Saturday 31 May 2014

140530


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140529 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/140529.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Privacy call for internet browsing in the wake of Edward #Snowden leaks - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/30/privacy-call-for-internet-browsing-survey-edward-snowden?CMP=twt_gu are people waking up at last?

Security Experts Looking To Possibly Fork And Rescue #TrueCrypt - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140529/17060727396/security-experts-looking-to-possibly-fork-rescue-truecrypt.shtml makes sense, but will the licence allow it?

#Chilcot inquiry accused of whitewash over letters between Blair and Bush - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/29/chilcot-inquiry-accused-of-whitewash-over-blair-and-bush-letters well, there's a surprise...

Corporate capture: Europe trade talks threaten environment - http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2014-05-corporate-capture-europe-trade-talks-threaten-enviro good post on #TTIP's huge dangers

Capturing #Xibe, “Language of Exile,” for Posterity - http://bruce-humes.com/archives/7501 great news #linguistics

Patent royalties may exceed $120 per #smartphone, undermine industry profitability: working paper - http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/05/patent-royalties-may-exceed-120-per.html patent insanity

Moms to EPA: End #Monsanto's Poisoning of America - https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/28-9 & nobody wants to fight mums, do they?

Will Big Oil Execs Ever Stand Trial for Willful Climate Deceit? - https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/28-7 investors should watch out, too... #carbonbubble

EU-Politik: Der Trick beim #TTIP - http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/41/41903/1.html "Nulltarif"? Nein: "Nullkonjunkturprogramm"... (v @Liese_Mueller)

US cybercrime laws being used to target #security researchers - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/29/us-cybercrime-laws-security-researchers just as we predicted (v @AdV007)

#Copyright roundup 3 — Changes in UK law - http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/05/30/copyright-roundup-3-changes-in-uk-law/ useful summary of important changes

Blair should ask Chilcot to publish full Iraq letters to Bush, says Major - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/30/blair-should-ask-chilcot-publish-full-iraq-letters-bush-major  nothing to hide, etc. etc.

“Unitary patent” and court system - http://www.stjerna.de/unitary_patent.htm great set of resources about new Unitary Patent and its problems #UPC #EU

BEUC's letter to De Gucht, calling him out for exaggerated growth claims for #TTIP - http://www.beuc.eu/publications/beuc-x-2014-036_mgo_joint_letter_to_mr_de_gucht_on_economic_figures-final.pdf there is simply no real benefit here

Merkel backs Jean-Claude Juncker for European commission president - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/angela-merkel-jean-claude-juncker-european-commission make up your mind, Mutti...

Congressman bankrolled by ISPs tries to halt Internet regulation - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/congressman-bankrolled-by-isps-tries-to-halt-internet-regulation/ probably just a coincidence...

#EU: The importance of unbiased communication on #TTIP - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/?p=260 "acknowledge the whole spectrum of possible outcomes"

Software Patents Are Still a Threat to Europe Due to ‘Unitary’ Patent - http://techrights.org/2014/05/30/occupying-europe/ just in case you thought they'd gone away...


Why is it so acceptable to lie to promote trade deals? - http://www.bilaterals.org/?why-is-it-so-acceptable-to-lie-to #TTIP's "annual growth is on the order of 0.03%" #TAFTA

How the #UK taught #Brazil's dictators torture techniques - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27625540 just shameful

US Lawmakers Demand Immediate Action to Protect Killer Whales - http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/lawmakers-against-seaworld/ great news: let's keep up the pressure on @SeaWorld

Defend Trade Secrets Act - http://patentlyo.com/patent/2014/05/secrets-endorsement-criticism.html global push to create new "trade secrets" right: v dangerous...


Chamber Resorts to Cartoonish Analogies to Defend Corporations’ ‘Right’ to Attack Policies - http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2014/05/chamber-resorts-to-cartoonish-analogies-to-defend-corporations-right-to-attack-policies.html so insulting #ISDS

BND will Echtzeit-Überwachung sozialer Netzwerke - http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/BND-will-Echtzeit-Ueberwachung-sozialer-Netzwerke-2212289.html can't think where they got that idea (v @Liese_Mueller)#nsa

Zazzle.com Thinks Depictions of Pi Are Protected Intellectual Property - http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/05/30/1518238/zazzlecom-thinks-depictions-of-pi-are-protected-intellectual-property more monopoly madness


"Government must be vigilant, not frightened, of risks of large data sets" - http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/06/ideas-bank/mark-walport rubbish: risks are ours, not theirs

Has the NRA Finally Met Its Match in Richard Martinez, Father of Isla Vista Shooting Victim? - http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/has-nra-finally-met-its-match-richard-martinez-father-isla-vista-shooting-victim

The $120 Smartphone Patent Tax: Patent Royalties Cost More Than The Actual Hardware In Your Phone - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140530/06531127408/120-smartphone-patent-tax-patent-royalties-cost-more-than-actual-hardware-your-phone.shtml bin patents now


Friday 30 May 2014

140529


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140528 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/05/140528.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Cheap Climate Protection - http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/cheap-climate-protection/ "the economics of climate protection look quite easy."

#Snowden interview: breaking law was only option, says whistleblower - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/29/edward-snowden-interview-breaking-law-was-only-option-says-whistleblower anyone watch this?

Free Speech Groups Issue New Guide to the International “Necessary & Proportionate Principles” - https://www.eff.org/press/releases/free-speech-groups-issue-new-guide-international-necessary-proportionate-principles good work

Edward #Snowden NBC NEWS FULL INTERVIEW - Edward Snowden NBC NEWS FULL INTERVIEW (v @ConsiderMiranda)#NSA

WIPO's Development Agenda At The Crossroads: Does "IP" Or Development Take Priority? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140526/10291227364/wipos-development-agenda-crossroads-does-ip-development-take-priority.shtml

Why The Trial Lawyers May Have Miscalculated In Killing Patent Reform, And How It May Come Back To Bite Them - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140523/17482227351/why-trial-lawyers-may-have-miscalculated-killing-patent-reform-how-it-may-come-back-to-bite-them.shtml

Remembering Jean-Claude Bradley - http://cameronneylon.net/blog/remembering-jean-claude-bradley/ fine tribute, important points #openscience

Something Rotten in the State of...Europe: the Unified Patent - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/05/something-rotten-in-the-state-ofeurope-the-upc/index.htm important paper analyses #UPC's deep problems

Visual gags in comedies: US vs UK - http://boingboing.net/2014/05/28/visual-gags-in-comedies-us-vs.html interesting analysis

 New Indian PM seeks better ties with China - http://thebricspost.com/new-indian-pm-seeks-better-ties-with-china/ how long before China-India-Russia trade deal? who needs #TPP?

Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative Advisory Board - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2014/05/linux-foundation%E2%80%99s-core-infrastructure-initiative-announces-new impressive group: Cox, Moglen, Schneier, T’so

Industry Two Faced over Privacy - http://itsecurity.co.uk/2014/05/industry-two-faced-over-privacy/ good, depressing analysis: "need to create competing technologies and services"

The Web Is In The Public Domain... But The Document That Put It There Is Locked Up By #Copyright - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140508/06311827161/web-is-public-domain-document-that-put-it-there-is-locked-up-copyright.shtml #PD

Hand guns should be legalised and licensed, Nigel Farage has said - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10595087/Hand-guns-should-be-legalised-and-licensed-Nigel-Farage-has-said.html from January; why he's so dangerous (v @Glinner)

Google AdSense's Idiotic And Hypocritical Morality Police Force Us To Remove Ads On News Stories - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140528/15390227381/google-adsenses-idiotic-morality-policing-forces-us-to-remove-ads-news-stories.shtml @Google, the bully


EU’s drug regulator makes a U-turn on data transparency - http://www.economicvoice.com/europes-drug-regulator-makes-a-u-turn-on-data-transparency/ head of EMA should resign for betrayal (v @bengo)dacre

"#TTIP is unsustainable from an environmental point of view" - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/TTIP%20climate%20change.html "a need for new forms of global cooperation"

Most Federal Scientists Feel They Can’t Speak Out, Even If Public Health and Safety at Risk, Says New Survey - http://www.pipsc.ca/portal/page/portal/website/issues/science/bigchill #CA


Thursday 29 May 2014

140528


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140527 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/140527.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#China's Shanzhai Companies Moving On From Counterfeit Imitation To Collaborative Innovation - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140521/07505527306/chinas-shanzhai-companies-moving-counterfeit-imitation-to-collaborative-innovation.shtml interesting shifts

 Towards Evidence-based #Copyright and Patent Policymaking at the OECD - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/05/towards-evidence-based-copyright-and-patent-policymaking-oecd that would be nice... #DRM

Investor-to-state dispute settlement is a rigged system - http://acta.ffii.org/?p=2112 important new analysis of why #ISDS favours US #TTIP

San Francisco Game Designer Creates Program That Converts Any Text Into A Patent Application - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140512/11250627209/san-francisco-game-designer-creates-program-that-converts-any-text-into-patent-application.shtml ha!

Pregnant woman beaten to death by family outside Pakistani court - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/28/pregnant-woman-beaten-death-family-pakistan-court no words... #pk

Die Jugend will ein anderes #TTIP - http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2014-05/freihandelsabkommen-ttip-was-passiert-nach-wahl "Umfang des Abkommens zu verkleinern" (v @SilviaLiebrich)

"consultation to allow corporations, such as Serco and G4S, to provide Child Protection Services" - https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/child-protection-consultation pl. write now

Calls For Social Media To Be Censored In #Spain After Politician's Assassination Is Mocked On Twitter - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140523/11260727347/calls-social-media-to-be-censored-spain-after-politicians-assassination-is-mocked-twitter.shtml & so it goes

"industrialized agriculture would be impossible without antimicrobials" - http://www.nature.com/news/policy-an-intergovernmental-panel-on-antimicrobial-resistance-1.15275 insane waste of precious resource

"worries that new US-EU trade deal will see a watering down of tougher EU laws on use" of antibiotics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27541663 #TTIP/#TAFTA


#TTIP & das deutsche Grundgesetz - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/ttip_und_das_grundgesetz.html "die verfassungsrechtlichen Ansatzpunkte für einen Widerstand" (v @Liese_Mueller)

FSFE: 32 Free Software Pact supporters elected to the European Parliament - https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140528-01.en.html good progress

Deutschland stimmt umstrittenem Opt-Out-Entwurf zu - http://www.keine-gentechnik.de/news-gentechnik/news/de/29187.html bad news; wonder what @campact thinks? (v @Liese_Mueller)

Does US need another round of trade deals? - http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/207362-does-the-us-need-another-round-of-trade-deals "My conclusion on this: The losers outnumber the winners." #TPP #TTIP

.@eBay : Stop contributing to the extinction of elephants & other endangered species - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/185/519/302/help-stop-ebay-from-trading-ivory-and-other-endangered-species/ come on, sort this @ebay...

Accepting Amazon's #DRM Makes It Impossible To Challenge Its Monopoly - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140527/11461627373/accepting-amazons-drm-makes-it-impossible-to-challenge-its-monopoly.shtml applies to #mozilla, too...

Finnish media ignores successful anti-#TTIP demonstration - http://www.bilaterals.org/?finnish-media-ignores-successful more shoddy journalism #fi

John Kerry to Edward #Snowden: Man Up and Come Back to the U.S. - http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/john-kerry-edward-snowden/ oh, do shut it, you pompous old windbag...

.@makerbot Files For Patent On A Design Derived From Work By Its Community - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140528/05394727375/makerbot-files-patent-design-derived-work-its-community.shtml well, patents... #3dprinting


Wednesday 28 May 2014

140527


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140526 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/05/140526.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#ISDS: trojan horse clause giving more power to companies - https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/05/20/isds-the-trojan-horse-clause-giving-more-power-to-companies excellent summary (v @olivierhoedeman @ShmaeganM)#TTIP

Biotech lobby's fingerprints over new EU proposal to allow national GMO bans - http://corporateeurope.org/food-and-agriculture/2014/05/biotech-lobbys-fingerprints-over-new-eu-proposal-allow-national-gmo backdoor deals against public interest

Blair urges Labour to take on Ukip over immigration and EU - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/27/tony-blair-labour-take-on-ukip-immigration-eu worrying: I find myself agreeing with Blair...

#Privacy under attack: the #NSA files revealed new threats to democracy - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/27/-sp-privacy-under-attack-nsa-files-revealed-new-threats-democracy long, deep essay by Eben Moglen; superb

Marine Le Pen: "I also demand that  France halts the transatlantic treaty" - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/27/marine-le-pen-met-far-right-leaders-eu-bloc #TTIP/#TAFTA in the new #EU

Creative Destruction: The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Jobs, and Labor Rights - https://medium.com/@DrRimmer/4681f3cc85a8 good analysis of important aspect #TPP

Microsoft's China Syndrome - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/05/microsofts-china-syndrome/index.htm has Middle Kingdom delivered the death blow for Microsoft's desktop dominance? #linux

Schneier: #Snowden's Leaks Have Actually Made It Easier 2 Crack Terrorists' Encrypted Messages - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140521/05441327300/schneier-snowdens-leaks-have-made-it-easier-to-crack-terrorists-encrypted-messages.shtml interesting argument

China demands halt to 'unscrupulous' US cyber-spying - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/27/china-demands-halt-unscrupulous-us-cyber-spying hilarious...

GMO Grass: Coming to a Lawn Near You? - http://www.alternet.org/environment/gmo-grass-coming-lawn-near-you #monsanto wants a patent on your lawn:  what a spectacularly stupid idea...

Danes support EU patent court in referendum - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/innovation-enterprise/danes-support-eu-patent-court-referendum-302403 here come the software patent trolls... #dk

Auch nach der EU-Wahl: Bürger/in is watching you! - http://blog.campact.de/2014/05/unser-glueckwunsch-an-die-gewaehlten-buergerin-is-watching-you/ well spotted: #ISDS must come out of #CETA, too #TTIP

some interesting dox regarding #copyright industries' pushback against UK copyright exceptions - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/copyright_exceptions#incoming-520020 obtained via #ROI

Discussion with Richard Stallman about Surveillance, the Future of Internet, Life, the Universe & Everything - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/video-discussion-with-richard-stallman-about-surveillance-the-future-of-internet-life-the-universe-a #RMS

No TTIP! national tour & day of action - http://waronwant.org/news/events/18143-no-ttip-national-tour-a-day-of-action great to see @WarOnWant joining the fight against #TAFTA/#TTIP

here's @WarOnWant's booklet on #TTIP - http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/trade-justice/more/inform/18078-what-is-ttip also available in French, German, Greek and Italian #TAFTA

What’s behind this trade deal? - http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/3/2/LaboutResearch_TTIP_may14.pdf good summary of UK trade unions' position on #TTIP

When Europe needs a woman (for European Commission president) - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/when-europe-needs-woman-302454 gets my vote...oh wait, I don't have a vote... #EU

EU-US free trade talks under fire from filmmakers - http://www.bilaterals.org/?eu-us-free-trade-talks-under-fire does anyone like #TAFTA/#TTIP other than corporations?

BuenConocer Summit Designing public policies for a #commons oriented society - http://www.slideshare.net/floksociety/press-release-buen-conocer-summit fascinating, ambitious project #freesw

Biotech companies may have legal say in #EU GM crop bans - http://oneworld.org/2014/05/27/biotech-companies-may-have-legal-say-in-gm-crop-bans/ "an affront to democracy" #monsanto

What If the Democratic Response to #Snowden Is to Expand Surveillance? - http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/05/27/what-if-the-democratic-response-to-snowden-is-to-expand-surveillance/ deranged but possible

'modernized' US poultry industry: process 175 birds a minute, add chlorine, don't watch closely - http://www.onearth.org/articles/2014/05/new-usda-poultry-processing-rules-are-a-raw-deal-for-workers-and-consumers NB for #TAFTA/#TTIP

XKeyscore beim deutschen In- und Auslandsgeheimdienst - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/xkeyscore-beim-deutschen-in-und-auslandsgeheimdienst/ #snowden #nsa

Make Sure GM Companies Don't Call the Shots About Their Own Products - http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/R?i=EQv6Mtfk4NmxAnIfDKJC0Q insane & insulting #EU


Do Personal Computers Come With #NSA Surveillance Devices Built-In As Standard? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140526/08355827362/do-personal-computers-come-with-nsa-surveillance-devices-built-in-as-standard.shtml think that's crazy? think again...

Is your bank financing deforestation? - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/sustainable-dev/your-bank-financing-deforestation-302452 "stop providing all financial services until Wilmar ceases its deforestation"

More news of #EPO unrest reaches the IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.de/2014/05/more-news-of-epo-unrest-reaches-ipkat.html & this the outfit that will run EU's new patent system... #disaster

 EU Council Agrees Approach For New Legal Framework On #TradeSecrets - http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/05/27/eu-council-agrees-approach-for-new-legal-framework-on-trade-secrets/ dangerous shift

Meet the Man Hired to Make Sure the Snowden Docs Aren't Hacked - http://mashable.com/2014/05/27/micah-lee-greenwald-snowden/ something I'd wondered about...


#TAFTA/#TTIP under fire from filmmakers - http://www.screendaily.com/news/eu-us-free-trade-talks-under-fire/5072471.article "US has ¨shown interest in a number of areas of EU audiovisual policy.¨

#TPP looking less attractive for NZ - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11262157 "Fading chance of wider dairy access in US and Japan"

"fringe groups could pose a danger to key pieces of EU legislation — particularly #TAFTA/#TTIP" - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/vote-denotes-the-growing-disunity-of-the-european-union/2014/05/26/0815378b-b0e3-4064-9b77-fb03a83100f1_story.html oh yes (v @PCGTW)

British influence will wane in new EU Parliament - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/british-influence-will-wane-new-eu-parliament-302415 bad news for Brits, great news for Europeans...

UK Home Office's terrorist detection checklist - http://boingboing.net/2014/05/27/uk-home-offices-terrorist-de.html at least they know what "demeanour" means...



Tuesday 27 May 2014

140526


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140525 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/05/140525.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Happy Birthday, Ward Cunningham, inventor of the #wiki - https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/26/happy-birthday-ward-cunningham-inventor-of-the-wiki/ we owe him a lot #wikipedia

Forced into a supranational straitjacket, EU voters rebelled - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/26/straitjacket-european-voters-rebelled #TTIP represents given even more supranational power

What do robins, badgers and buzzards have in common? They're all on the #Tories' kill list - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/26/robins-badgers-buzzards-tory-kill-list baring their evil souls

#CETA continues to be hampered by lengthy logistics - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/long-waits-mean-trade-deals-are-rarely-catch-all-solutions/article18836396/ to say nothing of #ISDS, which must come out (v @CETAWatch)

Are #Organic Standards in Jeopardy? Watchdogs Say Yes - http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12480/organic-standards-jeopardy how #TTIP's mutual recognition could undermine #EU standards

Leak reveals how EU cut commitment to greater official openness - http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/05/leaked-document-reveals-eu-cut-commitment-greater-official-openness/ good article (v @raycorrigan)#transparency

Glenn Greenwald, così ho sfidato lo spionaggio - http://espresso.repubblica.it/internazionale/2014/05/26/news/la-sfida-allo-spionaggio-di-glenn-greenwald-1.166956 good questions, excellent interview

#Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster' - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/26/ukip-founder-alan-sked-party-become-frankensteins-monster *very* interesting comments...


Monday 26 May 2014

140525


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140524 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/05/140524.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Still running Windows XP? That's the way Bill Gates planned it - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/25/still-running-windows-xp-bill-gates-planned-it-microsoft @jjn1 on the Microsoft monoculture #malware

Shanghai, are you ready for a serious #opendata initiative? - http://fenggao.me/opendata/2014/05/14/shanghai-are-you-ready-for-open-data-initiative/  hope so #china

Edward #Snowden lotet Rückkehr in die USA aus - http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/vorab/edward-snowden-lotet-rueckkehr-in-die-usa-aus-a-971435.html wow: "Es gibt Verhandlungen" (v @manuelbewarder @netzpolitik)

#snowden is try to negotiate his return to US [de] - http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/vorab/edward-snowden-lotet-rueckkehr-in-die-usa-aus-a-971435.html either brave or foolish...

Wir müssen das Netz zurückerobern! - http://beckedahl.org/wir-mussen-das-netz-zuruckerobern/ yup

Environmentalists Taking Bold Actions — It's Working - http://www.alternet.org/activism/new-environmentalists-are-taking-bold-actions-and-its-working " translates environmental & social risk into business costs"


Cricfree Bounces Back After UK Police Domain Seizure - http://torrentfreak.com/cricfree-bounces-back-after-uk-police-domain-seizure-140524/ & so it goes on... #copyright

‘Unbeatable’ Cinavia Anti-Piracy Technology Cracked by DVD-Ranger - http://torrentfreak.com/dvd-ranger-cracks-unbeatable-cinavia-anti-piracy-system-140524/ #watermarking system no longer effective...

#TTIP Updates - The Glyn Moody blogs - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/11/ttip-updates-the-glyn-moody-blogs/index.htm includes action-packed Update XXVI, complete with water cannons #TAFTA

‘A Government Of Thugs’: How Canada Treats Environmental Journalists - http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/23/3428984/canada-war-on-environmentalists/ O #Canada, have you come to this? #tarsands

Ombudsman concerned about change of policy at @EMA_News as regards clinical trial data #transparency - http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/press/release.faces/en/54348/html.bookmark betrayal

2.7 trillion euros of EU-US investment shows #ISDS is unnecessary for #TTIP. if a system you don't need is broken, don't fix it, bin it

Geheim-Verhandlungen: Wasser soll weltweit privatisiert werden - http://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2014/05/25/geheim-verhandlungen-wasser-versorgung-soll-international-privatisiert-werden/ great to see #DE waking up to #TISA (v @dozykraut)


#Badger cull company used Somerset's constabulary 'as private police force' - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/25/badger-cull-company-avon-somerset-police further biased policing #shame

Copyright Troll Demands Comcast’s Six Strikes Data for Lawsuit - http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-troll-demands-comcasts-six-strikes-data-for-lawsuit-140425/ gosh, what a surprise, no?

"Latin as the official language in Brussels" - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/german-afd-candidate-eu-upside-down-302353 now there's an idea... #EU


Sunday 25 May 2014

140524


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140523 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/05/140523.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Urban geographer’s brush with the law risks sending cold chill through social science - https://theconversation.com/urban-geographers-brush-with-the-law-risks-sending-cold-chill-through-social-science-25961 bad stuff (v @aral)


Mining’s multi-billion-dollar black hole - http://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2014/05/24/minings-multi-billion-dollar-black-hole/1400853600 great piece about socialisation of mining cleanup costs (v @DrRimmer)#AU

Another horror story from #Israel: IDF soldiers arrived early in the morning to uproot over 1,500 fruit trees - https://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/05/22 sick

Moral Rights, Property Rights And Picasso: An Artistic And Legal Conundrum - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140523/06133527344/moral-rights-property-rights-picasso-artistic-legal-conundrum.shtml fascinating US case


Comment le parlement européen, en douce, a anticipé #TAFTA - http://www.arretsurimages.net/articles/2014-05-22/Comment-le-parlement-europeen-en-douce-a-anticipe-Tafta-id6791 well, sorta: it would apply to #ISDS if we don't kill it
#Mozilla, a tale of gentrification - http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2014/05/24/mozilla-a-tale-of-gentrification/ excellent post, mostly right (but not about Adobe Flash...) #DRM



Friday 23 May 2014

140523


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140522 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/05/140522.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Harry Reid Bows Down To Trial Lawyers & Big Pharma In Killing Patent Reform - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140521/18112427320/harry-reid-bows-down-to-trial-lawyers-big-pharma-killing-patent-reform.shtml time to get rid of patents completely

"#TTIP giving big business more power over our laws & additional rights to sue governments for damaging profits." - http://www.theclimatecoalition.org/news/2014/05/22/call-democracy

"the typical farmed American salmon 'eats its own weight in #antibiotics' before it is sold" - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10849686/Superbugs-pose-graver-threat-than-climate-change-scientists.html this. is. madness

Erfolg: Deutsche Bank erteilt Hafenerweiterung eine Absage - http://blog.campact.de/2014/05/erfolg-deutsche-bank-erteilt-hafenerweiterung-eine-absage/ fab work by @campact #au

big: "first time the WTO has accepted animal welfare as grounds for violating basic trade agreement" - http://qz.com/212499/canada-cant-force-the-eu-to-buy-its-murdered-baby-seals/ #canada

#Fracking compensation to be increased - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/fracking-compensation-increase-quell-opposition such blatant #bribery, pushing people sell to children's health for pence

FBI Drops Another Questionable NSL After Microsoft Challenges It In Court - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140522/14563527338/fbi-drops-another-questionable-nsl-after-microsoft-challenges-it-court.shtml kudos to #microsoft for this

Write-down of two-thirds of US shale oil explodes #fracking myth - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/may/22/two-thirds-write-down-us-shale-oil-gas-explodes-fracking-myth why UK fracking dream is daft Tory fantasy

 History shows that parched Aral Sea can be restored - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25620-history-shows-that-parched-aral-sea-can-be-restored.html well, that's hopeful then...

First #Xibe Literary Anthology Published in Chinese - http://bruce-humes.com/archives/7239 exciting #manchu #tungusic  #linguistics

 Beijing, Shanghai in top 5 most affluent cities list - http://thebricspost.com/beijing-shanghai-in-top-5-most-affluent-cities-report/ #london top, FWIW

important: De Gucht says that it is likely that #TTIP is a "mixed agreement" - http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-406_en.htm so national parliaments will vote too

Little to gain and much to lose for Australia in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (#TPP) - http://justinvestment.org/2014/05/little-to-gain-and-much-to-lose-for-australia-in-the-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp/ true; if only #AU public knew

Even Asylum in Russia Can't Save #Snowden From Becoming a Meme - http://mashable.com/2014/05/22/edward-snowden-meme/ wonderful; he must be chuckling...


#Mozilla: Publish and be #DRM'd! - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/05/mozilla-publish-and-be-drmd/index.htm "DRM for video is simply a Trojan Horse for all the #copyright industries."

Trade Unions, ‘Free Trade’, and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity: An Introduction - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2014.860319 #TTIP #TPP

@DWPgovuk – and @cabinetofficeuk – hide new Universal Credit secrets - http://ukcampaign4change.com/2014/05/23/dwp-and-cabinet-office-hide-new-universal-credit-secrets/ a continuing disgrace

#TTIP: & Role of Trade Impact Assessments: Managing Fictional Expectations - http://web.isanet.org/Web/Conferences/Toronto%202014/Archive/ebb12214-50a7-4f8a-80eb-d25ce06fbed3.pdf great analysis of conceptual framework

MEPs suspicious as Commission fails to respond to #TTIP questions - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/Commission%20TTIP%20MEPs.html De Gucht is getting so rattled...

Nationalpark im Amazonasgebiet: Ecuador erteilt Ölbohr-Lizenz für Weltnaturerbe - http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/yasuni-nationalpark-in-ecuador-erdoel-foerderung-ist-nun-erlaubt-a-971217.html what a disaster...

great analysis of EU's imminent Unitary Patent system & its deep flaws - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2324123 important stuff #UPC #patents #trolls

UK: '4.4bn barrels of oil' in Weald basin - report - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/fracking-report-billions-barrels-oil-government-cynicism "may not be recoverable": in which case it's pretty moot, no?

No shale gas potential in Weald basin, concludes British Geological Survey - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/23/no-shale-gas-potential-weald-british-geological-survey-oil #fracking #UK

Will the #TPP Go the Way of the WTO’s Doha Round? - http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/05/23/will-the-tpp-go-the-way-of-the-wtos-doha-round/ doubts being to swirl...

MT @EdGerwin US & EU announce they'll include separate #Smallbiz chapter in #TTIP>> so why not one for the public, too? (v @EU_TTIP_team)


#Fracking support declines in UK and US - http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/issues/climate/item/5658-fracking-support-declines-in-uk-and-us you mean people are realising it was only hype & lies all along...?

'Lies’ : Elections, outbursts and EU-US free trade talks - http://www.ttip2014.eu/blog-detail/blog/EU%20elections%20TTIP.html nice review of where #TTIP talks stand today


Merkel sagte: "Jede Erfahrung des Freihandels ist für uns eine gute Erfahrung gewesen" - http://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/Merkel-macht-sich-erneut-fuer-Freihandelsabkommen-stark-3594461 & they were all unlike #TTIP

Losing #Ukip councillor blames poor London polls on 'cultured elite' - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/23/ukip-councillor-blames-poor-london-polls-cultured-elite well done, #londoners...

Should Revealing #Fracking's Chemicals Be A Crime? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140522/11231727332/should-revealing-frackings-chemicals-be-crime.shtml part of larger move to enhance power of "#tradesecrets"

Please Write to Canadian MPs to bring Clinical Trial Transparency to #Canada - http://www.alltrials.net/2014/urgent-write-canadian-mps-to-bring-clinical-trial-transparency-to-canada/ huge opportunity here: let's take it

RT @jackschofield #Microsoft announces free version of #Windows for cheap devices http://bit.ly/1m2NDwm >>inevitable but too late #linux

Study Shows US Government's #Drone Killing Strategy Is Having Zero Impact On Al-Qaeda Attack Numbers - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140522/09092627326/study-shows-us-governments-drone-killing-strategy-is-having-zero-impact-al-qaeda-attack-numbers.shtml awkward