webapps

US lobbying waters down EU data protection reform - http://bit.ly/AkXqul why do the feeble twits in the EU keep rolling over? #privacy

How to Kickstart an Open Source Music Revolution with CASH Music - http://bit.ly/yigG4O interesting project

Indian Government to assemble low cost #tablets on its own, kicks out Datawind - http://bit.ly/xpPldg wowk what a saga this is #india

German Constitutional Court confirms BGH's 'AnyDVD' copyright decision - http://bit.ly/AFz3gE good decision on linking #de

France wants #GM crop banned in EU - http://bit.ly/wuhwyi "pose significant risks for the environment" #monsanto

A top UK judge has ruled that defendants can be summoned to court via Facebook - http://tnw.co/xPAVR9 #twitter next?

Court Orders ISP To Block #Grooveshark - http://bit.ly/A3rlTh hardly a surprise given current actions

EU-Kommission: Vorratsdatenspeicherung “zu sensibel” für öffentliche Debatte - http://bit.ly/wNwRcF says it all #surveillance

Scared of Anonymous? NSA chief says you should be - http://cnet.co/zSmlmU scaremongering much?

Print any colour you like... - http://bit.ly/xu7XbM #reprap does colour #3dprinters

How to Remove Your #Google Search History Before New Privacy Policy Takes Effect - http://bit.ly/A3cqgy might be wise (v @barefoot_techie)

#Github for #science? Shouldn’t we perhaps build TCP/IP first? - http://bit.ly/wbRTem fascinating ideas, worth exploring #openscience

Announcing the Open Data Handbook version 1.0 - http://bit.ly/wR6hEW cool #opendata #okf

The difficulties in opening science: Q&A with Michael Nielsen - http://bit.ly/xO0B4h but it finally happening (v @AuScience)#openscience

Australian Science knowledge community looking for new #bloggers - http://bit.ly/y5mfD5 "science, web technologies and everything related"

#Chrome only future for #Flash on #Linux - http://bit.ly/xkeeWn isn't that a bit discriminatory?

Piracy push planned in Hollywood - http://bit.ly/yyn7bg copyright maximalists still utterly clueless #sopa #acta

RT @ECspokesRyan Commissioner in charge of #ACTA (de Gucht) says #ECJ referral will cut thru "fog of uncertainty" clouding current debate

Domain name seizures: The end of the dotcom dominance? - http://bit.ly/wmgvDu if people have any sense...

PM Tusk says #ACTA suspension “not caused by external pressure” - http://bit.ly/yFgouH that's good #pl

#Elsevier boycott: Time for librarians to rise up! - http://bit.ly/xAuG3d yes - need to keep momentum going #openaccess

ECJ terms: "whether #ACTA agreement and its implementation fully compatible with freedom of expression and freedom of the Internet."

last post v @hasserosen @StopActaNow and this EC doc: tinyurl.com/7skjpm3 #ACTA

Открытое государство. Чем оно является и чем быть не может - http://bit.ly/zYPODT useful intro #ogov #ru

The 'New' Righthaven Offers Discount To Techdirt Readers Who Want 'Spineful' Hosting - http://bit.ly/wH3Pgo interesting

ECJ Referral: No Legal Debate Will Make #ACTA Legitimate - http://bit.ly/wz92DD key point to bear in mind

European Commission Suggests #ACTA's Opponents Don't Have 'Democratic Intentions' - http://bit.ly/ybup7P getting a bit desperate?

#ACTA Update VIII - http://bit.ly/wiGRjH ignore the ECJ call, look at de Gucht's huge shift on #counterfeits, & why he's still wrong

Knocking heads together: Creators and Consumers workshop on copyright, licensing and protection - http://bit.ly/wazdzx useful but depressing

OccupyScience !!! - http://bit.ly/ABfFIw scientist of the world, unite etc etc...exciting (v @mbauwens)#openscience #opendata #oa

Big drug firms seek longer Canadian #patent protection - http://bit.ly/AssZPP but don't want to give anything in return #ca (v @ArticleOne)

The answer to piracy is innovation, not more copyright laws - http://aje.me/yyYT9c yup

"#ACTA would block the much-needed reform of EU copyright law" - http://bit.ly/xkty0s say EU #greens (v @StopActaNow)

Entertainment Industry Embraces New Business Model: Suing Google For Third-Party Android Apps That 'Promote Piracy' – http://bit.ly/z73xLI

#Microsoft plays victim card in #FRAND complaint against Motorola, Google - http://bit.ly/yFjmrl how are the mighty fallen

Nicolas #Sarkozy looking at things - http://bit.ly/xcku4H it's true, he is (v @nitot)#tumblr

#Italy instructs public administrations to consider using open source - http://bit.ly/xt5hGM only "consider", but it's a start

#ACTA en camino a la Corte Europea de Justicia - http://bit.ly/xOmH1Y good summary

US #petition: USTR's Freedom of Information office: to make the supporting text of #ACTA public - http://chn.ge/zmye9P optimistic, perhaps

Lithuanian Minister of Justice: “On #ACTA. Why did it all explode now?” - http://bit.ly/xHYC7F good analysis #lt

Indigenous Peoples Walk Out Of WIPO Committee On Genetic Resources - http://bit.ly/yxWscb "calls into question legitimacy of negotiations"

Ford's open source OpenXC platform as gateway to future high tech car gizmos - http://bit.ly/A1Dbtm it's the future

Data for the public good - http://oreil.ly/wsoK5E sounds interesting; free download with registration #opendata

Why do we need academic journals in the first place? - http://bit.ly/Aff67l a question more & more people are asking themselves #openaccess

#ACTA-Proteste gehen weiter – Strategieänderung in einigen Städten - http://bit.ly/yYsyIM I still worry this is too early

#TPP "involves unprecedented levels of work being done behind closed doors" - http://bit.ly/zOpq7f #ACTA++ (v @digiphile)

Trans-Pacific Partnership Proposes #Copyright Suppression of Price Competition - http://bit.ly/zl7IIe why #TPP is seriously evil


Wednesday 22 February 2012

120221

#Twitter Suspends Four Accounts Critical of #Sarkozy: Is This What He Meant By 'Civilizing' Net? - http://bit.ly/yvgb7r [RT from last night]

Attacks paid for by big business are 'driving science into a dark era' - http://bit.ly/Ax6OEJ insane; clearly time for militant science

Spanish Supreme Court to Review #Sinde Law - http://bit.ly/yoHhGa important test #spain

ISPs kept in dark about UK's plans to intercept Twitter - http://bit.ly/xay3XA #transparency? what's that? #surveillance

#ACTA is part of a multi-decade, worldwide copyright campaign - http://bit.y/wxjJZy good summary of the situation #TPP

Digital #censorship – Italian judges close down disaster information site - http://bit.ly/Aku6CO all'italiana #it

Verbraucherministerin Aigner kritisiert #ACTA - http://bit.ly/yfi8yl more disquiet in #de

A citizen of the network - http://bit.ly/zjIIdm “what are the civic responsibilities of a network citizen?” long but important

Shanghai Ground Cracking Under the Weight of Its Skyscrapers - http://bit.ly/xGu8Vp er, not good, if confirmed #china #architecture

Croatian government not considering acceding to #ACTA - http://bit.ly/wfLYV1 doesn't make much difference, but useful #hr

Victim of street-crime in London? There’s a map for that. - http://tnw.co/z3V56z but The Met don't approve...

Vic #Toews Apparently Not A Fan Of Others Seeing His Personal Data - http://bit.ly/wCSELn this man is a joke

#ACTA Update VII - http://bit.ly/zisgUI heard of the European Commission's "Consultation Standards"? neither have they #transparency

The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates the 17th Anniversary of the #Apache HTTP Server with the release of v2.4 – http://bit.ly/AlGRMp

Some Arguments Against #ACTA - http://bit.ly/yxaL0r all great points, well made

Unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011 - http://bit.ly/zHCWyA love how this story leads with android's 400 cases...

Heartland leaker is scientist Peter Gleick, says documents are all real - http://bit.ly/yB7NCe makes sense (v @BoraZ)#climatechange

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About #FRAND (But didn’t know who to ask) - http://bit.ly/x1EOn4 definitive stuff

A full #Ubuntu desktop, on your docked #Android phone - http://bit.ly/yB0FLp great to see this innovation here

Staph Turns into Drug-Resistant Superbug on Farms - http://bit.ly/A9Hvvj stupidity born of greed will kill people in the end (v @BoraZ)

The #Surveillance State – No Warrant Required - http://bit.ly/AfjF7y bad stuff in #canada

Supreme Court: No Move Yet on Denying Human Gene Patents - http://bit.ly/zFVlc7 come on, just do it #genepatents


Tuesday 21 February 2012

120220


#Canada threatens EU over #tarsands - http://bit.ly/wnVGp5 may not export any more moosen #energy

The arduino documentary - http://bit.ly/wcc0qO "story of #arduino from a concept to bringing a new genre to open source hardware revisited"

Shining Light On #ACTA's Lack Of #Transparency - http://bit.ly/zMMhqa in case you missed this at the weekend: need to get the word out

CrypTweet: Strong #Encryption for Twitter DMs - http://bit.ly/AD1p9g cool & important (but a bit complicated for ordinary users)#

#ORG London February Pub Meetup - #ACTA - http://bit.ly/y0Y0RG tonight

Carla Bruni : "Internet ou les jeux vidéo sont bien plus diaboliques que la TV" - http://bit.ly/AwB5Pg just like her hub #sarkozy

#DataJournalism Awards – Call for Entries! - http://bit.ly/wA7TES "open to media cos, non-profit organisations, freelancers & individuals"

The DIY 'Maker Movement' Meets the VCs - http://buswk.co/AsUSuV and some VCs don't get it, poor dears (v @mbauwens)#openhardware

LG Optimus LTE Tag Customizes Itself Using #NFC Stickers - http://on.mash.to/xZ7RQ7 this is clever; will be common, I suspect

#ACTA before the European Parliament - http://bit.ly/xG7ybx what will and could happen next

Heads should roll. But, of course, they won't. - http://bit.ly/y28dKV shocking privacy abuses in #ireland

Football rights value soars in wake of TV Now lawsuit - http://bit.ly/xioJJK oh, look, the sky is rising again...

#Android app to control #arduino - http://bit.ly/zNfUdL great combination

Eternal #Copyright: a modest proposal - http://tgr.ph/AEwO3W why didn't I see this before? the solution to all our problems (v @Asher_Wolf)

Oppose the UK's Communications Capabilities Development Plan - http://bit.ly/xR6pId epetition against total #surveillance

#LibreOffice Foundation Symbolises Maturity - http://bit.ly/zEu2nG useful update on all fronts

97 Las Vegas Karaoke Locations Sued By 'Righthaven Of #Trademarks' Demanding $500 Million - http://bit.ly/x6xYYv more madness

The Final Score on #Spectrum Legislation: Bad Stuff Averted, Good Stuff Made Possible. I Call That A Win. - http://bit.ly/zPmO85 OK, then

ha! don't miss the wonderful avatar here: http://bit.ly/y6sR9q I do hope this spreads... #sarkozy #censorship

How Evrythng could give any physical object a life online - http://tnw.co/y83s28 the #internetofthings slouches a little closer

Pirate Bay ISP Block Challenged For Censoring Lawful Content - http://bit.ly/xQR0hs more collateral damage #finland

First #RaspberryPi SD Card Image Released [#Debian Squeeze, LXDE] - http://bit.ly/zpCgys looking good

BKA speicherte per Trojaner Telefonsex-Mitschnitte - http://bit.ly/zBj5z5 whoops, this will cause problems #de

Tiny device cuts cost of #DNA sequencing - http://bit.ly/zt5ix0 the police will love this #genomics #forensics

The Pirate Bay could be blocked in the UK, after a judge rules it infringes copyright - http://tnw.co/Agn2KH bootless whackamole continues

@ccess is launched! - http://bit.ly/yIviFL here: http://access.okfn.org/ "to make scholarly information REALLY LIBRE available"

“Green Week”: Ask MEPs to Reject #ACTA Back in Their Home Districts! - http://bit.ly/Axe9w5 key week: lots of practical suggestions

Barnes & Noble To Take On Amazon (Again) With A New 8GB Nook Tablet - http://tcrn.ch/AjueF3 competition is good #ebooks

Harman: Coalition is ‘dragging its feet’ on #deact - http://bit.ly/y2ujLV labour's policy as evidence-free as ever (v @Coadec)

From open source to sourcing openly - http://bit.ly/wsYDd7 what lies beyond free software? #business #manufacturing #openinnovation

USTR Claims #TPP Has 'Unprecedented' #Transparency, But Won't Reveal Details Unless You're A Big Industry Lobbyist – http://bit.ly/wq6aRE

Twitter Suspends Four Accounts Critical of #Sarkozy: Is This What He Meant By 'Civilizing' The Net? - http://bit.ly/yvgb7r not good #fr


Monday 20 February 2012

120219


Freedom of Information: this scaremongering leads to nothing but misinformation - http://bit.ly/AgGYLY yup (v @ntouk)#foia

FOIA Request Shows Which #Printer Companies Cooperated With US Government - http://bit.ly/yks5qq names never to trust again

Android Breathes New Life Into “Made in China” - http://tcrn.ch/z9Vsgz excellent analysis of #android's secret weapon: #china

#Canada's government muzzles scientists, stonewalls press queries about health, environment and climate - http://bit.ly/x4OjIZ come on

#SABAM Charged With #Copyright Fraud, Embezzlement, Money Laundering - http://bit.ly/xZ5t6i amazing what copyright maximalists get up to

Can #Turkey’s contribution to the Web be reproduced elsewhere? - http://tnw.co/zW3ugJ I'm ashamed not to have heard of Ekşi Sözlük before

#Mozilla: Message to Certificate Authorities about Subordinate CAs - http://bit.ly/yOWlnU put the boot in, sez I #security

Wenn man blinde Passagiere ans Ruder lässt - http://bit.ly/wkKJNz thoughts on #ACTA, counterfeits and the copyright industries

Libraries are better than corporate publishers because... - http://bit.ly/yLa62s compelling reasons for new kind of academic publishing #oa

Briton jailed for "extensive" #Facebook hack - http://reut.rs/AjpnbS absurdly vindictive

MPAA Hires Four Ex-Federal Government Employees, Including One From ICE & Another From The White House - http://bit.ly/ApLfXd bit blatant

Reality check: Windows Phone less popular than Samsung’s Bada - http://tnw.co/xUQCMV wow, says it all

An app that transcribes your audio recording within a day - http://bit.ly/xDh62v sounds cool

Watch: Bear bile being collected at a farm - http://bit.ly/y0luJG truly barbaric practice #china #animalcruelty

National Geographic brings endangered #languages into the digital age, one dictionary at a time - http://tnw.co/waWczF great initiative

Shining Light On #ACTA's Lack Of Transparency - http://bit.ly/zMMhqa [self-RT from yesterday]

cleric says professional football is forbidden in Islam - http://bit.ly/AEgLeE suggests "Quran reciting competitions" (v @asteris @ibnkafka)

Governance Issues: The UofT-Access #Copyright Agreement - http://bit.ly/z8ahig sounds like an total disaster (v @CameronNeylon @easternblot)

Global Europe – European Parliament vs. De Gucht - http://bit.ly/xKOjEo #ACTA contradicts EP's “Global Europe” approach

#Copyright Cheats Face the Music in France - http://nyti.ms/ySXzbA feeble #NYT piece, ignores this key info: http://bit.ly/wPCB2L #hadopi

#Microsoft Funds #Koch’s #Climate denying Tea Party Conference - http://bit.ly/yzU2Yc really? so MS is completely #antiscience now?

Whitehall risks public and internet industry revolt against their secretive CCDP internet and phone snooping plans – http://bit.ly/w0AWiV

Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science - http://bit.ly/zEt3yR fab, in-depth interview with key #openaccess figure

A Responsible Citizen Not Only Shares Culture, But Destroys The #Copyright Industries - http://bit.ly/xqKq42 provocative, lui?


Sunday 19 February 2012

120218

Virginia’s Proposed Ultrasound Law Is an Abomination - http://slate.me/wPXh8E looks like the American Taliban are winning...

#DNA robot could kill cancer cells - http://bit.ly/zvyeNr exciting and #opensource #nanotech

Rising Protests in China - http://bit.ly/xI0kJh do not miss these amazing pix of an amazing development: people's rebellion in #china

Shining Light On #ACTA's Lack Of #Transparency - http://bit.ly/zMMhqa debunking the European Commission's feeble attempt at whitewash

Worried about Snooping? Here is how to encrypt #Facebook Group Discussion - http://bit.ly/wGVn0s clever; soon to be commonplace? #privacy

#Glasgow City Council: Scrap Public Entertainment Licence Fees - http://chn.ge/yP9QQS #epetition against bonkers idea #scotland

Amour & Discipline - http://bit.ly/xOb2yn "A donation platform where people can donate to any independent band or label"; interesting

UK-US #extradition treaty is an utter disgrace at every level - http://scr.bi/wdPiQ3 read this & be disgusted (v @ralpost @flayman)

Freiwillige Freizeit-Feuerwehr - http://bit.ly/A9EgsX well, some </cough> have been writing about #ACTA since 2008 – http://bit.ly/wdp7hg

Cadnano - http://bit.ly/xTVgAg "simplifies designing three-dimensional #DNA origami nanostructures" #opensource (v http://bit.ly/wgi3wC)

Europe's #ACTA Freak Out: How Hollywood Holds Back the Trade Agenda - http://huff.to/wromcc yup

I Have Seen The Future, And Its Sky Is Full Of Eyes - http://tcrn.ch/ADR5rM do you have the feeling you're being watched? you will do #drones

CyanogenMod Needs Your Help! - http://bit.ly/AucmR4 good stuff needs supporting #opensource #smartphones

Genetically engineered maize: New indication of health risks - http://bit.ly/yFMoSY more research might be a good idea before eating this

Pro Tip: Even If Someone Has Faked A Memo About Your Organization, Don't Threaten To Sue Anyone Who 'Comments' On It – http://bit.ly/zsL47U

Microsoft explains bland new Windows logo - http://bit.ly/xV3fmG upping the power: quad version of Blue Screen Of Death...

#ACTA: Protest in Cork city against internet copyright treaty - http://bit.ly/znUlMV small but doughty (v @StopActaNow)

Artist’s ‘#Transparency Grenade’ Wants to Blow Apart Corporate Secrecy - http://bit.ly/xdIb0q runs GNU/Linux, of course...

Regulating the Net - http://bit.ly/yE2kFm good to see this framed as moving from #scarcity to #abundance #google #ACTA

Transatlantic Torpedo against #EU #privacy - http://bit.ly/ynZxOY advance warning of some bad things in the pipeline


Saturday 18 February 2012

120217

How Do We Know Piracy Isn't Really A Big Issue? Because Media Companies Haven't Needed To Change As A Result Of It - http://bit.ly/x1EPaZ

Protectionism Only Serves to Stifle Innovation - http://huff.to/yhjtUG spreading the word on #ACTA

A Decade of #OpenAccess (And the Challenges Ahead) - http://bit.ly/wvWnFO useful summary #oa #rwa #frpaa

Portuguese Artists Association Struggles To Get 100 Members On List In Favor Of Exorbitant Private Copying Levies - http://bit.ly/wgS7sO #pt

Would Steve #Jobs Have Approved? Artist Offers His #Apple Monologue, Performance Rights, For Free - http://bit.ly/wBa8A7 well?

El #ACTA, rebelión europea - http://bit.ly/wjUlsL oh yes

#RaspberryPi to run BBC Micro 2 - http://bit.ly/wFgXUZ this could be v good news #linux

Open Road Responds To HarperCollins E-Book Lawsuit - http://bit.ly/xhEjXx tricky transition #ebooks

McCain: Cybersecurity Bill Ineffective Without NSA Monitoring the Net - http://bit.ly/y77guO fancy that

Single Movie Download Could See Swedes Prosecuted - http://bit.ly/zDaOKi what is going on in #sweden

Is #Megaupload "a lot less guilty than you think?" - http://bit.ly/yaQNOV raises interesting points

Printing Drones by the Sheet (or how we get to tens of billions of drones by 2020) - http://bit.ly/yZIufU eeek

Teach about #GMO in schools, say educators - http://bit.ly/yeKpcm just like children are "educated" about #copyright, eh? #brainwashing

Dutch entrepreneurs are not waiting on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/zSiwQE not even businesses want it #nl

#ACTA: even conservative EPP Group seems cautious - http://bit.ly/xuJ94q (v @StopActaNow @PES_PSE)

Berliner Open-Data-Strategie veröffentlicht - http://bit.ly/wffhwf good ndws (v @beabusaniche @netzpolitik)#de #opendata

MT @StopActaNow @STA_English:#slovenia will freeze the ratification of #ACTA as soon as possible>>another one joins the revolt

RT @brokep Moving to #Sweden is admitting being a criminal says #RIAA.>>huh?

RT @brokep Moving to #Sweden is admitting being a criminal says #RIAA - (RT with link)

#DMCA Takedown Service Tells #Copyright Companies: 'Adapt Your Business To The New Digital World' - bit.ly/zWyWvf amazing world

#ACTA coming up in the European Parliament (INTA) - http://bit.ly/zdKsPr big meeting coming up on 29 February - maybe time to write to MEPs

big: Poland's PM Tusk rejects #ACTA, urges EPP do same (polish, but with translations) http://on.fb.me/AixfQi (v @marta_tweet @StopActaNow)

ZDF & ARD für #ACTA und Privatisierung der Rechtsdurchsetzung - http://bit.ly/zueEe4 outrageous: how can public TV do this? (v @netzpolitik)

#ACTA & its Impact on Access to Medicines - http://bit.ly/z1u8Qp #MSF on why people will die if this goes through

What a Difference a Week Makes: The Fight Against Online Surveillance - http://bit.ly/yDCyUK and the Internet... #ACTA SOPA #ca

EuroParliament to exclude Free Software with patents and #FRAND - http://bit.ly/yeSe8F this looks bad #freesw

Watch the Video! Help Stop #ACTA - http://bit.ly/zW0Srx why not donate a few bob to this worthy lot? I did...

iPhone app lets visually impaired type and text - http://bit.ly/w8oxUn neat solution

#Blender 2.62 Arrives, and Some Free Tools for Getting Going With It - http://bit.ly/AwEvrc better & better #opensource

The #Economist is 1.5 Million Strong - http://bit.ly/wwhCMg "75% of digital readers are new to us"; impressive (v @NiemanLab @mathewi)

Australian Government Holds Secret Anti-Piracy Meetings; The Public Is Not Invited - http://bit.ly/AdwHui bit like #ACTA, really... #au


Friday 17 February 2012

120216


Head of #Mozilla Says #ACTA Is 'A Bad Way To Develop Internet Policy' - http://bit.ly/xOLCd6 heed the lizard wrangler

On the Decline of the #GPL - http://bit.ly/yaOgZD useful thoughts #opensource

What is #Copyright For? - http://onforb.es/xIR1CZ good point: (c) as "regulation of commercial exploitation", not regulation of copying

EU tar sands vote set for 23 February - http://bit.ly/xVCN2m lobbyists will be getting excited #tarsands #energy

up to 5 years for wearing a mask while committing an offence? - http://bit.ly/x5PTz8 really, #canada? (v @ThAOSteen)#anonymous

#Google is awaiting #China’s approval of its Motorola Mobility acquisition - http://tnw.co/wY95ys interesting how global this has become

#webOS governance model announced, more open than #Android - http://bit.ly/xxQPKN good move

300k farmers hope for lawsuit against #Monsanto - http://bit.ly/wGPnQb lots at stake here #gm #patents

Chinese Internet giant #Baidu is reportedly planning to expand into South America - http://tnw.co/xnHW0s potentially big; africa next?

Online #Copyright: EU Court of Justice Rules Out Private and Automatic #Censorship - http://bit.ly/x2hGZh great news #sabam

Für ACTA wird die Luft dünner - http://bit.ly/ykj79S EU conservatives backing away from #ACTA

Library Closure of Type .nu - http://bit.ly/zK4i36 great background & analysis of library.nu takedown #ebooks #piracy

#SABAM vs Netlog - another important ruling for fundamental rights - http://bit.ly/AqhK6L excellent, detailed analysis (v @Adv007)#ACTA

Obfsproxy: the next step in the #censorship arms race - http://bit.ly/zvQDhj "change how #Tor traffic looks to nw"; cool (v @birgittaj)

La France Forte de Nicolas #Sarkozy est en fait grecque ! - http://bit.ly/zvtyTB whoops (v @gchampeau)#france #greece

Innenministerin stoppt umstrittene Web-Zensur - http://bit.ly/zOfVGD austrian minister against #ACTA (v @jerezim)#at

#SOCA's Frightening New Approach to Music Piracy - http://bit.ly/yzuJQw why it's dangerous, why it must stop #copyright

Music Industry Mulls Suing Google Over “Pirate” Search Results - http://bit.ly/yGjT9c this is inevitable

Unanimous pressure in EP forces Commission to accept binding Treaty of #Blind Persons - http://bit.ly/wIDHYu really big #eu

#SOCA: Police can monitor file download histories - http://bit.ly/ybA6SD as I guessed; question is: how? #surveillance

#Cisco to challenge #Microsoft Skype deal at EU court - http://bbc.in/zB5Jo8 interesting how everyone suddenly wants #openstandards...

Movies Are Expensive To Make Because They're So Lucrative - http://slate.me/xVmNMx crucial point (v @normative)#businessmodels #copyright

Une plainte déposée contre X par les deux négociateurs français de l’#ACTA suite à un communiqué d’Act Up-Paris - http://bit.ly/wxcBYG weird

Keeping #SOPA Measures Out of Trade Agreements #ACTA, #TPP - http://huff.to/z6jzDr "if you're not at the table, you're on the menu" – ha!

About #Patents. Again - http://bit.ly/zxyxc7 great post; key point is we live in age of inventive abundance - patents designed for scarcity

European Commission discusses tactical, partial retreat on #ACTA - http://bit.ly/yRKEIN important insights into EC thinking: pl. read

SPÖ-Mandatare fordern #ACTA-Stopp - http://bit.ly/zCP1R0 good stuff happening in #austria (v @lexelas @bendrath)

URGENT: US Citizens PLEASE Sign Anti-RWA petition - http://bit.ly/yb4IvJ more signatures needed... #openaccess

UK Publishers Pretend To Embrace #Copyright Reform... In Order To Kill Copyright Reform - http://bit.ly/x4bon1 cunning #hargreaves #dce

#ACTA: EU now under immense pressure from within and without to find an exit strategy - http://bit.ly/yuNPt4 NB comment about UK MPs...

2 French #ACTA negotiators file criminal “complaint against unknown person” 4 press release issued by Act Up-Paris – http://bit.ly/wMz6au

EU Trade Deal Could Cost Ontario $1.2 Billion Per Year From Higher Pharma Costs - http://bit.ly/AucWzA so why is #canada doing this?

anti-RWA petition, correct URL – http://bit.ly/zG9pG2

USians: would be good to contact your politicians to ask them to support the pro-#openaccess FRPAA - http://bit.ly/A2MN2Q (v @mrgunn)

Typosquatting sites ‘Wikapedia’ and ‘Twtter’ have been fined $300,000 by UK watchdog - http://tnw.co/xKwkZV nice teeth, there

Auraslate Is An Open Source Android Tablet For Hackers - http://tcrn.ch/wObVCO nice

From encryption to darknets: As governments snoop, activists fight back - http://bit.ly/A7QRFI the inevitable arms race

Who are the people USTR clears to see secret text for #TPPA IPR negotiation? - http://bit.ly/AtOcg1 not little people like you & me

Re: public of the web - http://bit.ly/A9gh0K "how can #Mozilla fuel, bolster, cheer on and be a part of this rising internet public?" #ACTA

Patent Beast Intellectual Ventures Sues AT&T - http://bit.ly/xhp8j9 so much for using its patents for innovation, not suing - yeah, right

#Mozilla's #Boot2Gecko mobile platform and Gaia UI - bit.ly/xwD2Uc excellent intro to exciting #linux-based project

Indian Government To Track Locations of All Cell Phone Users - http://bit.ly/yv0ybY 1st censorship, now this: not good #india

#Heartland Feels The Heat Over #AntiScience Climate Change Strategy - http://onforb.es/xQLKpe great slapdown #denialism

Tim Cook: I don’t really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple - http://tnw.co/xmBENy ouch #hasbeen

Microsoft licensing hike sparks UK piracy, bankruptcy fears - http://bit.ly/Ac8ptg 35% hike? looks like a good time to switch to #opensource

How Do We Know #Piracy Isn't Really A Big Issue? Because Media Companies Haven't Needed To Change As A Result – http://bit.ly/x1EPaZ