120120

Megaupload may be trying to get back online under new domain name - http://tnw.co/ywpKpB be surprised if they didn't

Crowd Cheers Loudly As All Four GOP Candidates Say No To #SOPA/PIPA - http://bit.ly/zRLxZM incredible how fast things are moving here

#SOPA Could Spell the End of the eBook Self-Publishing Movement - http://bit.ly/yGEzOx more collateral damage (v @mathewi)

165 French File-Sharers Now On 3rd Strike, “iTunes Up 22.5%” - http://bit.ly/y7eATN but you'd expect much of that growth anyway #hadopi

Iran must halt execution of web programmer - http://bit.ly/y9iRln terrible travesty of "justice" in #iran

#OpenStreetMap and Indoor Maps [Part 2/2]: The mapping proposal for OpenIndoorMaps - http://bit.ly/z23UBp innovative & exciting #osm

Why #SOPA and PIPA are bad for open source - http://bit.ly/xRyLxe useful reminder why these are toxic for #opensource

EU Politicians Send Letter To US Congress Warning Of 'Extraterritorial Effects' Of #SOPA And PIPA - http://bit.ly/xPaeSh could be fun

MegaUpload: Copyright Industry At War Against Monsters of its Own Making - http://bit.ly/AjkEO0 interesting analysis

RT @NeelieKroesEU Glad tide is turning on #SOPA: don't need bad legislation when should be safeguarding benefits of open net.

#Apple's #iBooks 2: an Attack on Educational Freedoms - http://bit.ly/zW0SJP worsening control-freakery: this is serious

Why David Aaronovitch is wrong about Wikipedia and #SOPA - http://bit.ly/zzPuM7 great post with lovely sting in the tail

MT @btabaka#es: l'assoc. de consommateurs demande aux USA qu'ils restituent archives personnelles stockées sur MegaUpload (v @gchampeau)

Adopting #SOPA is ending privacy on internet - http://bit.ly/wZUHEZ good to see this from Bulgarian MEP Ivailo Kalfin

Former President F.D. Roosevelt’s thoughts on #MegaUpload, #ACTA, #SOPA and PIPA - http://bit.ly/zuOaWc what a wise & prescient chap

Indonesian could face 5 years in jail for “God does not exist” Facebook comment - http://tnw.co/zaf4RM logically, atheists cannot blashpheme

Over 9,000 Hackers Join #Anonymous DDoS #SOPA/Megaupload Protest - http://bit.ly/zuEVN3 pretty significant

Should PR People Be Able To Edit Otherwise Ignored Wikipedia Pages Of Their Clients To Correct Errors? - http://bit.ly/ya0kRn NB, PR people

EMI 20th Century Classics on #Spotify - http://bit.ly/yNEBYo 150 hours of interesting but approachable stuff

Reid Statement On #PIPA - http://1.usa.gov/yoA3uK pity it repeats the copyright industry's wildly incorrect stats and FUD (v @webmink)

Cameron’s light of #transparency on #lobbying is too dim - http://bit.ly/zs9oA8 what a surprise

Why Chris Dodd Failed With His #SOPA/PIPA Strategy - http://bit.ly/wFMvFu wow, the #NYT emerges really badly from this: clueless & gutless

Still Life - http://bit.ly/wA0Huy aren't geeks wonderful? #art

Google Abandons Anonymous Accounts With New Signup Form - http://bit.ly/yXWSKS practising for #china?

With MegaUpload Down, Who’s Next? RapidShare? SoundCloud? DropBox? - http://tcrn.ch/zKNcYQ that's the point: kill #innovation

OK, So #SOPA And #PIPA Are Both On Hold: Where Do We Go From Here? - http://bit.ly/xq8wbW important: we need some answers

An Abundance of Exoplanets Changes our Universe - http://bit.ly/w4URN5 struck me too: all has changed (not least probability of other life)

How #China Ate Android - http://onforb.es/wgiJ3Q #android sw + chinese hw is unbeatable: this is the future #smartphones

Was Megaupload bad for the creative industries? - http://bit.ly/yaT8PH well-informed comments on industry's fake figures (v @dozykraut)

Is Using A Piece Of Existing Music In A Film To Underline An Emotion 'Rape' - Or Just The Way Cinema Works? - http://bit.ly/wJ4n0C sad story

120119

Yet More Collateral Damage From #SOPA/PIPA: Activism Through Satire - http://bit.ly/xZ1Pn6 why #greenpeace & others are threatened

#Sopa and Pipa would create a consumption-only internet - http://bit.ly/wCPgmb yup: let's turn the seditious #Net into safe #tv

Internet NO será otra TV - http://bit.ly/wBcKwH talking of Net as TV, here's a picture of what it would look like (v @smarimc)

Strategy for unmanned aircraft systems in the European Union - http://bit.ly/x0GdVo really frightening #drones (v @Asher_Wolf Ash @legalift)

#Khan Academy explains #SOPA/PIPA - http://bit.ly/wlmjNJ seems appropriate

Post-#SOPA: the path forward for addressing piracy - http://bit.ly/wZilOy lots of good points worth thinking about

Schaake MEP: Draft US online piracy bills a 'slippery slope' - http://bit.ly/wJbElR good stuff; can't we make her EU president or something?

Chinese microblog #Sina Weibo reportedly planning its own #Android device - http://tnw.co/yqLWfi I predict many big Net cos. will do this

Kopimism Kopimists CopyMe - http://bit.ly/wQfsDY "main hub for international support and liaison" (v @occupyofficial)

Aakash Tablet Preordering Crosses 2 million - http://bit.ly/x4U2ay big numbers #india #android

Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of President’s Piracy Stand - http://bit.ly/yRYkt5 so step in, net cos. (v @SinkDeep)

Undetectable Technology - http://bit.ly/xWAvyn "our machines approach the thermodynamic equilibria of their environment" #fermiparadox

Julian #Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview - http://bit.ly/Av3Wii remember him? good update on his thinking and situation #wikileaks

Open Economics Hack Day Saturday January 28th 2012 - http://bit.ly/AgSwyB be there or...be somewhere else #okf

When a petition isn't enough: #SOPA protestors raise money to hire #lobbyist firm - http://bit.ly/xFysfG fighting slime with slime

No More New #Penguin Digital #Audiobooks For #Libraries, Either - http://bit.ly/zj3fLF doing its bit to make piracy more attractive

Leaked #Sony road map stirs up a dozen #Android devices - http://cnet.co/yKpSi9 well, inevitably

‘MegaSearch’ Aims to Index Fraud Site Wares - http://bit.ly/yQo0Jc enterprising, if nothing else...

File #Sharing Without The Internet: The Saharan Bluetooth Experience - http://bit.ly/yC62ha great name for a band, no?

Amazon basin becoming carbon emitter - http://bit.ly/yLmVKb not good

Join The Commissioning Consortium: Goodnight Moon for SATB Choir and Piano - http://bit.ly/wYHPCq #ericwhitacre joins the crowdsourcing crew

Hollywood Studios, MPAA to Attempt to Neutralize #SOPA Protests With Ad Campaign - http://on.mash.to/xALn8L or they could send faxes to people

#SOPA -- What It Is and Why It’s Bad - http://fxn.ws/xpSDuO on Fox News website (sic) (v @newsbrooke)

Will the EP Development committee betray billions of people? - http://bit.ly/wM7Z8m pure eurocentric #neocolonialism #acta

Center for American Progress under fire from Israel advocates - http://wapo.st/AaQjKD antisemitism? what an original tactic (v @ggreenwald)

Big #Agribusiness Influence Threatens to Override Public Interest in Greed Revolution - http://bit.ly/A4arZS well researched & worrying

nine million rats inside my mind - http://bit.ly/woj4Ah fans of Katie Melua may wish to avert their glances (v @ninapaley)

Are Democrats About To Lose An Entire Generation Of Voters By Pushing PIPA/#SOPA Forward? - http://bit.ly/zqZPP6 struck me, too; weird

Put Down the Pitchforks on #SOPA - http://nyti.ms/wNsrwm finally confirms what I suspected: Mr Pogue is utterly clueless about this stuff

European Parliament Development Committee 24 January - http://bit.ly/xlSgAQ oh look, Bill Gates telling EU how it should do it

Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American #Journalists - http://yhoo.it/zZeplr hello??? (v @SinkDeep @smarimc)

DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting Down 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload... Without SOPA/PIPA - http://bit.ly/xdlhFw huh?

How Hollywood drives people to piracy - http://bit.ly/zQTE0U how doesn't it?

#Android by the numbers: 11B downloads, 250M devices - http://bit.ly/xZZUB1 interesting numbers

Anonymous Takes Down DOJ, RIAA, MPA and Universal Music - http://bit.ly/yYJXer can't imagine why...

#China Launches iPad Alternative for Communists - http://on.mash.to/wtwl8N would be a “symbol of privilege”

120118

Microsoft says it opposes #SOPA ‘as currently drafted’ - http://bit.ly/xBDP8v lots of wiggle room there, but better than nothing

A technical examination of #SOPA and PROTECT IP - http://bit.ly/wfG0zr another excellent run-through of what the key issues are

Not Piracy - http://bit.ly/x42aMc a short reminder that it's a metaphor, and a bad one #sopa

#Google Goes Big With Its #SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo - http://bit.ly/z59UoU but only for users from US

Mistruths, Insults from the #Copyright Lobby Over HR 3699 - http://bit.ly/zJHKvu great debunking of lies about scientific publishing #oa

PIPA/#SOPA and Why You Should Care - http://bit.ly/xj5H9a great physical analogy of how they harm from boss of #mozilla

The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare - http://bit.ly/xI5lSW great piece about the future of war - #drones - & how they go wrong

D66-politica gaat EU-onderzoek internetvrijheid leiden - http://bit.ly/wUWUSh good news:@MarietjeD66 reporting on #net #freedom for #eu

#spain: 40 percent server and 15 percent public admin desktops deploy #opensource - http://bit.ly/wdmaDv impressive if confirmed

MPAA's Chris Dodd: Blackouts Turn Users Into “Corporate Pawns”
- http://tcrn.ch/x2z62y users are intellectual slaves of copyright companies

Grumpy Rupert Murdoch says ‘many’ #SOPA supporting senators have skedaddled - http://tnw.co/ygj7UJ how dare they think for themselves

First One Down: Rep. Lee Terry Removes His Name As A #SOPA Co-Sponsor - http://bit.ly/zBq8hC next, please

Orphan Works and the Digital Copyright Exchange - http://bit.ly/zIVC9A some thoughts #hargreaves #dce #uk

xkcd on #SOPA - http://xkcd.com/ points out that sharing helped spread word and built his business model (v @SinkDeep)

Springer permits commercial use for its hybrid #openaccess program - http://bit.ly/znwyG1 moving from cc-nc to cc-by (v @CameronNeylon)

Heavy weather and the new normal - http://bit.ly/zGrEN9 things are heating up #resilience

kudos to http://www.wired.com/ today for their home page (v @ezraklein @jamie_love)#sopa

Grooveshark Blocks German Users Over Licensing Costs - http://bit.ly/AaO1sV can't let new ideas flourish, can we? #gema

Chegg to bridge gap between digital and physical textbooks - http://bit.ly/yost8e #html5 based #education #ebooks

Graphic: The Surging Momentum Behind #Wikipedia's #SOPA Blackout - http://onforb.es/x2DBKs interesting

Consultation Planned For Thames Estuary Airport - http://bit.ly/zJjjBz bonkers: from the barmy bonce of Boris... #london

An Updated Analysis: Why #SOPA & #PIPA Are A Bad Idea, Dangerous & Unnecessary - http://bit.ly/xFPszn helpful, detailed update

Penguin’s DK: Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere - http://bit.ly/xLqfYn apps not the saviour of #publishing

Forget #SOPA, Hollywood Already Had a Field Day with the Justice System - http://bit.ly/wXePoe nothing new, but well written #copyright

The best #Sopa protests online – in pictures - http://bit.ly/xINk2W nice gallery (v @coadec)

SketchChair Kickstarter Campaign - http://bit.ly/xzAC5H #opensource tool for designing digitally fabricated furniture #opendesign

#Zuckerberg comes out against #SOPA on #Facebook, gets 75k likes in 10 minutes - http://tnw.co/zXQSZ7 not exactly brave, but welcome

Jim Zemlin's latest post: From CES: Will #HTML5 Threaten the Closed World of the App Store? - http://bit.ly/xOXKvt let's hope so

Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works - http://bit.ly/y9fkxq if copyright theft exists, this is it #pd

#PIPA Supporters Violate #Copyright Laws, Too - http://bit.ly/xVRmId you just knew that was going to happen, didn't you?

Human rights community speaks out on PROTECT IP Act - http://bit.ly/wh9o8o no surprise there... (v @webmink)

Blackout -- Save the Internet Today - http://bit.ly/z2PJA5 big #avaaaz epetition; already up to 1.3 million #sopa

US Chamber Of Commerce Appears To Argue That #SOPA & PIPA Apply To NO Websites At All - http://bit.ly/ApbVFT follows from their logic

120117

#Craigslist comes out against #SOPA - http://bit.ly/wdeHj6 no surprise, but good to see

Federal #Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings - http://1.usa.gov/wOB0Cy those maximalists at it again (v @SinkDeep)

#Wikipedia’s community calls for anti-#SOPA blackout January 18 - http://bit.ly/zEq8zG it's official

#Google IP Vandalizing OpenStreetMap - http://bit.ly/yhCSaW something v strange going on here #osm

Apple to announce tools, platform to "digitally destroy" textbook #publishing - http://bit.ly/zX4Vk0 publishers will love that

Farfetch.com Raises $18 Million to Bring High-End #Fashion to the Web - http://on.mash.to/yjGAjo great name: boo.com 2.0?

Win 8's locked bootloaders: much ado about nothing, or end of world as we know it? - http://bit.ly/znPIgC misses point about market power

Why Is NBCUniversal Threatening To Report Commenters They Disagree With To Their Employers? - http://bit.ly/zEWxn4 big media behaving badly

OpenStreetMap and Indoor Maps - http://bit.ly/wDcwwT who says open projects aren't innovative? #opengeodata #osm

#Qt on #RIM Devices - http://bit.ly/A0gjBl intriguing, to say the least (v @ggreve)

The Startup Challenging the Centralized Internet - http://bit.ly/zbaj0p well, a bit of it #opensource

Britain cannot deport Abu Qatada to Jordan, European judges rule - http://bit.ly/AcJWkV let's hope they say same for #ODwyer #extradition

Research Works Act: Cambridge University Press expands on its position - http://bit.ly/xwbcw6 tries to have its cake & eat it, actually #rwa

Roaming quakes: is New York or London due a big one? - http://bit.ly/wJ5kfF eeek

#SOPA/PIPA blackout: here's what #Google should do on blackout day, Jan 18 - http://bit.ly/Axm3Ea looks good to me

Latest CNNIC #China Internet Stats - http://bit.ly/ymohAD big, interesting numbers

help, please: on the subject of locked bootloaders, it has been suggested that Chromebooks are locked: anyone know? have references to dox?

OK: a summary on #chromebooks: both samsung and acer have hardware switches for overriding lock on #bootloaders - not locked to OS

Argentina Building Huge #Biometric Database For Use With Police's Face Recognition Technology - http://bit.ly/y9cp14 not good #surveillance

The Pirate Bay: PIPA/SOPA Won’t Stop Us! - http://bit.ly/Adq7Ru certainly nothing has so far

@stephenfry is against #SOPA - http://bit.ly/zlIvFV that's really great; but pity he didn't actually name it, though

Apple targets Samsung smartphones, tablets with new German lawsuits - http://bit.ly/yEegwP #apple is such a tiresome bully: try competing

Why Canadians Should Participate in the #SOPA/PIPA Protest - http://bit.ly/zjVgTV good summary; applies elsewhere too

Communicating the risks of high-impact low-probability events - http://onforb.es/yg3Hnz like intraplate earthquakes

#NASA censors amateur sci-fi film
 - http://bit.ly/w13UrT decides to make itself look stupid instead; back-down guaranteed

Science Data Sharing Site figshare Relaunches, Adds Features - http://tcrn.ch/zNQtlL "to share even negative results from their works"

Google will protest #SOPA using popular home page - http://cnet.co/zYNZ8U let's hope it's hard hitting

Dual criminality requirement of the Extradition Act 2003: clarity on why Richard O'Dwyer should not be extradited – http://bit.ly/xBmb2R

"Copyright for Librarians" (CFL): online open curriculum on #copyright law - http://bit.ly/xLLv75 now in Arabic, Chinese, French & Russian

India forms panel to unravel mystery of #Monsanto gene in ‘indigenous’ Bt cotton - http://bit.ly/x6aAKP could be fun (v @Beautyon_ @GMWatch)

12 Hours Dark: Internet Archive vs. Censorship - http://bit.ly/ywioHq joining in (v @beabusaniche)#sopa

#Ubisoft Has Windows-Style Hardware-Based #DRM For Games - http://bit.ly/z4J7Ta #stupid

Student-organised talk on Sharia law at the University of London cancelled following threats of violence - http://bit.ly/xzEWPJ says it all

NYC's Authorized Drone Strike Zone - http://bit.ly/A6ezb3 you have been warned, so don't complain if you're taken out as you walk here

Internet Regulation & the Economics of #Piracy - http://bit.ly/AmyVKA must-read, rigorous analysis of what's really happening

The President's challenge - http://oreil.ly/AaiRL1 #sopa et al. brilliantly encapsulated in a joke (v @swardley @kevinmarks)

Damn Yanks Harass Another Of My Colleagues - http://bit.ly/xQujEN "If that doesn’t ring alarm bells all over reporters’ heads, what will?"

Lamar Smith & MPAA Brush Off Wikipedia Blackout As Just A Publicity Stunt - http://bit.ly/yErdka yeah, right #sopa

O'Reilly will go dark on January 18 - http://oreil.ly/wh8Hoo another high-profile name joins the fun (v @digiphile)#sopa

Tomorrow #Facebook Will Fill Your Timeline + Ticker With Shopping, Travel, & More Apps - http://tcrn.ch/ylGJLg meanwhile, adults fight #SOPA

Why #SOPA Is Dangerous - http://on.mash.to/yNlOKK excellent parsing by a programmer of the legal code involved

This is Jerry #Yang’s resignation letter to the #Yahoo! board - http://tnw.co/zSXGjh surprised this didn't happen years ago

RIAA Labels Demand Cash from Alleged BitTorrent Pirates - http://bit.ly/wgAxbX bullying, pure and simple

KEI files amicus brief in BRCA #genepatent case - http://bit.ly/yBPRQs rumbling on #scotus

120116

The Art of Binary, or Music To Code To - Domenico #Scarlatti's 555 Keyboard Sonatas - http://bit.ly/xFmumq fab stuff #spotify

Google calls Murdoch's piracy allegations 'nonsense' - http://cnet.co/wEFqFp nay, poppycock

INFOBAR C01: Japan’s Newest (And Most Colorful) Android Phone - http://tcrn.ch/AjS8oI the power of #android customisability

2 Missed Calls & Farmers Can Operate their Irrigation System Remotely [Realtech System’s Mobile Starter Controller] – http://bit.ly/wXGF4z

Pupils need free home access to ICT tools - http://bit.ly/xM3WZq spot on: #opensource is the only solution (v @mberry)#education

Academic publishers have become the enemies of science - http://bit.ly/zxfxtN good to see this rightly angry piece in the #guardian #os (v +Peter Suber)

US #Copyright Lobby Wants #Canada Out of #TPP Until New Laws Passed - http://bit.ly/wDQmmD bizarre #neocolonialism

SOPA & PIPA are bad industrial policy - http://oreil.ly/yq69LA "The solution to piracy must be a market solution, not government intervention"

Two Fatal Flaws in the O'Dwyer Judgment - http://bit.ly/z1joR4 why the extradition must not happen #odwyer

#SOPA Derailed - zd.net/xbz4zm great; but we need it - and #PIPA - dead, not resting...

Ex-#Firefox exec Shaver has plans for #Facebook's #Android app - http://cnet.co/yUc147 a-ha

Deutsche Bibliotheken stellen über 23 Millionen Metadatensätze in XML unter CCzero - http://bit.ly/wlexcl ausgezeichnet #cc

We Are Stardust - http://bit.ly/yMdE4y something that's easy to overlook amidst the quotidian hurly-burly

BASF to concentrate plant biotechnology activities on main markets in N & S America - http://bit.ly/xQnjrL translation: it's giving up in EU

Bulgarian protestors demand ban on shale gas - http://bit.ly/yiJSVS it's spreading #fracking

#Identi.ca offers to help beleaguered #Google - http://bit.ly/ywPHid sounds like a plan to me #cc #search

Brevets logiciels : la grande imposture de la propriété intellectuelle - http://bit.ly/y143ov good, if long, piece on #swpats (v @zoobab)

The Pirate Bay Launches Promo Platform For Artists - http://bit.ly/z2fuhh smart move

Tech Industry Buys Itself a Mouthpiece - http://gawker.com/5876539 #gawker's nicely cynical take on #pandodaily (v @dangillmor @davewiner)

120115

Ken Clarke ready to betray 800 years of British justice - http://bit.ly/zx2K83 shameful: why we need #wikileaks (v @Joscelyn @AdamWagner1)

My Plans For 2012 - http://bit.ly/xg1bcD @Falkvinge will be a busy chap #opensource #activism

Budgies find yawns irresistible too - http://bit.ly/zsSmeL another massive breakthrough for science

Greenpeace, Misereor und Bundesärztekammer lehnen Gen-Patente ab - http://bit.ly/yiTj5U striking alliance #genepatents (v @FFII)

#MPAA Response to White House Position on Anti-Piracy Legislation - http://bit.ly/yCdbtj utter tosh (v @jmcest @jmcest)#sopa

Scarcity Is A Shitty Business Model - http://bit.ly/AqkMdt this man is really getting it #abundance

Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline is Not Jobs Plan, But Oil Export Plan - http://bit.ly/zFJizW "Oil Goes to China, Permanent Jobs Go to Canada"

MIT Media Lab opposes #SOPA, #PIPA - http://bit.ly/ylXi4a that's good (v @petersuber)

How the Internet of things could make the world safer and greener - http://bit.ly/zoAOSf intriguing vision #internetofthings

New Animal Virus Takes Northern Europe by Surprise - http://bit.ly/vZeibl eeek, don't like the sound of this

Help wanted at LWN - http://bit.ly/Atb6Sv great to see #lwn expanding... #jobs

Underwater Noise Disturbs Whales 120 Miles Away - http://bit.ly/AhttLx “it’s man-made junk in the wate"; bad us

Trial delayed in Oracle's Android lawsuit against Google - http://bit.ly/zGwDhB not exactly storming away, that lawsuit, eh Oracle?

#Nokia Sells More Than 450 Wireless Patents To Patent Troll - http://onforb.es/w2SUm3 can't imagine who they might be used against

McKinnon vs O'Dwyer - http://bit.ly/zKyYOq good comparison of cases

Unique life form is half plant, half animal - http://bit.ly/xDDY7c endosymbiosis commoner than we thought?

EFF to ask for sanctions against copyright trolling astrologers - http://bit.ly/xbNz50 serves 'em right...

How #DNA contamination can affect court cases - http://bit.ly/xk0OA2 this is going to become a big problem

The BBC ponders charging UK iPlayer users to watch archived content - http://tnw.co/zzC3nT that won't be popular

Indian Government to Kill Aakash Tablet? To Dump Tablets to Rural India - http://bit.ly/zVZTBr really? #india #android

how @carlmalamud suffered at the hands of youtube's flawed three strikes system - http://bit.ly/wwiHdW & #sopa would be far worse

#Murdoch doesn't understand links - http://bit.ly/ymsSBd "against more than just #piracy. He is against fundamental architecture of the web"

a list of AAP members who have publicly disavowed the AAP position on #RWA - http://bit.ly/zBEqGA more needed... #openaccess

co-sponsor of anti-open access bill, defends NY publishing industry - http://bit.ly/z1nnjS delusional at every level (v @Copycense)#oa

120114

#Fracking’s #externalities - http://reut.rs/z73D4J good piece about huge issue almost completely overlooked

#Samsung Merging Its Bada OS With Intel-Backed Tizen Project - http://onforb.es/xF3XBa good news for #tizen

#Mozilla to Offer New User-Centric Services in 2012 - http://bit.ly/x7i7hU what's coming up #firefox

ITC: Motorola does not violate Apple patents - http://cnet.co/AknCIi shows #apple's victory not quite so certain #android

Aliens for #SOPA - http://bit.ly/wD36ys "I'd happily swap the companies in the financial mile for Silicon Valley" #uk

White House responds to anti-#SOPA epetition - http://bit.ly/xIPHFz given its track record, I'm sceptical (v @jonbains @smanthorpe)

Thinking about learning. And #SOPA and PIPA and stuff like that - http://bit.ly/zrPoYu why openness & sharing are indispensable

#France upholds ban on #Monsanto #GM maize - http://reut.rs/zoFDcZ interesting

Tim O'Reilly nails the key issue: "I've seen no discussion of credible evidence of [piracy's] economic harm" - http://bit.ly/xRzCkA #SOPA

Copyright Alliance wants to take away public's right to see research it paid for - http://bit.ly/xMO3Vz (v http://bit.ly/AEOgs1) #oa

#Wikipedia turns 11 on January 15, 2012 - http://bit.ly/y2aqWK how ever did we live without it?

Stop HR3699; The #OpenAccess movement needs to get ACTIVE; the Scholarly Poor already do - http://bit.ly/Av9FVp just do it, #oa people

‘Phantom Heritability’ Indicates Poor Predictive Value of #GeneTests - http://bit.ly/zb5DRG provocative but important stuff #genomics

Defending John Williams - http://bit.ly/yfS1YS great points from Eric #music #films

Rupert Murdoch calls Google a ‘piracy leader’ on Twitter - http://tnw.co/wqitZu at least it doesn't hack dead schoolgirls' phones, eh Rupe?