Sunday 30 September 2012

120929


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120928 - http://bit.ly/V9dIOs yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

[RT] Guerillas on London Transport - http://bit.ly/NVHAwA many of these are utterly brilliant (v @Thayer @Rchards)#tube

US Copyright Office Seeking Comments On Resale Royalties For Visual Artists - http://bit.ly/SLcg5K 'cos world needs more monopolies

Bürgerdialog – Was fällt dem Netz für die Politik ein? - http://bit.ly/TQsHPz last chance to give your thoughts here

Joint statement from Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK -http://bit.ly/UWHrvz getting to grips with things #wikipedia

[RT] Why Everyone Should Care About #DRM's Punishment Of The Visually Impaired - http://bit.ly/OtUXpb this time, it's personal #copyright

#Crowdsourcing #Climate Science - http://onforb.es/VYe61V "analyze past hurricane photos (over 300,000) in a series of controlled questions"

Court: Motorola can't enforce injunction against Microsoft -http://cnet.co/UWIDz1 I look forward to german courts blocking US injunctions...

Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter The Public Domain? The Data Says... No - http://bit.ly/QBxOj3 yay for #PD

Government support of #opensource falls short - http://bit.ly/VYeSfh deal with those #swpats, please

Bündnis gegen Kinderpornografie im Internet: MOGiS erklärt Austritt aus White IT - http://bit.ly/SqKOsD now this is interesting

Are These The Drones We're Looking For? - http://bit.ly/Ssz0BI the coming#opensource #drone revolution

One month to Droidcon London - http://bit.ly/PMq5Ns a possible date for your diary #android

Hobbyists Embrace #OpenSource Concept For #Drones - http://rww.to/PyRdi5everybody's doing it

Official complaint made re. inaccuracies in #Transparency Register -http://bit.ly/UWKsfo needs sorting

Nokia Looks Cheap As Asha Handsets Help Retain Emerging Markets Foothold - http://onforb.es/UWMnR2 battling against #android here, too

Geheimes Gutachten zu Open Source auch in Freiburg - http://bit.ly/SqM7I4something to hide, perchance? #opensource #transparency

ISPs and Tracking Company Ready to Start Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme -http://bit.ly/QneYct VPN cos. chortle with glee

The Flipside Of BitTorrent - Why Many Musicians Still Hate It -http://rww.to/UWNlwS worth reading 

Business hires of former government employees as #lobbyists -http://bit.ly/NTGX6L truly appalling figures

Hi tech shock absorber legs for multicopeters - http://bit.ly/R1Qo1D lovely#maker moment #drones

X-plane Developer Sued By Patent Troll; Ponders Shuttering Business Or Defending - http://bit.ly/R1Vr2c patents promoting innovation again

Composer Thomas Adès: 'Wagner is a fungus' - http://bit.ly/SqSlrt fab composer; slightly odd interview...

Towards #Transparency - http://bit.ly/V9TYKP kudos: #stripe partners with#chillingeffects; others might like to follow (v @dozykraut) 

Kofi Annan: Tony #Blair could ultimately have stopped #Iraq war -http://bit.ly/SVCM7g  "What went wrong? What changed him?" 

#Chevron Targeting Private Email Accounts of 101 People Linked To #EcuadorEnvironmental Case - http://bit.ly/P24yDA evil much? (v @rmack)

I inherited a da Vinci - http://bit.ly/Sr9Wzv lovely story... #art

Fukushima Reactor 4 poses massive global risk - http://bit.ly/PAmbX6 great example of how corporate stupidity could harm us... (v @techsoc)


Saturday 29 September 2012

120928


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120927 - http://bit.ly/S58wMA yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

#LibreOffice Conference, Berlin (Germany), 17–19/Oct/2012 -http://bit.ly/S58J2w project now two years old - http://bit.ly/QiigNZ #freesw

Automated calls, fraud and the banks: a mismatch made in hell -http://bit.ly/SGPI62 turns out #banks are greedy and stupid

California passes groundbreaking #opentextbook legislation -http://bit.ly/SGPSdL great; others follow suit, pl.

Internet Giant Builds Web of Influence in Berlin - http://bit.ly/Pv4vvZ #googleramps up #lobbying (v @evgenymorozov)

Eye in the Sky: #Drones Help Conserve Sumatran #Orangutans & Other Wildlife - http://bit.ly/QJV8sa great to see this kind of use (v @BoraZ)

Texas Municipal Officials Fight 'Open Meeting Act,' Get Shot Down By Fifth Circuit Court - http://bit.ly/OZ65ua good stuff #transparency

UK gov asked just 15 companies about snooping plans - http://bit.ly/Sg3gjEpublic's view irrelevant (v @ralpost)

ACLU forces government to reveal skyrocketing #surveillance stats -http://bit.ly/QJVEGM they're all at it

Flying Robots Cooperate, Throw and Catch Balls - http://bit.ly/QJVIpZ if this doesn't worry you, you're not paying attention... #drones

EU-Projekt #CleanIT: Projektleiter verteidigt Online-Terrorbekämpfung -http://bit.ly/UxLTMM tech experts unconvinced 

Conroy - red underpants on your head - http://bit.ly/S5b1yo here's a droll little meme from #australia #OpRedUndies 

Chinese rail ministry on the defense as $52m ticketing website is widely reviled - http://tnw.co/RmZGaD even the chinese have probs with sw

$99 Raspberry Pi-sized “#supercomputer” as Kickstarter project -http://bit.ly/Qu8GLs  26 gigaflops; runs #ubuntu; wow (v @opensourcerer)

re UK snooping bill, it was @julianhuppert who spoke to 15 cos. against bill, not Home Office. thanks to @willhowells for clarification

EU Open #Voluntarism Consultation: Your Views - http://bit.ly/Quersy closes today (whoops - sorry...) #acta #cleanit

The great DNA fishing trip - http://bit.ly/Sgm3vd UK police still using this tool too broadly #privacy #surveillance

Australian Securities & Investment Commission wants open sesame on all phone, internet data - http://bit.ly/Sqa7qb that slippery slope again

Draft UK #libel law forces websites to axe mudslinging comments -http://bit.ly/QA2fq7 the devil is in the details

Civil watchdog objects to tender published by Polish ministry -http://bit.ly/Q77ifD "for a specific proprietary computer operating system"

UK shale gas is more lead balloon than silver bullet - http://bit.ly/VT8cyYclearly a dog (v @GeorgeMonbiot)#fracking

Pollutants linked to ‘fracking’ found in Wyoming groundwater again -http://bit.ly/QiUFwK more #fracking fun (v @kaatje36)

"Kein Steuergeld für #CleanIT aus Österreich" - http://bit.ly/V512Zb so there (v @netzpolitik)#at

Royal Library: Public Interests Over Private - http://bit.ly/QjoAow great to see sensible approach to #hostageworks (v @sivavaid @ARLpolicy)

original announcement of the #GNU Project, posted 29 years ago by #RMS, on September 27, 1983 - http://bit.ly/PKupwR (v @schestowitz)

OpenForum Academy 2012 conference proceedings - http://bit.ly/VTTgAMfresh off the digital presses; cc-by-sa 3.0

All Fair Use And No License Fees Makes Room 237 An Interesting Test Case -http://bit.ly/ShlD80 indeed

Why Everyone Should Care About #DRM's Punishment Of The Visually Impaired - http://bit.ly/OtUXpb this time, it's personal #copyright

Guerillas on London Transport - http://bit.ly/NVHAwA many of these are utterly brilliant (v @Thayer @Rchards)#tube


Friday 28 September 2012

120927


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120926 - http://bit.ly/P88rkR ysterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Before and After ACTA - http://slidesha.re/Q2C2OX my Berlin talk about political consequences of #ACTA fight now on Slideshare

The Hustler's MBA - http://bit.ly/Sn5yBy wiser than you might expect (v @boingboing)

Cleansing the Internet of Terrorism: Leaked EU Proposal Would Erode Civil Liberties - http://bit.ly/QHe0rS #EFF offers its view #cleanit

Creation Engine: #Autodesk Wants to Help Anyone, Anywhere, Make Anything - http://bit.ly/PqXeNP but only if they go closed... #3dprinting

New Zealand Prime Minister Apologizes To Kim Dotcom - http://bit.ly/PqXtsewow, PM grovels to dotcom...

Visualising Europe’s #Languages - http://bit.ly/PHC7Yx nice; english less dominant than I would have expected

WikiWomen Unite! - http://bit.ly/UMbPbV good idea - do it #wikipedia 

UK government spends £2bn on #drones - http://bit.ly/PHCz97 money well spent?

Rupert #Murdoch Admits Defeat: Now Wants London Times To Appear In Search Results - http://bit.ly/UZ1bx9 ouch; germany pl. take note

#CleanIT ist nur ein Symptom für die irreführende Politik der privaten Rechtsdurchsetzung im Internet - http://bit.ly/QWmAUd exactly

Joint Parliamentary Committee Could “Kill” the UK ISP Internet Snooping Bill -http://bit.ly/Uw3hl7 let's hope (v @Coadec)#CCDP

Hospital Tech Declines To Patent His Invention, As Saving Lives Is 'More Important Than Money' - http://bit.ly/PHFb79 bravo

Why Microsoft Is Tying B&N's Nook To Windows, Office And Bing -http://rww.to/SCKEzy was bound to happen

Pollution-Eating Clothing Heads Toward Commercialization -http://tcrn.ch/QdMzp0 sounds too good to be true

Software release suggests Samsung could soon launch a smartphone running Tizen - http://bit.ly/Uw3IvQ that would be good news #linux

#Mozilla and National Science Foundation seek developers to build “apps from the future” - http://bit.ly/QdN2rk good match

Endangered Alphabets - http://bit.ly/QHirD9 when we lose a language or an alphabet, we are all impoverished #linguistics

#CleanIT is just a symptom of the pinata politics of privatised online enforcement - http://bit.ly/QWny2D good analysis of larger problem

.@NeelieKroesEU presents EU cloudcomputing strategy (live video stream) -http://bit.ly/QyvGbW (v @lennarthuizing)

Gates Foundation-Led Green Revolution Promotes False Solutions to Hunger in#Africa - http://bit.ly/OrlvaK #seedpatents exactly wrong

Let's Clean up the #CleanIT Project - http://bit.ly/TFrieC here's how to address some of its problems #surveillance #censorship

Future has made £5 million from iPad magazines in a year - http://bit.ly/UZjguTsmall numbers, but positive signs #publishing

Michael Robertson Continues To Tempt Copyright Fate With UberTalk: Recordable Radio Directory Online - http://bit.ly/SSxoBC brave: kudos

#Ubuntu's Amazon search feature gets kill switch - http://bit.ly/Qe4HPu why it's always worth kicking up a fuss #privacy

A Conversation With Randall Munroe, the Creator of #XKCD - http://bit.ly/QHrrIkinteresting interview with amazing bloke (v @jackschofield)

When technical experts do the job of politicians - http://bit.ly/UN65ii interesting reflections on the recent OFE2012 conference

Make the IP system compatible with the Union’s human rights obligations -http://bit.ly/QHKsud powerful analysis #eu 

New Ethics Scandal Rocks #Wikipedia - http://rww.to/S21GHO this really needs sorting – now

Come back, Diyarbakır mayor tells Armenians - http://bit.ly/QWP7Jd now that's interesting #turkey

#Corruption, corporate #transparency and #opendata -http://slidesha.re/TGzTOn every activist should see this and RT - hugely important tool

#TPP: A Quiet Coup For the Investor Class - http://bit.ly/PIeDSY "corporations are granted more rights than American citizens" (V @PCGTW)

File-Sharing for Personal Use Declared Legal in #Portugal - http://bit.ly/S2hL0fwow, potentially big (v @mgeist)

#Panama's Government One Step Away From Passing The 'Worst #CopyrightLaw In History' - http://bit.ly/SSYAAq this. is. insane.

Free the Files! ProPublica taps the crowd for a database-building sprint to US election day - http://bit.ly/UNByRu interesting (v @mathewi)

#Mozilla launches Persona beta: A Web-wide alternative to logging in via Facebook or Twitter - http://tnw.co/OXrhkc good stuff

Public consultation on the future of EU-US trade and economic relations -http://bit.ly/N0Nppy last chance: closes today

Fairly long discussion over #cleanIT (in English) - http://bit.ly/Pse5Qc make up your own mind... #surveillance #censorship

“#CleanIT” – even worse than it sounds - http://bit.ly/NTnFOO Index on Censorship expresses concerns

#jobs in world of #freesw in switzerland - http://bit.ly/OXzpBp #gnu/linux,#magenta#moodle

#Hadopi non grata - http://bit.ly/PIpdtm " l'UFC-Que Choisir et l'April ont décidé de ne pas répondre à l'invitation de l'Hadopi" #vlc #drm

Our Tweet Debate on #ACTA is drawing closer… - http://bit.ly/SEoVr1 sharpen your digital pencils...

J.K. #Rowling’s new book on Kindle: Literally unreadable - http://bit.ly/PIyCRAhere's a tip: why not check next time?

[RT] Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120926 - http://bit.ly/P88rkR ysterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

#PSI Data Must Be Free for the Magic to Happen - http://bit.ly/Pa344F obvs#opendata

#EPO debate: How #swpatents are delaying the future - http://bit.ly/QzaYbQmore grown up than I would have been

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, revolving doors and climate change denial -http://bit.ly/STfn6h the usual problems

#EU Competition Commissioner: "#Microsoft Has Not Kept its Promises" -http://dthin.gs/PIBD4u naughty naughty

Former Copyright Boss: New Technology Should Be Presumed Illegal Until Congress Says Otherwise - http://bit.ly/PsMGxD </facepalm>

#Bitcoin Foundation launched - http://bit.ly/QItGv0 interesting move

In U.N. Speech, Assange Demands U.S. End Persecution of WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning - http://bit.ly/UwSUxx I should hope so

US pharma companies could be real beneficiaries of Canada-EU trade deal -http://bit.ly/V1hp8U well, there you go

Google's #Copyright Crackdown Punishes Author For Torrenting His Own Book - http://bit.ly/OXUHP7 #google more ossified & stupid by the day

Business hires of former government employees as #lobbyists -http://bit.ly/NTGX6L growing problem everywhere...

#Megaupload Farce Stirring Up Backlash Against #Copyright Overreach -http://bit.ly/SdFKDU time to put the emphasis back on basic rights?

Australia, Chile & New Zealand reply to UN Rapporteur for Right to Health on#TPP complaints - http://bit.ly/QXTsvE with contempt for public


Thursday 27 September 2012

120926


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120924 - http://bit.ly/PF4PcD Monday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Google: 1.3 million #Android devices activated every day - http://bit.ly/VGvyrH& accelerating (v @schestowitz)

NZ Gets New 'Homeland' Episodes Less Than 4 Hours After US -http://bit.ly/Ql6eHb companies start to get a clue

Climate change already harming the global economy - http://bit.ly/SyhvFJ "in 2010 climate change shaved 1.6 per cent off global GDP"

Only 2,000? Developer interest in Windows 8 is stagnant, opening a new line of worry for Microsoft - http://tnw.co/OTUywa 2000, eh?

Before and After #ACTA (video) - http://bit.ly/PmPPPl some thoughts on the political implications #nfa12 #abundance #scarcity

UK Schools fleeced by IT scammers - http://bit.ly/UGP8pA not just fleeced by proprietary sw vendors, but by crooks too...

#Russia Suspends Import, Use Of Genetically Modified Corn -http://bit.ly/VGBykb more ripples #monsanto

Vinton Cerf on U.N. regulation of the internet - http://bit.ly/OTXvNe vince tells#un where to go 

A Parade Of Horror Stories From #Copyright Collection Organizations -http://bit.ly/SliEiK bad for artists, bad for users 

Man Arrested In Greece For "Blasphemous" Facebook Page -http://bit.ly/VGEBsx this is getting absurd

UK government spent millions arming and training Congolese and Sudanese soldiers - http://bit.ly/Synomr shameful stuff

Absurdity Of Copyright Policy Leaves Dutch Supreme Court Confused -http://bit.ly/PYAlCj as well they might be #nl

Mediacom Disconnects and Bans Alleged Internet Pirates - http://bit.ly/VGFHVfnot just unfair but stupid

Nearly All Particle Physics Research To Be #OpenAccess -http://bit.ly/SkOaZH more good news on the #oa front

Judge in #Brazil orders arrest of Google exec over YouTube videos -http://cnet.co/Opm7xq a little excessive...

How UK Police Attempted To Misuse Official Databases To Smear Disaster Victims - http://bit.ly/SkQdwJ nasty; won't be last time, either

#Cambodia Wants Mandatory #Surveillance Cameras In Internet Cafes -http://bit.ly/QEjHXs let's not give them ideas

The 7th Set of #Bach Cantatas on Spotify - http://bit.ly/P45Bxd the more, the merrier

Party laws too harsh: Civil libertarians - http://bit.ly/NQgrei coming next: mandatory cctv surveillance for all parties... (v @Asher_Wolf)

An interview with @copyrightgirl- http://bit.ly/QwXr4F UK Copyright law fit for purpose? "Not especially, in my view." (v @DavidAllenGreen)

A New Issue For #Bitcoin: Crypto Key Disclosure - http://bit.ly/PmYMID what will they think of next?

Request a UK dataset - http://bit.ly/Qx1Hky "if you want a dataset from the public sector that has not been released" (v @coadec)#opendata

UK Prosecutors Finally Acknowledge The Need For A Real Discussion About Free Speech Online - http://bit.ly/NQp88n belated outbreak of sanity

Cultures and Ethics of #Sharing - http://bit.ly/PYXKDy new book of essays; not#cc, free d/l (pdf) - http://bit.ly/PYXWTe (v @netzpolitik)

.@NeelieKroesEU: Passion and Pence for #Openness - http://bit.ly/NQpBYmboth are welcome #ofe #innovation

#Twitter’s most active country is #China (where it is blocked) -http://tnw.co/OpwCAM facinating

US #TPP proposal on Pharmac - http://bit.ly/QExoG5 US pharma profits more important than NZ public health? (v @PostActa @MaxDCoyle)

Google Maps brings Street View to the highways and byways of #Chile and#Croatia - http://tnw.co/S6eW8w nice

5 days left for Wiki Loves Monuments - http://bit.ly/Opy326 hurry hurry hurry#wikipedia

Linux Forcibly Installed On Congressman's Computer In Act of Terrorism -http://bit.ly/Qa5AZq data was erased... (v @4b5)

Who's leading the call for transparency over the GM feeding trial? -http://bit.ly/Qm2x3Z #transparency is a 2-edged sword, er, so to speak

#Samsung and #Google set for high-profile talks over Android ecoystem, Apple patents - http://tnw.co/Qxeljw hmmm

Inside the #Clean-IT conflict - http://bit.ly/S6R2di fascinating background; #chpirate party looking foolish (v @jmcest)

Ada Lovelace Day: 16 October 2012 - http://bit.ly/o4q7Jc "celebrating achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths"

Tears of Steel - Blender Foundation's fourth short Open Movie -http://bit.ly/UJx5z6 wonderful; #blender is utterly fab (v @cdibona)

US calls Assange 'enemy of state' - http://bit.ly/OVLrej but that's OK, 'cos I'm sure he'd have a fair trial in US anyway (v @avilarenata)


Wednesday 26 September 2012

120924


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120923 - http://bit.ly/RVJpX1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Free Software activists ask the “Italian Authority for the protection of personal data” to publish readable documents - http://bit.ly/QtDfRb

Government Spies Illegally Bugged Kim Dotcom, Prime Minister Admits -http://bit.ly/OloktR nice

NRW-Piraten machen Vorschlag zum Urheberrecht - http://bit.ly/NMhuvX about time.... #de #copyright

Streit mit Japan: China will Inselgruppe mit Drohnen überwachen -http://bit.ly/ShJYyc wow, trendy or what...

Publishers Can't Seem To Celebrate The Ebook Boom Without Slipping In Odes To Copyright - http://bit.ly/OOTt8N typical...

Practical prophecy - http://bit.ly/Spt9mn #ESR being very, er, ESR-like

Time-Warner Cable pisses off two Starship Enterprise Captains on two coasts -http://bit.ly/RbJuZI ha!

Copyright lobby demands rollback of recent Canadian reforms in secretive trade deal - http://bit.ly/OlDuiF their greed knows no bounds #ca

Guardian’s chief investigator wants ISP tax to fund journalism -http://bit.ly/QdfOvx </facepalm>

Reclaiming the Credit #Commons - http://bit.ly/Si5pPH interesting idea

Pakistan's PM Demands International #Blasphemy Laws From UN -http://bit.ly/OlH5x9 this is a big, coming battle: get ready to fight...

CleanIT: bad policy making - http://bit.ly/OlHJdX policy must be evidence based

Even Sleeping Smartphones Could Soon Hear Spoken Commands -http://bit.ly/OWkFx0 definitely no risk of eavesdropping whatsoever

Apple v. Samsung Voir Dire Reveals Broken Promises - http://bit.ly/NMExqicould be fun...


Sunday 23 September 2012

120923


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120910 - http://bit.ly/SMyzm5 Friday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

.@ButKlaasen @HereticRepublic well, the document says the items have "a high degree of consensus" - means they've already been discussed

.@ButKlaasen @HereticRepublic maybe those involved should read this academic paper on costs of counterterrorism (pdf) - http://bit.ly/OjA1RE

Calculating the Costs of the Counterterrorism Delusion (pdf) -http://bit.ly/OjA1RE good, rigorous academic paper re http://bit.ly/PQoRiq

Save the Canadian National Archives - http://bit.ly/PMKdPe this is like throwing away a nation's memories #ca

Advocacy groups decry Freiburg's stealth return to proprietary office -http://bit.ly/Qwkwle strange how they're afraid to do it publicly

“Demand carbon dioxide data” says Hans Rosling to #opendata advocates at#OKFestival - http://bit.ly/PbB95w wish I could have gone

Privacy movement finds strength in crypto night - http://bit.ly/OS4II8 great how#cryptoparty idea has taken off (v @Asher_Wolf)

Immigration Issues - http://bit.ly/QsrgDB my, #america certainly knows how to welcome people these days... (v @ekrubnivek @ralpost)

Chemist Jailed In Russia For Giving Expert Opinion In Court -http://bit.ly/QMBbBB this looks appalling; shame on #russia 

Notes on USTR Hearing on the Entry of Mexico into the #TPP Negotiations -http://bit.ly/PWyIDl useful report

"Pink Slime" Company Brings Defamation Suit Against Media, Scientists and Whistleblowers - http://bit.ly/SfPIbE truth hurts

Apple demands $707 million in additional damages from Samsung -http://bit.ly/QMCVL4 greedy, vindictive much?

#ITC: How an obscure bureaucracy makes the world safe for #patenttrolls -http://bit.ly/PyuMKO good piece

FBI renews broad Internet #surveillance push - http://cnet.co/OS8n8T not j ust happening in #EU 

Why Activism Is Necessary, But Isn’t Enough To Save Net Liberty -http://bit.ly/OMT9aM interesting points #politics

Spanish region of Extremadura confirms commitment to open source -http://bit.ly/UpL8FA well, that's a relief (v +Răzvan Sandu )

Amazon search results in the Dash - http://bit.ly/OMTDNW #sabdfl explains...#ubuntu

Ancient #afghan site needs saving not destroying - http://bit.ly/QMFPPS deep greed from #china again, deep stupidity from #worldbank (again)

Senate passes bill to shield US airlines from EU carbon-emissions law -http://bit.ly/RM7Zz4 that's OK, just don't let them land in the EU

#Mozilla Firefox Turns 10 - http://on.mash.to/QMZi2O yay - let's hear if for Phoenix, er, Firebird, er, Firefox...

"Da hab ich an 'nem Sonntag was Besseres zu tun" - http://bit.ly/RSwxAQpirate party fun continues #de

The Swiss Pirate Party has its First Mayor - http://bit.ly/Uq6CCi nice (v @limbclock @slashdot)#ch

EU telcos defend UN Internet takeover plans - http://cnet.co/QxcEjs very unsuccessfully... #netneutrality #wcit

Guitar maker sues Web-based t-shirt vendor for shirts reading "born to rock" -http://bit.ly/VtRm9E more trademark idiocy

Ehemalige Piraten-Geschäftsführerin: Weisband will E-Book ohne Kopierschutz veröffentlichen - http://bit.ly/UuDLkz more like it


120921

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120920 - http://bit.ly/UkrKxW yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD 

Fixing Misinformation with Information - http://bit.ly/OfPB0B unconvincing attempt by #makerbot to sweettalk its community (v @meedabyte)

Why IFTTT being forced to remove its Twitter triggers is a red alert for developers - http://tnw.co/PucbiQ #has twitter a deathwish?

The dumb "No on 37" campaign to defeat labels on genetically engineered food - http://bit.ly/TbXhmm cynical & dishonest, too #labelling

New Minister Of Culture In #Brazil Brings Hope Of Return To Earlier Enlightened #Copyright Policy - http://bit.ly/UkwNyu fingers crossed

What's happened to #netneutrality? Oh, there it goes - http://bit.ly/OfRDOfsomeone else has spotted what they're up to

The WELL is bought by its users - http://bit.ly/SdAcOR seems appropriate

Net neutrality debate goes to the ITU #WCIT - http://bit.ly/PujhnI excellent analysis of attempt to kill #netneutrality (v @europeanprivacy)

Clean IT: Die EU-Kommission will das Internet überwachen und filtern, ganz ohne Gesetze - http://bit.ly/SHMVnK staggering

Clean IT – Leak shows plans for large-scale, undemocratic #surveillance of all communications by #EU - http://bit.ly/S8VebS utterly shameful

Research: Music streaming helping, not hurting, downloads -http://bit.ly/OgeR6T as you would expect

Section 127 Communications Act 2003 - Threat or Menace? -http://bit.ly/QpWb3m good, detailed analysis of problematic stuff #uk

#Facebook: snitchgate! - http://bit.ly/PuIWMR remember: EU's Clean IT willban anonymity - http://bit.ly/S8VebS (v @ralpost)

New #opensource “publishing-house-in-a-box” makes it easier for scholars to publish open access monographs - http://bit.ly/QrFktW v cool

Study on #Monsanto's GM maize intensifies concerns about EFSA's reliability – Monsanto strikes back with PR offensive - http://bit.ly/OJ7GnK

New Anti-Piracy Watchlist Zooms In On File-Sharing Tolerant Countries -http://bit.ly/Td9zef US arrogance knows no bounds

High Court: #Bloggers can benefit from journalistic privilege -http://bit.ly/UxCzeP important ruling in #ireland 

Swiss Federal Railways Says Apple Stole Its Clock - http://on.mash.to/Ogj4HQ</insert withering comment here>

Meet The $35 Tablet That Could Connect The World - http://tcrn.ch/RIBQ5Mmore details #linux

#OpenStreetMap Gets First Major Funding From Knight News Challenge -http://dthin.gs/PGTpVe great boost - $575,000 #osm

OLYMPIC SECRETS to stay locked up for 15 YEARS - http://bit.ly/NGFNv2because, you know, that's really necessary...

"I splork for infinite splorks" - http://bit.ly/PPyQ7M well, of course

useful resources about crucial #WCIT meeting on Net and #netneutrality -http://bit.ly/Q1M6K4 (v @MarietjeD66 @marconav)

#Apple ripping off other companies - http://bit.ly/PPF3At may be in clear legally for copying that swiss clock; but morally..? (v @Codepope)

#Panama Considering Legislation That Allows The Copyright Office To Pursue Filesharers Directly -- & Keep All Fines - http://bit.ly/REP3lM

Trade talks aim to expand United States’ Asia presence, with China on the horizon - http://wapo.st/RIXnvk #wapo on #TPP (v @PCGTW)

USTR hearing on Mexico joining the #TPP - http://bit.ly/SbS1wt "The contempt for the public is all the more clear"

#UnitaryPatent: discussions postponed in Parliament, let's stay involved! -http://bit.ly/RJa0qe need to keep on top of this #EU #swpats

How do you recognize a catastrophe? - http://bit.ly/NGTB92 interesting analysis of #Elsevier and the impact of #openaccess

Climate sceptics launch Citizens Initiative to suspend EU climate targets - who's paying? - http://bit.ly/PHiu2C a very good question

Better control of EU revolving door needed - http://bit.ly/Vl8u1v some absurd situations here #lobbying

The Roundtable goes for full conquest - http://bit.ly/PQ3MVs wow: bringing insane US corporatist ideas to EU - needs fighting #ERT

EU Officials Propose Internet Cops On Patrol, No Anonymity & No Obscure Languages (Because Terrorism!) - http://bit.ly/PQoRiq what???


Thursday 20 September 2012

120920


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120919 - http://bit.ly/RxnLxJ yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Blair's 'disastrous' wars to blame for secret courts, says Clarke -http://bit.ly/Ug25Xn great; but still talking rubbish on new bill 

[RT] Old Lady Ruins Fresco, Claims #Copyright, Demands Money -http://bit.ly/QmosVI as one does #es

a small update on Vivaldi - http://bit.ly/P1TUZ9 sorry to hear of the probs here#freesw #tablets

The disappearing web: Information decay is eating away our history -http://bit.ly/OdRwCZ this is a huge, unacknowledged problem #memory

Overeager Patent Troll Can't Tell Github From Its Web Host -http://bit.ly/S9ge82 further background to this nuttiness #swpats

Will we 3D print renewable energy? - http://bit.ly/OdRMSy that would be good

Young Persons Called to Private Grand Jury for Owning Books -http://bit.ly/OHzqU3 sounds pretty atrocious (v @jwildeboer Paul Rosen)

Corruption, corporate transparency, #opendata & business models: OKFest presentations - http://bit.ly/RAJdwf important stuff

Mandatory Data Retention Irreconcilable with Fundamental Human Rights -http://bit.ly/RAKbbE good discussion (v @Asher_Wolf)

Is One of Our #OpenSource Heroes Going Closed Source? - http://bit.ly/R1RlsI#makerbot loses the plot (v @sinkdeep)#3dprinting

Analyst: Streaming music may already be hitting a ceiling -http://bit.ly/T7CUGV need "artwork, lyrics, band chats & other engagement": yup

Protect whales from dangerous seismic testing - http://bit.ly/SE39OZunbelievable selfishness & stupidity

#Mozilla's 2012 #London Festival officially announced - http://bit.ly/Ps9ajcsounds fun

#blasphemy laws in the #EU? - http://bit.ly/R227PB are you joking? is this what western civilisation has come to? (v @jmcest)

The Next Attack on #NetNeutrality - http://bit.ly/UgAkxP it's coming soon; here's their plan #qos

Book Publishers Latest War On Technology: How Dare You Share Your Kindle Highlights! - http://bit.ly/UkQIcb these people have a death wish

Trusting telcos with internet is like trusting fox with henhouse -http://bit.ly/PD7BP5 good background piece re #netneutrality

If You Were A Tree... What Kind Of IP Protection Could You Get? -http://bit.ly/PX1eZ8 just in case you were wondering...

#EU cloud strategy leaked - http://bit.ly/SEqKPB hmm, no mention of#opensource#openstandards here... (v @benzevenbergen)

DRAFT Open Government Standards/Principles - http://bit.ly/R2lOXy looks decent enough; comments invited #ogov (v @openp2pdesign)

Microsoft Wins Sales Ban Against Google's Motorola in Germany -http://dthin.gs/PLbPD1 german judges are rubbish on #swpats

Why Fox Thinks That Skipping Commercials is Like Robbing a Bank -http://bit.ly/VgWFcF ha! nicely done #copyright #liability

This Is What's Wrong With The Music Industry: Musicians Have To Pay To Pay Themselves - http://bit.ly/PY7orW this is a totally sick system

¿Qué dice (y qué omite) el informe sobre TPP de Secretaría de Economía al Senado mexicano? - http://bit.ly/Uu5Kzl quite (v @PostActa)

Stop fishing in the Atlantic and reap the rewards - http://bit.ly/SFwJDGeminently sensible; let's do it

Reporting back: OpenTheTPP.net & the Virginia negotiations -http://bit.ly/RDDoOD useful summary #TPP (v @PostActa)

#TPP: A first-hand look at the secret international talks that could change the Internet  - http://bit.ly/Ptj300 the latest round

Climate-Related Disaster Coming Your Way? Your Insurance Could Bail -http://bit.ly/UiOnCU this, not science, will convince many in denial

MPAA & RIAA: If People Can Sell Foreign Purchased Content Without Paying Us Again, US Economy May Collapse - http://bit.ly/Ptn0lh riiight


120919

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120918 - http://bit.ly/SA9gUd yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

[RT] #Rackspace sued for hosting #GitHub - http://bit.ly/S5R09a this looks pretty evil (v @dozykraut)#swpats

#India And #Kyrgyzstan Ramp Up Internet Monitoring And Censorship Efforts -http://bit.ly/QYXG8j and so it goes on

Meet the World’s First Gesture Control TV Box - http://on.mash.to/PG74KNcouch potatoes will love it. runs #android

Newspaper Ad Revenue Fell Off Quite A Cliff: Now On Par With 1950 Revenue - http://bit.ly/QYZCxq not recent, but longstanding problem

Patent Trolls: Make Them Pay! - http://bit.ly/RrHoXW #rackspace blog on#swpats lawsuit (v @opensourcerer)

Oui, les OGM sont des poisons! - http://bit.ly/OEbKpt new French research in "Food and Chemical Toxicology" journal (v Charles-H. Schulz)

The #EU unlocking a goldmine of #opendata - http://bit.ly/ObVpIB@NeelieKroesEU waxes lyrical, quite rightly

The Perils of #SmartMetering - http://bit.ly/Vbrz64 another UK IT disaster in the making 

"Für Künstler seien nicht Tauschbörsen im Internet das Problem, sondern ein brutaler Markt" - http://bit.ly/QmorUz (v @netzpolitik)

Pocahontas Star Arrested for filming with phone at #TPP Talks -http://bit.ly/OZaGbk kudos (v @PostActa)

Copyright crease on new Swedish banknotes - http://bit.ly/Pq03PT whoops (v @ThAOSteen)

Piratenpartei verärgert Entwickler von Liquid Feedback - http://bit.ly/SAPpEEmore unhappy bunnies #de

#Brazil: Internet Bill of Rights Vote Postponed Again - http://bit.ly/VcbRb1 let's not make this a habit, people (v @rmack)

#OpenStack gets real - http://bit.ly/PzCRi3 well, the foundation bit does

Agent Orange chemical in GM war on resistant weeds - http://bbc.in/Pq8lrgAgent Orange? what could possibly go wrong...?

Kreativität braucht kein #Copyright - http://bit.ly/Uoanee useful summary to share around (see what I did there?) (v @jwildeboer)

Why Computer Companies Should Copy The #Fashion Industry -http://bit.ly/QZBqes worth a try

#Genivi Alliance setzt komplett auf #OpenSource - http://bit.ly/OEEcHC big market, potentially important move

[After #Germany,] #Sweden warns against using Internet Explorer -http://bit.ly/Uop8O3 word is out (v @AmyStephen @tsvenson)

Internet Activa: Derechos digitales y libertades civiles en la red -http://bit.ly/PzUVZn good news for #colombia (v @beabusaniche)

#Demotic Dictionary Completed - http://bit.ly/QmHUo5 free online use; also, NB free PDF download of Demotic grammar - http://bit.ly/OZEk0f

CIRA Election Opens Today: I Need Your Support to Help Bring the Public Interest Back to CIRA - http://bit.ly/Ocuc8t pl. help if it applies

Kollateralschäden durch eine falsche Urheberrechtsgesetzgebung -http://bit.ly/P0fI7q collateral damage indeed #copyright

Study linking GM crops and cancer questioned - http://bit.ly/UjFp49 as it should be: independent confirmation always needed

Collective Rights Management — Request For Comments - http://bit.ly/PAGvIDsharpen your digital pencils

Click and Drag - http://bit.ly/T51XKT just gobsmacking #genius #xkcd

French Court Detaches Itself From Reality, Demands Tabloid Turn Over 'Original' Topless Photos - http://bit.ly/T54CV1 important general pt.

Old Lady Ruins Fresco, Claims #Copyright, Demands Money -http://bit.ly/QmosVI as one does #es

Congress launches Congress.gov in beta, doesn’t open the data -http://oreil.ly/PB7p2P bit of a fundamental omission, no? #opendata

Senate committee unanimously voted today to oppose UN control of the Internet - http://tnw.co/QCWEwJ that's good

Whoa! Amanda Palmer reverses course, pays crowdsourced musicians -http://bit.ly/VdYw1U interesting

Oyster Genome Pries Open Mollusk Evolutionary Shell - http://bit.ly/UesUegfascinating genomic facts (v +Bora Zivkovic)


Wednesday 19 September 2012

120918


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 120917 - http://bit.ly/QkJUx5 ysterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Terrorists suck - http://bit.ly/PuNeUa the proof that we've all been conned over this "war on terror" #lies #blair

New e-book export feature enabled on Wikipedia - http://bit.ly/PCrjc9 excellent idea

[RT] Syrian Activist Arrested By Secret Police Merely For Having Livestreaming App Installed On His Phone - http://bit.ly/Qxf2Hd

#GPL Violations Are Still Pretty Common, You Know? - http://bit.ly/U7o0zIthat's regrettable #licensing

The Revenge of the Yellow Milkmaid: Cultural Heritage Institutions open up dataset of 20m+ items - http://bit.ly/QhZQ02 good background

Class2Go: Stanford’s New #OpenSource Platform For Online Education -http://tcrn.ch/PCs0Cj great move

This Is Not #Transparency#TPP Delegates Refuses To Reveal Text, Refuse To Discuss Leaked Text - http://bit.ly/QypkXJ beyond a joke

Jonathan Harvey: Reverse Chronological Collection - http://bit.ly/QyuTFj great choice: one of my favourite contemporary composers

Crossrail earth to help create biggest man-made nature reserve in Europe -http://bit.ly/Qi7Fmr what a fab & intelligent idea

Twitter to UK.gov: Web super-snoop law will trample twits' rights -http://bit.ly/Qi7SWW good point #CDB

New Internet Infrastructure Coalition Reminds Us That Internet Infrastructure Goes Beyond Just Telcos - http://bit.ly/NzkATL EU needs this

Microsoft and Germany's BSI warn against using IE - http://bit.ly/S56tq9 MS: "disable ActiveX"; BSI: "switch to another browser..."

Wake up powernappers, the Ostrich Pillow just landed on Kickstarter -http://tnw.co/RoD8CR so daft, it's brilliant

Beyond Open for Business - http://bit.ly/SwROAd what #Amadeus is up to on the #opensource front, plus free report

New law about #opengeodata in #Italy - http://bit.ly/QigMDQ good to see this spreading (v @carlopiana)

Dice Holdings Buys Slashdot, SourceForge And Freecode From Geeknet -http://tcrn.ch/SXM3ls pass the parcel continues #publishing

UK Parliament debates law against 'trolls' - http://bit.ly/QioLkc pretty daft (v @PoliceStateUK)

Whistleblowers at #CSIRO forced out and 'bullying rife' - http://bit.ly/QWCkZ2sounds unpleasant, if confirmed

US government 'has pollution costs wrong' - http://bit.ly/Sx55Zyunderestimating negative externalities, it seems

How To Reboot #WIPO - http://bit.ly/S5hLui good focus on need for deep#transparency

Two UK police officers killed - http://bbc.in/OAA45P a reminder of their quotidian bravery

'High value' air passengers may get fast-track passport checks -http://bit.ly/U8imgX the mask of egalitarianism slips #uk

OKFN India Trip – the Roundup - http://bit.ly/SxgAzW great list of #opendatacontacts in #india

AT&T will be slapped with #netneutrality complaint over FaceTime blocking -http://bit.ly/POD3vL classic abuse

Egypt seeks arrest of Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones - http://bit.ly/QlfSJEmy, this world is getting interesting (v @Asher_Wolf)

#Mozilla's #Firefox OS Is Headed for Developing Mobile Markets -http://bit.ly/PnSVUj big potential at low end

US Government Ups Felony Count In JSTOR/Aaron Swartz Case From Four To Thirteen - http://bit.ly/S2sQIn pure vindictiveness

Before and after #ACTA - http://bit.ly/PnWz0k slides of my talk at "Netz für Alle" conference on Saturday, as ODP and PDF files #pd

#Apple granted patent to disable iPhone recordings near gov. buildings or political events - http://bit.ly/Uk56Eh (v @grossberg @digiphile)

Keeping the Government Out of Your Smartphone - http://bit.ly/V8Eju7important: "Screen unlock patterns are not your friend" #security

Utilihab: The Modular Open Source Home - http://bit.ly/NA6j9i modularity is key feature of #opensource methodology #architecture

Alibaba CTO: Google has strayed from its ‘Don’t be evil’ motto -http://tnw.co/OaNn2J the gloves come off...

Illegal music filesharing is now mainstream - http://bit.ly/PPaBKm the comments on this are interesting

Top #Pirate Party Member Has #DMCA Takedown Notices Issued In Her Name - http://bit.ly/U9i7lI well, that's not cricket, is it? #de

#Rackspace sued for hosting #GitHub - http://bit.ly/S5R09a this looks pretty evil (v @dozykraut)#swpats

USPTO blocks web access to "Political/Activist Groups", including KEI, ACLU, EFF, Public Citizen, Redstate, DailyKos - http://bit.ly/OaZ21m

UK.gov NOT squatting on £1bn unused IPv4 addresses - http://bit.ly/OXetpMinteresting analysis

June - August Was Warmest Period For Global Land Temperature Ever Recorded - http://bit.ly/OCXnBB USians might want to look at the chart

Searchable index of 350,000 US news broadcasts - http://bit.ly/QzG4xL fab;#BBC, your turn...

BitTorrent Downloads Booming - And Benefitting Musicians -http://rww.to/Rr4p7z excellent, clear analysis

Leaked #TPP Investment Chapter Presents a Grave Threat to Access to Medicines - http://bit.ly/QXDio4 useful analysis

“Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Overly Secret and Unfair, Says Professor -http://bit.ly/RoDuiw " there is no presumption of innocence."

Appeals court halts proceedings in Google Books case - http://bit.ly/QzK4hCwhat a saga #GBS

Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at #Wikipedia -http://cnet.co/OXmWcv looks pretty bad if confirmed #uk

Why The Internet Archive Says It Can Show You Every TV News Program -http://bit.ly/QXVCNM yes, I wondered that...

Romney Apologizes To Nation's 150 Million 'Starving, Filthy Beggars' -http://onion.com/QlMbYI totally fab (v @ralpost)