Tuesday, 21 May 2013

130520


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130519 - http://bit.ly/19TyZjR yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs -http://ind.pn/16Ja1aa #NHS #privatisation harm evident

Hatching Europe's Unified Patent Court: who will pay for the chickens and eggs? -http://bit.ly/13Fcq2s lots of delay likely

Is Lagos Home to an African Tech Movement? - http://on.mash.to/11QJd70 nicely-written piece #africa

Will working families be hurt by a #TPP agreement? - http://bit.ly/10fCpga you bet, especially as #pharmac is dismantled #NZ

NZ-born Fair Deal Coalition Gets Global Makeover - http://bit.ly/14HZx6J good news #tpp

Police retain #DNA from thousands of children - http://bit.ly/12G1ctn gross abuse and waste of resources; destroy all samples

former #Monsanto employee appointed “Associate Editor for biotechnology" on food journal - http://bit.ly/14Iq97F (v @kaatje36)

#EU Commission Sued For Refusing To Reveal Trade Agreement Documents They Shared With #Lobbyists - http://bit.ly/161IIZf hardly fair

Why We Need #OpenSource: Three Cautionary Tales - http://bit.ly/16EpSYa and in unexpected places: #economics, #science, #government

#Google, #Microsoft and #Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association - http://bit.ly/13BGyIx shabby (v @olivierhoedeman)

Bracing for another delay - open innovation at WHO? - http://bit.ly/13BHbBY"medicines are created as global public goods accessible 2 all"

In defence of digital freedom - http://bit.ly/16JPke9 sensible stuff from @MarietjeD66: enough with the cyber-FUD (v @sinanulgen1)

Sailfish OS phone “Jolla” debuts, available for preorders - http://ars.to/YUEqNIlooks nice, but a crowded market...

Book your tickets for ORGCon2013! - http://bit.ly/108Okw8 while you still can... Saturday 8 June #london

Colombian Government Presents Again Bill 1520 Without Citizen Participation -http://bit.ly/18Z6dAT openness now

#Russia withdraws from #OpenGovernment Partnership. Too much transparency? -http://bit.ly/YUWdV2 regrettable

Open Knowledge may yet come to medicine – let’s help make it happen -http://bit.ly/14oTkgg good post, important topic; big EU vote soon

The #Arduino #Robot is the first official Arduino on wheels - http://bit.ly/13Cg1L7arduino goes from strength to strength

Optical illusion: train moves both ways - http://bit.ly/10h5tUp those wonderful tube trains... #london

Day 1 of Launch Week: Join the Stop the #TPP Campaign - http://bit.ly/10It4ZHspread the word; keep up the pressure; kill the beast

Viruses in the gut protect from infection - http://bit.ly/13CrkCZ amazing stuff we didn't know we didn't know 

Officially Entering “And Then They Fight” Phase of #OpenAccess -http://bit.ly/10fEAgl spot-on analysis:  "we’re gonna get hit hard"

TRIPS Exemption Opposed By Obama, Threatening Cost Spike For Drugs - http://huff.to/17VgBdY heart of stone (v @Sean_Fiil_Flynn)#LDC

#TPP may be bad for consumers - http://bit.ly/117mNXi guaranteed: investor-state arbitration overrides national health, food safety laws

Deciphering licensing in Project Open Data - http://bit.ly/11SCwBl important stuff 

Trans-Pacific Partnership deal unlikely this year - http://bit.ly/13Gijwg great: more time to make people aware of its dangers #TPP

Journalists need to tool up - http://bit.ly/YVebH1 take note, people, while you still can...

#TPP: IP Chapter Shows No Sign of Resolution, End of Negotiation in 2013 Highly Unlikely - http://bit.ly/11SHNZz (v @kim_weatherall)

Flickr Announces One Free Terabyte Of Storage Space Per User, Officially Beating Everyone - http://tcrn.ch/163hZve a milestone #storage


Monday, 20 May 2013

130519


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130518 - http://bit.ly/13DKBYm yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Report: Yahoo eager to close $1.1 billion cash deal for Tumblr by Sunday evening -http://bit.ly/16yJHjp good time to start tumblr clone...

Too late to #openness - http://bit.ly/13yabKQ yup; why #blackberry is doomed

Ancient discovery set to rewrite Australian history - http://bit.ly/11ORYygpotentially amazing story (v @tomstandage @harikunzru)

#Tarsands exploitation would mean game over for climate, warns leading scientist -http://bit.ly/1156HgT great that he's speaking out more 

#Yahoo Board Approves #Tumblr Acquisition - http://on.mash.to/12EK5rP this will end in tears

MPs could be in line for £10,000 pay rise - http://bit.ly/16AkXY8 I agree: they need to be paid decent wage 2 discourage getting distracted

#HSBC in #Malaysia - http://bit.ly/10egvKh this is not acceptable #logging #palmoil

Afghan law to protect women's rights blocked by opponents - http://bit.ly/11PaNkQdepressing stuff

How Cheap Genetic Testing Complicates Cancer Screening For Us All -http://tcrn.ch/11PktMg important point about statistics

Welcome Arduino Yún – the first member of a series of wifi products combining#Arduino with #Linux - http://bit.ly/10etEmw exciting

 Monsanto sofre nova derrota judicial em relação a patentes - http://bit.ly/14FP3Vnbig setback for #monsanto

Patent lawyers: Help! The evil Makers won't let us apply for bullshit #3Dprintingpatents! - http://bit.ly/12Mzj1A this is hilarious

People who oppose robust #copyright exceptions for #blind people (the Private Sector) - http://bit.ly/Z5Tg6v hall of shame #GE #Disney

Challenges Facing a Proposed #WIPO Treaty for Persons Who are #Blind or Print Disabled - http://bit.ly/13ztZxr great, detailed summary

Time To Shine A Light On Shady Deals - http://bit.ly/16IddCP "#transparency is a key principle for an accountable #NHS"

#YouTube reveals users now upload more than 100 hours of video per minute, as the site turns eight - http://tnw.co/12MAKgv wow #ugc

The inconvenient truth about GM - http://bit.ly/14FQZNE interesting to see this in Telegraph, usually pretty pro big business

Artist finds inspiration in Canadian government's attempt to silence her -http://bit.ly/14kVDkz sad to see #canada become like this

Observing Run: Raw Data versus Finished Product - http://bit.ly/YT9Mo7 this is crying out for a new free software project 

Astroturfing und Plagiieren: Video beleuchtet Wirtschaftslobbying rund um EU-Datenschutzreform - http://bit.ly/18a8QOF #lobbying

How the Case for #Austerity Has Crumbled - http://bit.ly/12F1Xmt cogent analysis (v @beckyfh: RT @hady_ba @Stephen_Curry)

Si on arrêtait d'utiliser les licences libres ? (au profit du domaine public) -http://bit.ly/18VS2wk par moi #pd

UNCTAD Figures Show Record World Trade In Creative Goods -http://bit.ly/12n3hJ1 tell me again why #piracy is such a problem?

Research council’s makeover leaves Canadian industry setting the agenda -http://bit.ly/10GaN3b the attack on science continues

A treaty too many - http://bit.ly/18abpk0 how investor-state disputes harm emerging economies #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

FTA with USA has harmed Colombia, Senator says - http://bit.ly/10GFGka more will find the same

Government pleads with Labour to save gay marriage bill - http://bit.ly/18W1yj6"redefine marriage": what contemptible bigots they are #uk

Climate change meltdown unlikely but human disaster looms, claims new research - http://bit.ly/10d101I why a climate "pause" not enough

Why #China oh-so-desperately wants a claim to the Arctic Ocean -http://bit.ly/10GOhTN useful analysis

Chinese citizens are hijacking Xi Jinping’s latest propaganda tool -http://bit.ly/115xjP0 intriguing #china


Sunday, 19 May 2013

130518


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130517 - http://bit.ly/13ChNPM yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

RPiCluster: Another Raspberry Pi Cluster, With Neat Tricks - http://bit.ly/15Vr8pKnice 

Zombie climate sceptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV -http://bit.ly/16Fw8y5 good analysis (v @DrRimmer)

People are told EU migrants steal jobs; in truth bosses want cheap labour -http://bit.ly/10EjFSY UK outside EU is nothing (v @mikebutcher)

Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July - http://bit.ly/1134PoR #android-based

6 New #Bitcoin Educational Resources - http://bit.ly/14Ao7X3 interesting stuff

AP's Attempt At #DRM'ing The News Shuts Down - http://bit.ly/13vxqVY good riddance to a rubbish idea

Western leaders study 'gamechanging' report on global #drugs trade -http://bit.ly/17LDO26 hugely important; let's hope things do change

good analysis of problems, wrong solution - http://bit.ly/10F3sgf correct answer is to abolish all patents (@AlexanderSpuntz @zoobab)

Sussex academy pays £100,000 to use 'patented' US school curriculum -http://bit.ly/10alS9M idiotic: you can't "patent" a curriculum


Saturday, 18 May 2013

130517


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130516 - http://bit.ly/111fhNI yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Investor State Dispute Settlement Provisions in the #TPP: Impact on Access to Knowledge [pdf] - http://bit.ly/16DtZmu this is a huge threat

#Blender dives into 3D printing industry - http://bit.ly/10CeN0F a marriage made in open source heaven #3Dprinting

Information Flow and Trade Agreements: History and Implications for Consumers’ Privacy [pdf] - http://bit.ly/111fBMp useful analysis #TPP 

Jeff Merkley Pushes '#Monsanto Protection Act' Repeal - http://huff.to/111fS1Qwould be good, but I'm not holding my breath (v @DrRimmer)

Saudi princes lose battle to keep court documents secret - http://bit.ly/YNW2uHshaping up as a juicy courtroom battle

Large Corporations Seek U.S.–European #TAFTA/#TTIP to Further Global Dominance - http://bit.ly/Z0slsL long, sceptical (v @HeartPowered)

Just say no to impact factors - http://bit.ly/108u3qv yes: the next big fight in#openscience (v @jameswilsdon @Stephen_Curry)

Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion - http://bit.ly/12zGvPR</facepalm> #openaccess (v @klang67)

How the Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens online rights and freedoms -http://bit.ly/14vIJzI "we don't have a say in any of this" #TPP

#TPP Resources - http://bit.ly/12fMQyf including 3 excellent research papers

Some thoughts on the Shakespeare Review of Public Data - http://bit.ly/10JsnAfuseful stuff #opendata

What Happens When the Food Industry Regulates Itself - http://bit.ly/16oMprG this is what #TAFTA/#TTIP will try to bring to #EU #foodsafety

Whistleblowing & ICANN - http://bit.ly/14vM6qm #ICANN was, is, & probably always will be an utter disaster: bin it, start again (v @jmcest)

Digital coalition asks for a fair deal on #TPP #copyright provisions -http://bit.ly/Z0xeC4 hardly too much to ask...

Australian Scientists Develop Printable A3-Sized Solar Cells - http://on.mash.to/106dOGU sounds great #energy

How #Monsanto Is Using Cronies in Congress to Take Away States' Rights to Label Genetically Modified Foods - http://bit.ly/10CjIP3 #choice?

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

Risks of wiretap modifications to endpoints - http://bit.ly/12fSDUq FBI #FUD; in fact: "this seems to be a golden age of surveillance"

Why Was Hacker 'Weev' Put in Solitary Confinement? - http://on.mash.to/17DxPwjhacker persecution continues

#Australia's net filter sneaks into operation through back door - http://bit.ly/Z0zQj7more bad stuff happening surreptitiously

RT @mikebutcher Considering the huge roof area of Clapham Junction, it’s amazing not to see it covered in solar panels.>>great idea

The Importance of Being Attributed - http://bit.ly/YOanan kickstarter project to deal with issues of attribution #cc #licensing

Hunters incensed at Italian MEP’s call for sanctions on Malta -http://bit.ly/16DJpav bravo Zanoni, shame on #malta (v @LifeinSicily)

Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video -http://bit.ly/13AL90Z nicely done

Trans Atlantic free trade agreement could be a monster - http://bit.ly/108MOtQpeople waking up to risks of #TAFTA/#TTIP (v @PostActa)#foe

[correct URL] #Denmark: Infopaq-case decided after eight years - http://bit.ly/10Vd8cn copyright for 11 words? come on.. (v @copyrightgirl)

Turkey seeks seat at US-EU trade table - http://bit.ly/111xRFs as previously rumoured #TAFTA/#TTIP

Join us at ORGCon2013! - http://bit.ly/108Okw8 tickets going fast, sold out last year... #london #digitalrights

Banking Privacy More Important than Copyright Enforcement, Court Rules -http://bit.ly/13sf0p3 important precedent

Lead the World on Internet Rights, Web Inventor urges #Brazil -http://bit.ly/15T2E0k great to see @timberners_lee support #marcocivil

Why are #Facebook, #IBM, #Microsoft & #Oracle Backing the Fight AgainstBlind? - http://bit.ly/YOr71s should explain where they stand

European Parliament to Vote Green Light to Next #ACTA? - http://bit.ly/12gGq1Hactually ACTA++

Saudi Religious Police: Anyone Using #Twitter 'Has Lost This World And His Afterlife' - http://bit.ly/10JZyUn </insert witticism here>

Nigeria announces national ID cards with electronic payment capability built in -http://tnw.co/19EH1No it's a trick (v @africatechie)

A Framework For #Copyright Reform - http://bit.ly/17Fpb0h useful summary of US meeting

Elsevier, NewsCorp, Facebook, and Yahoo join ignorant attack on #openaccess -http://bit.ly/107ataF thought #Yahoo was getting a clue? nope

#TPP Round 17: Lima, Peru - http://bit.ly/15TqGrQ lots of articles and videos (in#spanish)

Corporate Power Unbound: Investor-State Arbitration of IP Monopolies on Medicines – Eli Lilly & #TPP - http://bit.ly/16qHeaA a must-read

"#TPP es una gran idea en proceso de desarrollo. Debemos transformarlo en oportunidad real para nuestras economías" - http://bit.ly/107g2Ge

Google's open video proposal closes door on software freedom - http://bit.ly/111Ztue #google's backsliding very worrying

Global warming has not stalled, insists world's best-known climate scientist -http://bit.ly/10W5KNM  "diversionary tactic" from "deniers"

Big Pharma Firms Seeking .pharmacy Domain To Crowd Out Legitimate Foreign Pharmacies - http://bit.ly/17FRpYG why we must junk new domains

Three Months of Open Development - http://bit.ly/10D5GwP fascinating insights into the world of #ODI #opendata #opendevelopment

Turkey’s economy comes of age with a prized investment-grade rating -http://bit.ly/15TSyfD #turkey on the up, #UK on way down...

Lib Dem minister urges coalition to carry out plain cigarette packet plan -http://bit.ly/12HkGwm but #cameron happy for thousands to die

4 Inhumane Realities about Guantanamo Hunger Strike - http://bit.ly/109zDJg "a practice that’s torture & in violation of international law"

Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion -http://on.mash.to/10yKxHW exciting #science

Google Investing in #Drone Tech - http://bit.ly/1129aZB I'd be shocked if they didn't

Mediocre Poison Eaters And The Imperfection of Evolution - http://bit.ly/19G3wlaexcept that it's happened incredibly fast; fascinating

Spanish Wikipedia surpasses the 1 million article milestone - http://bit.ly/13Bz7ocfab: who says #Wikipedia is languishing...? #es

DDOS actions and the challenge of civil disobedience on the internet - http://bit.ly/109P3Ny interesting, important issues explored

New International Coalition to #TPP Negotiators: We Demand a Fair Deal for the Internet - http://bit.ly/16EERk0 fair's fair


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


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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)