Wednesday, 8 August 2012

120807


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120806 - http://bit.ly/MgIPFE yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Berne Exceptions not subject to 3-step test - http://bit.ly/O2fGfH why US #TPPproposals are awful

#Malaysia says no to #TPP - http://bit.ly/Nadcgs good to see countries waking up to the dangers here #generics

#Amazon Launches Textbook Rental Service - http://on.mash.to/QGuMMAsurprising haven't done before (v @raphaellelaubie @phylogenomics)

The Pending Kodak Patent Auction May Create Weapons Of Business Destruction - http://bit.ly/QzRofs good analysis of awful situation

Authors Guild Seeks $2 Billion From Google for Book Scanning -http://bit.ly/Nyg5DA come on, surely that should be trillions...?

Upcoming Conference will Showcase Linux's Growing Success in Vehicles -http://bit.ly/MKetbA another important win (v @schestowitz)

Tqanil Tij Tzaqpib'l Te Chemxim - http://bit.ly/NglbH5 wow: Internet Declaration in Mam, a #Mayan language (v @avilarenata @Asher_Wolf)

US wants to take an axe to New Zealand IP law -http://lawgeeknz.posterous.com/us-wants-to-take-an-axe-to-new-zealand-ip-lawwhy #NZ must fight this #TPP

Kim Dotcom Was Assaulted By Police During Raid, Court Hears -http://bit.ly/MtkHB5 appalling if confirmed

#EU-#India Free Trade Agreement - http://bit.ly/OK4fv1 shades of #ACTA; significant post from @davidmartinmep(v @PostActa)

Initial Obligations Code needs rewriting. Again. - http://bit.ly/MhcO0f good letter from @OpenRightsGroup to @edvaizey#DEAct #libraries

#ODwyer family defiant against the #MPAA - http://bit.ly/NZGQH3 with some justification, one might say...

Alpha of Kolab 3.0 and Roundcube 0.8 released - http://bit.ly/N041Bf GPL'd groupware #freesw

OKFestival Updates: Early Bird Ticket Extension, Developer Travel Bursaries &#OpenData Cooking! - http://bit.ly/MKzl2b in lovely helsinki

Gibson Guitars Calls Out Gov. For 'Regulating Business Through Criminal Law' - http://bit.ly/RwIZdZ good point about "ignorance of the law"

#PussyRiot lawyers to complain to European Court of Human Rights -http://bit.ly/MKAxCL can't see Vlad worrying much... (v @Asher_Wolf)


Tuesday, 7 August 2012

120806


The downside of #openaccess - http://bit.ly/QEosFk raise some interesting issues (v @mbauwens)

‘Curiosity’ Killed The Apathy? #fundNASA #Crowdfunding Plea Goes Viral -http://tcrn.ch/NjeVwI as some of use were suggesting for #opensource

Watch the Nail-biting 7 Minutes of Terror in JPL’s Mission Control -http://bit.ly/O0PzG4 actually, watch #copyright stop people seeing it (v +Terry Hancock)

Kindle #ebook sales have overtaken print, says Amazon - http://bit.ly/NdMotWthat didn't take long

Apple Is Giving Away Its Secrets By Litigating - http://bit.ly/MrtUK4 what is known as a condign punishment...

Britain United - http://bit.ly/OFxAXi The Sun: "a new Great Britain is being forged." wow (v @DavidAllenGreen)#london2012

Research paywalls tumble down - http://bit.ly/Pz0x32 interesting that Willetts, too, hit paywalls... #openaccess

How militarized war on drugs in Latin America benefits transnational corporations & undermines democracy - http://bit.ly/NWw4kK plausible

Australian Agency Rules #Facebook Pages Responsible For Comments -http://bit.ly/QwjojU not good

Die letzte Schlacht der Steinzeitkrieger - http://bit.ly/MrAfoM shameful actions by #indonesia #png #torture

Biased Buyers Blocking Open Source - http://bit.ly/OEnjrr outrageous that this is still a problem #EU

#TPP Text On Fair Use Leaks; US Proposals Really About Limiting Fair Use, Not Expanding It - http://bit.ly/MYsIxR as we feared #copyright

#Mendeley injects some pace into academia with fast, big data -http://bit.ly/NjroQQ towards the death of impact factors...

Samsung 45% Of Euro Sales; Apple Gained Only In UK, US; RIM Holds On In France - http://tcrn.ch/MIw839 interesting analysis of why

pic of the week: "a picture-perfect morning in northern #Xinjiang" -http://on.fb.me/MrOzOf atmospheric #Xinjiang #新疆

Exploring Anti-Net Neutrality Arguments - http://bit.ly/Pzzp3R it's all about content, money & power... #netneutrality

Chinese telecoms giants are taking over the world. Should we be scared? -http://bit.ly/R9wyD9 racist much? #china #huawei

MPAA Recruits “Surrogates” to Support Extradition of UK Student -http://bit.ly/NjII8u the more we learn about MPAA, more contemptible seem

Samsung Will Give You Up to $300 for Your Old Smartphone -http://on.mash.to/MnXbj4 some aggressive marketing here

We need to go the extra mile with broadband - http://bit.ly/OGyVNv interesting guest post on @NeelieKroesEU's blog #altnet

Time to come clean on US bedfellow, minister - http://bit.ly/R9YqHx you bet (v @PostActa @DrRimmer)#au #acta #tpp #copyright

Happy 21st, world wide web: An idea that changed lives - http://zd.net/O1hR3pa useful reminder: only 21 years... (v @sjvn)

Google records show book scanning was aimed at Amazon -http://bit.ly/OL8qEj not so surprising

Are we still America’s deputy IP sheriff in Asia-Pacific? - http://bit.ly/Q55Es5calling out #TPP trickery (v @BernardKeane @doctorow)#au

#Curiosity rover "caught in the act of landing"—NASA photo -http://bit.ly/OZ8m7l amazing resolution & contrast considering...

Police develop technology to monitor social nws - http://bit.ly/OLb0u0 "no choice but to develop anticipatory aspect to this" (v @ralpost)

#ICANN's Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Process .sucks -http://rww.to/OZcWm5 .yup

More Anti-Youtube Whining: 'YouTube Complies With Our Takedown Requests Just To Make Us Look Bad' - http://bit.ly/Mshwtv yeah, right

Indian Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap: 'Piracy Helps Deliver The Filmmaker's Message To The Masses' - http://bit.ly/N9znDB obvious, really #india


Monday, 6 August 2012

120805


IETF diskutiert Netz-Standards gegen Zensur - http://bit.ly/NZBOr5 that's good, we need them #censorship

Pwdr Model 0.1 - http://bit.ly/NbXEHk "#opensource powder-based rapid prototyping machine" (v @openp2pdesign)#3dprinters

1993: EC rubber-stamps #Microsoft monopoly - http://bit.ly/Mq5Mrj fascinating background info to terrible decisions (v @sjig)

Hard Hitting Video Slams “Political Prostitution” In Movie Piracy Cases -http://bit.ly/NhCyWh rather well done #odwyer #copyright

Transcribe: An awesome audio-transcription Web app for Chrome -http://tnw.co/Mq6jtb looks useful

The “Occupy” & “Tea Party” Agree to Not Steal Copyrights in a “Post-Greed” or “Pro-IP” Era - http://bit.ly/McU9mn delusional (v @Beautyon_)

Yes, I was hacked. Hard. - http://bit.ly/Qt5grR NB: "got in via Apple tech support and some clever social engineering" (v @technollama)

Corn farmers struggle to cope with rootworm resistance - http://bit.ly/MlEOLuwho could possibly have foreseen this? oh, wait... #monsanto

Linex ya no tiene ni web - http://bit.ly/McZxpu this looks well fishy (v @sjig)
 #spain #opensource

Shadowrun Comes To Linux, MMO Planned - http://bit.ly/MlF7WB more good news for #gnu/linux #gamers

Altmetrics – Trying to Fill the Gap - http://bit.ly/RoBINk promising idea (v @bengoldacre)#metrics #research

Pakistani wife in disputed marriage gunned down in court by her brother -http://bit.ly/PYqlWG no comment (v @DavidAllenGreen @CathElliott)

El#sevier replies about hybrid #openacess; I am appalled about their practices -http://bit.ly/MmkKZq naughty, naughty

Leaked MPAA Memo Reveals TV-Shack Press Strategy - http://bit.ly/MqGM3b#MPAA are such greedy, cynical scumbags #odwyer

Jakarta is world’s top #Twitter city; other Asia-Pacific nations make strong showing - http://bit.ly/Pxr1Sq gosh, who knew? #id

Thousands of fish die as Midwest streams heat up - http://bit.ly/NcMvG9 no apocalypse to see here, move along please... #climatechange

Desktop Android? Multi-user #Android support is on its way -http://zd.net/RpIF0z hmm, interesting


Sunday, 5 August 2012

120804


Leak of #TPP text on copyright Limitations and Exceptions -http://bit.ly/MVPKWc v bad, as expected, but why is #australia supporting #us?

#Firefox continues to gain as Internet Explorer, Chrome slide -http://bit.ly/Qpw7Fb a-ha #mozilla #browsers

#Xiaomi#China’s rising star, confirms hotly-anticipated new smartphone launching August 16 - http://tnw.co/OH3nEM #android-based

New Patent Reform Bill Defines Software Patents; Targets Trolls -http://bit.ly/PPygWf I'll believe it when it's passed #swpats

Bohuslav #Martinů: Complete Chronological Catalogue on Spotify -http://bit.ly/QR61dD he wrote too much, but some truly excellent music

UK: 'No need' for new #Twitter laws - http://bit.ly/NSL9nv that's good

Amazing dishonesty of anti food-labelling coalition - http://bit.ly/N5eOYM let's hope "Prop 37 – the California Right to Know" passes #gm


Saturday, 4 August 2012

120803


The Naked and the #TED - http://bit.ly/N77iL6 splendid taking-down of trousers by @evgenymorozov(@leashless @ericgarland)

Welcome to Emerging Leader Labs - http://bit.ly/MU9o4Q good to see people exploring new stuff (v @mbauwens)

US Proposal for a Limitations & Exceptions Clause in #TPP -http://bit.ly/MgJyBX "difficult to provide specific textual commentary"

IaaS Pricing Patterns and Trends - http://bit.ly/MUabCH fascinating graphs (v @cdaffara)#cloud

How Did 21-Year-Old Chavis Carter Get Shot In Head While Handcuffed In A Police Car? - http://bit.ly/N2NI4C no comment (v @wendycockcroft)

Outdated Compulsory Licensing Means Australian Schools Must Pay Millions To Use Free Internet Materials - http://bit.ly/T5LSRw crazy #au

Filippetti met l’Hadopi au tapis - http://bit.ly/Qz3Qy6 potentially big: future of#hadopi uncertain; big cuts in funding (v @cybearDJM)#fr

Mitt Romney confirms he would end US wind power subsidies -http://bit.ly/NpQCfC but keep $40 bn subsidies/tax breaks for oil & gas

Embedding #copyright-infringing video is not a crime, court rules -http://cnet.co/Mni0RE looks an important ruling

Change to #copyright laws threatens #furniture makers and thousands of jobs -http://bit.ly/OFk2Zk interesting pushback

Indian coal mining a threat to tigers, Greenpeace warns - http://bit.ly/T62GYDmaking #coal a little bit more evil #inda

MT @Todd_Roy picture of 2 perfectly round concentric circles your brain will refuse to see http://bit.ly/Nq9BXn impressive (v @monkchips)

Mass #surveillance and classified #patents - http://bit.ly/OFlr2c fascinating, overlooked area

Amazon deforestation falls again - http://bit.ly/M8kj9M still happening, but slower; kudos to those working on this #brazil

Video Embedding Site Isn't Contributory Copyright Infringer, Sideloading Could Be Direct Infringement - http://bit.ly/M8EhBd (v @villoks)

Save the Arctic - Stop #Shell - http://bit.ly/QzyiIz can we trust it? I thought not...

#TimeOut #london To Go Free - http://bit.ly/N7LS0p huge vote for the free model, especially after #eveningstandard success

Privilegien für EU-Beamte: Brüssels Bürokraten kassieren in der Krise -http://bit.ly/M8G6xZ absurd double standards

Seven years after Nature, pilot study compares Wikipedia favorably to other encyclopedias in three languages - http://bit.ly/QK8cQd so there

Q2: 68% Of All Smartphones Shipped Were #Android#China’s The Biggest Market By A Wide Margin - http://tcrn.ch/MCQ8Ex the one that counts

ARRRRR: The European Pirate Summit 2012 returns to Cologne in September -http://tnw.co/MUElpA time to sort out policies, then

HuffPo, The Daily and the flawed iPad content model - http://bit.ly/Ror19k yup

UK judges quietly declare text chat can be obscene - http://bit.ly/M8H3qa this will be disastrous for free speech

#Israel losing international support, says British ambassador -http://bit.ly/NQdNWm significant shift, or just window dressing? #palestine

Double Jeopardy - http://slate.me/NXym0k "rich and powerful can hire body doubles to do their prison time". wait, what? #china

Plenty of Fish in the Sea? - http://bit.ly/MCV6kv some glimmers of hope for rational exploitation of resources (v @BoraZ) 

Olympics Shuts Down Non-Commercial Online Service That Helped People Get Tickets - http://bit.ly/NXDrpc #london2012 gold medal for bullying

New Photos of #Mozilla's Mobile OS Have Arrived Online - http://bit.ly/Qn745sclean, simple

Fencing gold medal winner Limardo takes public transport -http://bbc.in/M9308m wearing medal; amazing story from every viewpoint#humanity

Ballmer's biggest blunder ever? The mis-naming of Metro - http://zd.net/T6pSpEif this proves true, how much longer can he last? #microsoft

Richard Stallman on Corporate Secrecy and US Politics - http://bit.ly/MhWTtSmore unusual stuff #rms

Source Sans Pro: #Adobe’s First Open Source Type Family -http://bit.ly/NqFS0t that's good; more, please...

Europe Already Has Draft Standard For Real-Time Government Snooping On Services Like Facebook And Gmail - http://bit.ly/T6sfbO huh? #etsi

Disclosure of #copyright-protected information under FOI not a breach of copyright law, says ICO - http://bit.ly/OO7HE7 (v @SaskiaWalzel)

Tell @Sainsburys and @Waitrose: No #Monsanto products in UK Supermarkets! - http://chn.ge/OxkPy4 v bad move, people (v @wendycockcroft)

Jitsi - secure Open Source Video Calls and Chat - http://bit.ly/ONtOwb looks promising (v @Beautyon_)

The Biggest New #US Spying Program You’ve Probably Never Heard Of -http://bit.ly/MDriEj wow, sounds bad (v @trevortimm 

App.net is real-time social feed without ads - http://bit.ly/QnLb6f how is this different from #identica? (v @teawithcarl)

Brazil: Congress to vote on “Bill of Rights” for Net users - http://bit.ly/Nr0y8Ithat's "Marco Civil da Internet"; let's hope (v @asteris)


Thursday, 2 August 2012

120801


Ardusat - http://bit.ly/OmzjOl "will allow experiments to be run in orbit by everyday people like you and me." #arduino #openhardware

#Amazon decides it actually does need licenses for music - http://bit.ly/Nl8hoBinteresting U-turn

#Samsung, After 'Begging' to Get Sony Into #Apple Patent Trial, Flouts Judge And Releases 'Excluded Evidence' Anyway - http://onforb.es/Na4Wd2

#Android 4.0 is coming! - http://bit.ly/Nl8sQY to the #raspberrypi, that is

#Mozilla Will Nearly Double SF Office, Add 125 People In Early 2013 -http://tcrn.ch/Nl8zvZ upbeat stuff

30 #Linux Kernel Developers in 30 Weeks: Alan Cox - http://bit.ly/M2ZhsV what our man in Swansea is up to 

Top patent court struggles to decide when software is patentable -http://bit.ly/R76J8z another hint that it shouldn't ever be patentable 

#Drones kill transnational terrorists - http://bit.ly/Nl9xs7 spectacularly arrogant & insulting (v @Asher_Wolf @chrisjwoods)

Ask Me Anything, Answer Nothing: Kevin Rose’s AMA On #Reddit -http://tcrn.ch/MYAoOM whoops

Boris Johnson Invites Rupert Murdoch To The Games - http://bit.ly/NTCb6Fboris goes bonkers

Cabinet Iraq papers to remain secret - http://bit.ly/NlcHvS "thereby encouraging high-quality decision-making" haha, v witty (v @jmcest)

Musicians getting 'more than half of royalty income from online streaming' -http://bit.ly/Pqpyxy another reason #DEAct should be binned

Silchester Iron Age finds reveal secrets of pre-Roman Britain -http://bit.ly/M36itQ exciting stuff

Twitter refuses to unmask user of fake Steve Auckland account -http://bit.ly/MYHT8m tries to redeem itself (v @Asher_Wolf @YourAnonNews)

How Petty Patent Fights Can Get: Samsung Upset That Apple Gets Top Billing In Patent Suit - http://bit.ly/OIYbC9 pathetic or what...?

#Syria's video activists give revolution the upper hand in media war -http://bit.ly/PlBYXg fascinating stuff

Valve's Linux video games plan described as 'unethical' - http://bbc.in/R7UYOVwell done, BBC, facts all correct 4 a change (v @schestowitz)

Harry Reid: Bain Investor Told Me That Mitt Romney 'Didn't Pay Any Taxes For 10 Years' - http://huff.to/N1AJ1h like everyone (v @jwildeboer)

Public Accounts Committee urges government to make case for free #opendatahttp://bit.ly/PrVr8P sensible stuff (v @Mark_Antony)#uk

UK Economic & Social Data Service value for money - http://bit.ly/QvihDx 4 every £1 returns £5.40 in net economic value  (v @petersuber)

Open-Data-Initiative der Bundesregierung - http://bit.ly/NayCqv about time, too - come on, #Germany #opendata

#ClimateChange’s Costs Hit The Plate - http://bit.ly/PlNVw3 "this year’s U.S. drought is good news", because it may wake up sceptics

#Microsoft's Patent Strategy Made Patent - http://bit.ly/QpHCM1 it just wants#google to admit #android infringes - nothing much

UK Government Censors #Copyright Consultation Submission About How Awful Collection Societies Are - http://bit.ly/MiXvoY curious

Access to private communications is a privilege, not a right - http://bit.ly/Oogzhlthat's* government* access...

#dangleboris is already a meme - http://bit.ly/PlWpmQ it's a fast-moving world here (v @mikebutcher)

Why is Boris Johnson promoting climate change "sceptics"? -http://bit.ly/QvFaXg even more bonkers (v @boraz @j_timmer @alicebell) 


Wednesday, 1 August 2012

120731


#Tarkovsky Films Now Free Online - http://bit.ly/OFSc13 old news, but worth repeating: some of greatest ever made (v @netzpolitik)

The Knight-#Mozilla Fellowships - http://bit.ly/PhRJP0 still time to apply for next batch (v @avilarenata)

Richard Stallman on News Sources Bias, GPL.next Misinformation, and Software Patents - http://bit.ly/T1CKxg more of the usual #rms

#Censorship: OK to fight #copyright infringement but not sex abuse? -http://bit.ly/OyTvNc weird priorities

Add #Argentina To The List Of Countries Looking To #Censor The Internet (For The Children, Of Course) - http://bit.ly/Nh9jlA regrettable

Photos & Testimony From Dawood Military Hospital Scandal -http://bit.ly/M7JhBu warning: v graphic images (v @AnnieMachon @jmcest @jlllow)

Tom Daley Twitter 'troll' to be investigated by police - http://bbc.in/MgJOXDtwitter brings out worst in UK criminal system (v @Glinner)

Huge power failure hits north and east #India for second day -http://bbc.in/NFH4Tr this is getting apocalyptic (v @28481k)

Hooper report: Industry should lead on new '#copyright hub' - http://bit.ly/N8jxpfbuilding on #hargreaves; orphan works included #uk

Elements For The Reform Of #Copyright And Related Cultural Policies -http://bit.ly/MgNzfI lots of great ideas; let the debate begin

Kicking and screaming at WIPO: Dragging the EU and the US to the negotiating table - http://bit.ly/Piu1lU "the momentum is on our side"

[RT] UK Politicians Don't Seem To Mind That Every Web Page You Load Is#Copyright Infringement Under Current Law - http://bit.ly/R062Od

Thomas Heatherwick: #London’s Greatest Modern Designer? -http://bit.ly/MgUfuk some of his other work #london2012

European Commission would rather #EU citizens die than override data exclusivity to allow #generics - http://bit.ly/OxLFa5 #monopolies

#ICANN Continues to Prove It Can't - http://bit.ly/QeDVc0 time to give the Net to someone else - not the #ITU, but the #geeks who built it

US Industry IP Campaign Aims To Dispel Misconceptions - http://bit.ly/T1S90vhere comes the FUD about how cuddly monopolies are

How A (Non-Apple) U.S. Patent Might Just Change the World -http://onforb.es/T1SoIU as in: "mess it up even more" #obvious #trivial#patents

In Re Books - http://bit.ly/QUVqeX "a conference on law and the future of books to be held at New York Law School"

EU biofuels claim challenged by academic study - http://bit.ly/R3AzKX “What we need is transparency."

OpenStreetMap: Studie zählt 192.000 aktive Nutzer - http://bit.ly/M8spukinteresting stats #osm

UK #copyright: Accessing #Orphan Works - http://bit.ly/MhmxVD a good sign: the UK government blogging about copyright issues (v @Coadec)

RT @MsLods Ireland's #copyright committee receives 180 submissions:http://bit.ly/QsTLms good to see lively interest here

Is The #NBCFail On Olympics Coverage Giving Rise To VPN Pirates? -http://tcrn.ch/OjJtC1 seems plausible

Google proposes VP8 and Opus for WebRTC standard - http://bit.ly/MZC0Wwmore or less as expected...

Putin's Prosecutors Threaten Protest Blogger With Decade in Jail -http://bit.ly/NSB33g whoops, the mask slips

US Has Ignored New Zealand Court Order To Return Data It Seized From#Megaupload - http://bit.ly/Ozu2qr treats #NZ law with contempt

Use of mobile phone wiretapping software common in #China -http://bit.ly/T2eqvc "disguised as computer monitoring sw" (v @rmack @raykwong)

Billionaire Branson Sues Eco-Label "I Am Not A Virgin" For Copyright Infringement - http://onforb.es/MhE0gH </cough> trademark (v @howardknopf)

Meme Overload: The Internet Cheers on Olympians [GIF] -http://on.mash.to/Njo7QP nicely done #london2012

BT backpedals on claims almost every #Android device has malware -http://zd.net/OzRGmI you mean it's not totally true...?