Friday, 17 May 2013

130516


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130515 -http://bit.ly/18MS1uz yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

"#Firefox phone is now technically much better than#Asha on similar hardware" - http://zd.net/11GuQlw (v @BrendanEich @brianbehlendorf)

In whose interest is EU-India FTA being negotiated? -http://bit.ly/10zXMUM not the public of either country, that's for sure...

New Yorker opens Strongbox - a Tor-based anonymous drop site - http://bit.ly/YLhali every media organisation needs one of these

Google Glass: just because you can… -http://bit.ly/16BhkAF "where #surveillance is the norm"

Why the #NHS will go out with a whimper, not a bang -http://bit.ly/10sIxkG frightening analysis because correct

UNESCO to make its publications available free of charge as part of a #OpenAccess policy -http://bit.ly/12wNsRv good news (v @technollama)

New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your Shopping Cart -http://onforb.es/12d1DcO brilliant idea

Hellishly complex, gorgeous assemblage about endless work - http://bit.ly/15P8Qq1 rather nice

Center For Copyright Information Loses Company Status, Not Supposed To Conduct Business In The US -http://bit.ly/13nL1P0 weird

UK signals support for EU import of Canadian#tarsands oil - http://bit.ly/YXRMuO more suicidal moves by tories

High School Student Won't Face Charges for Exploding Science Project - http://bit.ly/13nLtgb outrageous it was even possibility

Science Communication at Tipping Point -http://bit.ly/16BjyQh "Your job is NOT to get tenure! Your job is to change the world" (v @brembs)

We Beat Them to Lima: Opening a New Front Against Secret IP Treaties - http://bit.ly/106mwZc yes, need to go on offensive (v @ralpost)

How #GEMA Is (Still) The Worst 'Collective Rights' Organization In The World - http://bit.ly/13nQ41N poor#germany; unbelievable arrogance

IPR Lists For Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal Still Growing; Risk Of Locking In Old IPR Regimes? -http://bit.ly/15PcErh #TAFTA/#TTIP

Saudi princes fail to win sovereign immunity in UK court case - http://bit.ly/YLotcC good call by appeal judges

Happy 10th Anniversary,@Groklaw -http://bit.ly/12D9dxV and thanks, pj, for everything#swpats #sco

Climate research nearly unanimous on human causes, survey finds - http://bit.ly/106K8wP climate morons will insist it's "unsettled"

How transnational corporations use trade & investment treaties as powerful tools in oil, mining, gas disputes [pdf] - bit.ly/17z1RRA

Como las empresas mineras transnacionales utilizan las reglas de los acuerdos de inversión [pdf] -bit.ly/183yNzs importante #TPP

Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (Trade) Deal - http://bit.ly/12DAmRg and how (v @mbauwens)#TPP

Think twice before signing investor to state dispute settlement treaties - http://bit.ly/10tz9NJ hugely important point #TAFTA/#TTIP

This year's global #OpenStreetMap convention will be in Birmingham, UK - http://bit.ly/183Ayg5 easy to find on a map... #OSM

Kiwis Want To Spy On All Communications, VPNs, And Be Able To Use Secret Evidence Against You -http://bit.ly/YLYMZC this is not good #NZ

How Private Consultancy Firms have brought the #NHS to its knees - http://bit.ly/10Auqpp brilliant - send this to everyone you know in UK

Les héros de la lutte contre la corruption : une interview avec gregory ngbwa mintsa - http://bit.ly/16BMkQWkudos #corruption 

#Monsanto CEO Sees Social Media Fanning Opponents’ ‘Elitism’ - http://buswk.co/16kmXDP rather rich coming from company built on #monopolies

FCA to collect mortgage borrowers' personal data -http://bit.ly/16ktOgr that sounds proportionate; I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

UK Prime Minister Calls for “No Exceptions” in EU-US Trade Talks - http://bit.ly/15PUSEf ready to sell us down the river #TAFTA/#TTIP

UK Recording Industry Looks To Censor More Sites With No Trial Or Conviction - http://bit.ly/12xU7uK this was bound to happen

Eli Lilly's view on #TPP - http://bit.ly/14sITrx oddly enough, no mention of the sick, just more monopolies (v @info_justice @DrRimmer)

#NZ Supreme Court to hear appeal on whether Dotcom can see US evidence - http://ars.to/19yNGZw good news

4 LulzSec hackers jailed for up to 32 month by UK court - http://tnw.co/12E4wnw for rape, could have been a caution http://bit.ly/10ZVONj

Newegg Defeats Alcatel-Lucent in Third Patent Win This Year - http://bit.ly/16C5JRI kudos

Will giving the internet eyes and ears mean the end of privacy? - http://bit.ly/17zWJge why we must have strong #dataprotection in #EU

Copyright policymaking and the digital #publicdomain: a bitter-sweet wishful thinking from France -http://bit.ly/19yXu5K useful analysis

Huge population of YouTube copyright owners denied class action status - http://ars.to/147NrUK well, there you go

Eric Holder Claims Terrorists Are Involved In 'IP Theft' - http://bit.ly/104k8ip wrong at every level

IP Policy in Africa: COMESA leads -http://bit.ly/YMxpyw "not tempered by mention of imperative to promote a balanced #copyright system"

Prosecutor Hints Root Domain Registry Is Criminally Liable For #Copyright Monopoly Infringements On The Pirate Bay - http://bit.ly/1844dFP

Stop #CocaCola trashing #Australia - http://bit.ly/107mv7x I'd like to buy the world a choke, these days... #pollution

Police Cut 2900 Officers In Last Three Years - http://bit.ly/11HQPbG Met goes rogue: "splashing out on two water cannon at a cost of £1.3m"

TIFA will help ease trade in West #Africa - http://bit.ly/YZaxhq maybe, but will it also lead to neo-colonialism?

Economic governance in Europe - the case of the ECB and the Banking Union -http://bit.ly/16lRqRL Brussels May 23, 09:30 to 11:30

EU-India FTA talks stuck; insurance could be game spoiler - http://bit.ly/YMKAPTinteresting

The Mavi Marmara Murders - http://bit.ly/104ANCd interesting stuff as ever from Craig Murray

Canada Courts, Patent Office Warns Against Trying To Patent Mathematics -http://bit.ly/19zy87I more pushback against #swpats

Footage Of Lethal Beating Deleted From Seized Phone; Sheriff Asks FBI To Take Over Investigation - http://bit.ly/12EzVX7 staggering story

Comparative Analysis of the US Intellectual Property Proposal and Peruvian Law [pdf] - http://bit.ly/10Iz9X5 #TPP

Viral Celebrity Kai the Hitchhiker Wanted for Murder - http://on.mash.to/14treA7weird story just gets weirder...

.@publicknowledge Needs an Artist. Are you the one? - http://bit.ly/13zCc88 great idea: more groups should do this if they can

That settles it: Opera drops its $3.4m lawsuit against ex-employee Trond Hansen -http://tnw.co/10Bh4t2 what a waste of time & energy

Asia-Pacific may soon have more outstanding corporate debt than US, the euro zone and the UK combined - http://bit.ly/10v22ZQ nice graph

#NZ Intellectual Property And #TPP - http://bit.ly/10TwNt7 excellent, detailed perspective #copyright #patents

#Guantánamo strikers threatened with body cavity searches, lawyer says -http://bit.ly/13zLJfn humiliating - for the US people (v Joscelyn)

Which Journalists Accepted Free Laptops from Google? - http://bit.ly/YNdWh2 cruel but necessary piece of meta-journalism


Wednesday, 15 May 2013

130515


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130514 - http://bit.ly/19ruXio yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Interesting Move: Peter Sunde, Of The Pirate Bay & Flattr To Run For EU Parliament - http://bit.ly/10xRSn4 in #finland

Patent wars: has India taken on Big Pharma and won? - http://bit.ly/11DLD8N EU should do the same #prizes

#Ebooks made up 20% of the U.S. consumer book industry in 2012, up from 15% in 2011 - http://bit.ly/10NUYJn rapid shift

Introducing New Column from #Arduino’s Massimo Banzi - http://bit.ly/13kjf5S great stuff

Einstein's Planet: New Alien World Revealed by Relativity - http://on.mash.to/13wPWk5 clever

"#tobacco industry employs over 100 full-time lobbyists in Brussels" - http://bit.ly/16yVC06 every one of whom is complicit in killing #EU

#myriad's breast cancer gene test now costs $4000 - http://bit.ly/YV7YNj many people will die because of this outrageous patent #brca

#Austerity = insanity - http://bit.ly/YIEFeQ "Madness on stilts." end it now.

"right of farmers & ranchers to engage in modern farming & ranching practices shall be forever guaranteed" - http://bit.ly/10pb4aI insane

The future of #opendata in the UK: what we hope the Shakespeare review says - http://bit.ly/13koFOp here's hoping

#Copyright Holders Will Define Details Of UK's #OrphanWorks Bill, But Not The Public - http://bit.ly/141HwR2 gosh, what a surprise

Monsanto and other GM firms are winning - http://bit.ly/17twWpL missing fact: it is now hard to buy non-GM seeds in many markets #monopoly

#FRAND Is Broken: Time To Bin It - http://bit.ly/100uFed how much proof do we need? #RF

Meet the Woman Behind Pakistan’s First Hackathon - http://bit.ly/YVnqJu hopeful sign  #pk

El #TPP Amenaza La Libertad En Internet - http://bit.ly/10GorAr oh yes (v @calu @beabusaniche)

Critic Of Chinese #Censorship Censored: Microblog With 1.1 Million Followers Deleted - http://bit.ly/10yfsAj I think some might notice

EU ministers agree on overhaul of fishing rules - http://bit.ly/13x9mFA but that's not necessarily as good as it sounds...

Chinese internet: 'a new censorship campaign has commenced' - http://bit.ly/12uKhd6 well-written & powerful piece #Murong

How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach - http://bit.ly/YVX9Ld superb piece on @jamie_love, prizes & US playing dirty (v @wilbanks)

Allow TRIPS waiver for LDCs until they are developed - http://bit.ly/181Fv93only logical

Location, location, location - http://bit.ly/10GCRAm why #OpenStreetMap will take #opensource to the next level

Could the AP Scandal Happen In Britain? - http://bit.ly/14o7ePa well, course: it's actually far worse here

The technology that links taxonomy and Star Trek - http://bit.ly/10GG4jn nice piece on DNA barcoding

#FRAND Is Broken: Time To Bin It [Updated] - http://bit.ly/100uFed how much proof do we need? #RF

What's At Stake in CLS Bank—Do Software Patents Hold Up Sky? - http://
bit.ly/13y00cC at last: #EFF contemplates #swpat abolition

Secretive #TPP Talks Re-Commence in Lima, Peru: They Can Shut Us Out, But They Can’t Shut Us Up - http://bit.ly/10H6bGZ yay #transparency


130514


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130513 - http://bit.ly/16wmT3c yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Selling our safety to the highest bidder: the privatisation of Plasma Resources UK - http://bit.ly/10Kw9hD tories putting money b4 health

Nearly 75% Of All Smartphones Sold In Q1 Were #Android, With Samsung At 30%; Mobile Sales Overall Nearly Flat – http://tcrn.ch/17oC7Y2

#Colombia's Other #Copyright Bill: Moving Things In The Right Direction? - http://bit.ly/1029I6n makes a change #co

The Open Science Training Initiative - http://bit.ly/15Il2c4 great idea #openscience

The Cost of #OpenScience - http://bit.ly/127U1bw Bayh-Dole: "most damaging legislative act ever perpetrated on open science"; good piece

The plan to kill #orangutans - http://bit.ly/127URVQ this would be unforgiveable #aceh #epetition

Viel Unterstützung für Bundestagsinitiative gegen Softwarepatente - http://bit.ly/YSCSWN good news (v @jimmyschulz)#swpats

Hacking through the EU procurement database - http://bit.ly/18HAQdO important if unglamorous #opengrunt

EU plans guide through global internet policy labyrinth - http://bit.ly/102bq7J "participation of all stakeholders": including public?

In Jakarta, Open Environmental Data Meets Freedom of Information Law - http://bit.ly/169g5sM interesting analysis; important points

Lives versus Profits - http://bit.ly/17oUcoQ "most important input in the production of new knowledge is prior knowledge" (v @fedepoggi)

Copyright in France: Wishful Thinking and Real Dangers - http://bit.ly/YSNvca more crazy Net stuff from #france

The new enclosure movement - http://bit.ly/19nmEEp yup; add seeds to the list.... (v @monkchips)#commons

#Sweden Wants to Jail Pirate Bay User to Strengthen Anti-Piracy Enforcement - http://bit.ly/10V38d2 vindictive and wrong

#Africa’s New Science and Innovation Agenda - http://bit.ly/10LdbaJ useful report on WEF in Cape Town (v @rassina)

Nvidia’s Android-powered Shield console gets a price and a launch window - http://ars.to/10Ldu59 #android taking over gaming now?

Craigslist Wants To Reform The Same Law It Uses To Sue Others - http://bit.ly/18I3qfc weird

World Telecom Policy Forum: Healing The Split Or Fueling A Telecom Policy “Cold War“? - http://bit.ly/19npUPZ I know which I'd go for...

Ξεκίνησε το Fab Lab Αθήνας! - http://bit.ly/102vnv5 "να δημιουργήσουν ένα Ανοιχτό Εργαστήρι" #openness

Cameron is betting UK’s membership in EU on a free trade deal with US - http://bit.ly/16wYH0w v dangerous situation (v @PCGTW)#TAFTA/#TTIP

EU-Datenschutzreform: Europäisches Parlament möchte mehr Öffentlichkeit für das wichtige Thema - http://bit.ly/14jT41A PR or for real?

Infographics: The Trans-Pacific Partnership - http://bit.ly/14jTMfm another way of looking at a bad idea #TPP #accesstomedicines

‘Bravest Woman in Mexico’ Sees Her Story on a New York Stage - http://nyti.ms/10LjuLg braver than I am...

Lescure report: good intentions come to naught in three letters: CSA - http://bit.ly/10V9Lfw April on a failure to understand DRM's failure

Rich moms hire handicapped tour guides so kids can cut lines at Disney World - http://bit.ly/YH1KP5 (v @jeffjohnroberts @superglaze)

Once Again Top Downloaders Are Top Spenders, According To UK Gov't Study - http://bit.ly/YH2ALI yet more research, same result #copyright

Internet advocates say #TPP is the biggest threat yet to open web - http://bit.ly/YHaJzx good to see people waking up (v @gsDetermination)

Taller de Activismo: Introducción al #Copyleft - http://bit.ly/10nTYKp "18 de mayo, de 10 a 15hs. Universidad de Buenos Aires" useful

African traders flocked 2 Guangzhou 4 cheap goods but are staying to run manufacturing operations - http://bit.ly/18IK6ON (v @whiteafrican)

After buoyant debut, U.S.-E.U. trade talks face a growing list of issues - http://wapo.st/10o7YUi oh yes (v @PCGTW)#TAFTA/#TTIP

Google close to launching streaming music service - http://cnet.co/13w9mWr taking long enough

Free Trade at a High Price - http://bit.ly/19pK3oJ "#TPP & #TAFTA are power grabs by corporations & financers" (v @PCGTW @Watchdogsniffer)


Tuesday, 14 May 2013

130513


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130512 - http://bit.ly/ZZPkCJ yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Amelia Andersdotter: Internet #copyright laws? They can walk plank, says Pirate Party politician - http://ind.pn/14gJ3SR shallow interview

Environmental Review to Delay Two GM Crops - http://nyti.ms/ZZQRc5 "may significantly affect the quality of the human environment" #us

Space Oddity - http://bit.ly/10HhBz9 start the week on the right note with this witty & uplifting rendition...from space

#TPP could bypass cap on liability for tighter gambling laws - http://bit.ly/17WKAzq more reasons to reject investor-state clauses

Dokument zur EU-Datenschutzverordnung geleakt: Ministerrat zieht Datenschutz weiter die Zähne - http://bit.ly/11xtTMc bad move

Anonymous MSFT developer admits Linux is faster than Windows - http://zd.net/YQ4zzo "In short, Microsoft has become an "old" company."

Data retention divergence as US, UK mull mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/YEdtOd useful review (v @KellieTranter @suigenerisjen)

Cameron Hires Lobbyist Into the Heart of Government - http://bit.ly/12tkelv read how the #NHS will be destroyed (v @tom_watson)

Tribunale: Il titolare di un blog risponde di istigazione a delinquere per i commenti violenti di terzi anonimi – bit.ly/18Fhh5M

Heute Anhörung des Rechtsausschusses zu Softwarepatenten - http://bit.ly/10ljccn good to see @jwildeboer there, flying flag for #freesw

Night GP service 'staffed by nurses' - http://bit.ly/10HFQxa another taste of the privatised #NHS

New #Android Boss Finally Reveals Plans for World’s Most Popular Mobile OS - http://bit.ly/10HGoTN good interview, nothing really new

Peruvians To President: Our Digital Rights Are Non-Negotiable - http://bit.ly/17WZjus go, peru #TPP

Thoughts on the White House Executive Order on #OpenData - http://bit.ly/15EUSHe good analysis

VP9 nears completion at WebM - http://bit.ly/10lkXq3 nice, but what impact will it have?

MI5 has to terminate £90m IT system over fears 4 spies’ safety - http://ind.pn/14gZzCd think they can keep Net data safe? (v @AnnieMachon

Bloomberg Reporters Had Full Access To Customer Usage Logs - http://bit.ly/13TyRA0 who would ever trust #bloomberg again?

#Adobe price hike: Your money or your files, frappuccino sippers - http://bit.ly/YEu3gO only fools would accept this deal

How Publishers Have Fought Against the Treaty for the Blind - http://bit.ly/14hcSCC what do these people see when they look in the mirror?

#OpenData, Creative Destruction and Money - http://bit.ly/18FA8O9 more #opensource begets more destruction begets more money

Le iTax: France mulls tax on smartphones, tablets, and more - http://bit.ly/19iDG6E yeah, that'll drive innovation (v @dml)

Guantanamo force-feed policy exposed - http://aje.me/13sZUTq sick: "requires them to wear masks over their mouths while they sit shackled"

How Listing Ukraine as a Priority Foreign Country in Special 301 Violates the #WTO Agreements - http://bit.ly/13UtTTC *v* interesting point

Swedish National Prosecutor Says Sharing Music/Movies Must Be Punished Harshly, 'cos “It Funds Terrorism” - http://bit.ly/10IAQbC old FUD

Supreme Court: Patent Rights Block Farmers from Saving and Re-Planting Patented Seeds - http://bit.ly/14hCH5F why seed patents must go

#Monsanto Wins Case Of Seed Patents; Planting Your Own Legally Purchased & Grown Seeds Can Be Infringing - http://bit.ly/18GoJgY

Xu Zhiyong: On the New Citizens’ Movement - http://bit.ly/11zmXOJ brave bloke #china (v @isaac)

Daft Punk Fights Piracy With Convenience, Streams Entire “Random Access Memories” Album Days Before Release – http://tcrn.ch/101hzkv

6 Horrifying Revelations About Force-Feeding at #Guantanamo - http://bit.ly/13tNqLq shameful stuff #torture

Semi liberi come software libero - http://bit.ly/10EnGYv free the code... #DNA

Hackathon Trademarked in Germany? Now What? - http://bit.ly/10EnLeK luckily, #pj is on it....

We need open carbon emissions data now! - http://bit.ly/19kvLWf indeed, it's a matter of life or death... #climatechange

French Report Says: Kill #Hadopi, But Let Its Legacy Live On - http://bit.ly/10mpJnb </le sigh>


Monday, 13 May 2013

130512


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130511 - http://bit.ly/ZRAL0B yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

UK IPO office releases emails that show close collaboration with publishers on WIPO treaty for the #blind - http://bit.ly/139Urxi

MT @travel_brl OOPS 'nn' Digitized searchable version of FOI request from UK IPO re: UK PA -- or let's do lunch – http://bit.ly/13PEDmf

M&S, Co-op and Sainsbury's say chickens will be fed on GM soya - http://bit.ly/10EYhmn use demonstrable lie to "justify" move

Hospital staffing levels in England unsafe, say nurses - http://bit.ly/10F3bQa this is what the privitisation of the #NHS brings us

Sunday, 12 May 2013

130511


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130510 - http://bit.ly/11ZUGM0 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

truly extraordinary colour film of 1927 #London - http://bit.ly/15Xibf5 so familiar, so strange (v @WillardFoxton @superglaze)

Hey, Supreme Court? It's Time to Take Up Software Patents (Again) - http://bit.ly/10oMbb4 this mess needs sorting #swpats

Fair Trade Rallies slam demands for higher medicine prices - http://bit.ly/18AwUf1 drugs must be taken out of #TPP

A Battle For Open Public Data In South Africa - http://bit.ly/12nBo3W work still needed here #opendata

#NZ part of International Day of Action against #TPP - http://bit.ly/10C3I5e the fight to defend #Pharmac

Bike lanes led to 49% increase in retail sales - http://bit.ly/10oMT8a why businesses should back bikes

Hablando del TPP en La Primera - http://bit.ly/14cyboX "#TPP podría significar estándar internacional en materia de derechos de autor"

Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument - http://bit.ly/10oNxTp original textures, beautiful music #ethiopia

Horsemeat scandal: fear that culprits will not face justice - http://bit.ly/18AyEET easy: refuse to allow Irish meat in UK until resolved

#Indonesia's tropical forests set to benefit from further clearing ban - http://bit.ly/17TaMLq hugely important move - hope it happens

Hackers, Makers, and Tinkerers: Here's How #TPP Would Hurt You - http://bit.ly/ZP8DLt fight it (v @Asher_Wolf)

Rios Montt found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity - http://bit.ly/11ZYkFU hugely important precedent #justice

Climate change sceptic to advise David Cameron on foreign policy - http://bit.ly/17cMnmm tories become nasty and stupid party...


Saturday, 11 May 2013

130510


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130509 - http://bit.ly/YyiPKW yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Aufruf zum Thema Filesharing/ Störerhaftung! - http://bit.ly/16ltoFQ help requested

#W3C takes next step with controversial #DRM proposal, Defective by Design condemns decision - http://bit.ly/10ylTsI #HTML5

Linguistik: Wie Bantu Afrika eroberte - http://bit.ly/10ymDOz fascinating #linguistics #africa

New Guide on Access to EU Documents - http://bit.ly/13ISpqN remember: if you don't exercise your right to know, it atrophies #transparency

Can eu citizens afford their medicines? The economic crisis and access to medicines in europe - http://bit.ly/13IWNpG 16 May #brussels

Sayat Nova Project - http://bit.ly/149FjlW if you love #caucasian folk music - & let's face it, who doesn't? - these recordings are for you

Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun - http://bit.ly/11XT5qc provocative much?

KEI Comments on US/EU Trade negotiations (#TTIP) - http://bit.ly/YK9py1 lots of good points why it's bad #TAFTA

Tell Members of Congress to Protect Access to Lifesaving Medicines - http://bit.ly/17g7Qbw #TPP will kill in its current form

New powers to enable the UK to implement the Unitary Patent Court Agreement - http://bit.ly/134eg9t in new Bill (v @OpenRightsGroup)

How Investor-State Dispute Resolution Threatens Access To Medicines, And Much Else - http://bit.ly/16luSQv serious #TAFTA/#TTIP #TPP

MarylandCode.org provides the Maryland Code of Public Laws on one friendly website. No #copyright restrictions, a modern API #opendata

Published Guides to #OpenData Licensing - http://bit.ly/12lF8ms useful stuff

The Compass of #transparency: an Italian instrument for Open government - http://bit.ly/13mG1O1 good to see #opendata

#TAFTA/#TTIP: "potentially requiring EU countries to overcome aversion to importing US genetically modified crops" - http://bit.ly/ZNyEuM

Copyright and Secrecy Don’t Make for Good Trade Agreements - http://bit.ly/14asrfA to put it mildly #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

USians: Request for Comments Concerning Proposed #TAFTA/#TTIPt *closes today* - http://1.usa.gov/134CpwB pl. respond, even if minimally

Hollywood lobbying threatens deal 4 accessible books - http://ars.to/ZNEWKO cos #copyright so much more important than helping the #blind

Investor – state dispute settlement not compatible with EU Treaties - http://bit.ly/11qqJtL important analysis: why this must go

Cops Beat Woman For Filming Another Beating - http://bit.ly/10xBaoZ staggering if true; shows why videos need to be uploaded live...

Ponader-Nachfolge: Piraten wählen 26-jährige Datenschutzexpertin - http://bit.ly/198ZmSt good luck to her - she'll need it

DRM in HTML5 is a victory for the open Web, not a defeat - http://ars.to/16n1c5z totally misses point: W3C is legitimising DRM

NHS 111 non-emergency helpline in #chaos, say doctors - http://bit.ly/10gDdka welcome to your new, privatised #NHS people...