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[correct link] Brussels wants e-identities for EU citizens - http://bit.ly/JhX7EH #IDcards by the back door

YouTube users upload 72 hours of video every minute - http://bit.ly/KqtPk1wow, 20% increase in just a few months

Google Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer as the Web’s most used browser -http://tnw.co/JJymjO well, well

USTR Gone Rogue - http://bit.ly/JsuWlp out of touch, out of control #tpp#transparency (v @MsLods)

Study: Despite tougher copyright monopoly laws, sharing remains pervasive -http://bit.ly/JwdnwB it's good to share

UK #OpenStandards Consultation Events - http://bit.ly/Jhuckd there are now more of these important events - pl. take part (by phone, too)

Why Freedom of Thought Requires Free Media & Why Free Media Require Free Technology - http://bit.ly/Jrhlgz most important talk at #republica

Should People Learn To Code? Yes – If They Are Judges Ruling On Cases Involving Software - http://bit.ly/KroR6v makes sense

Urheberrecht: SPD lehnt Kulturflatrate ab - http://bit.ly/K7xAfc still pretty clueless #de

#openaccess to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research - http://bit.ly/K56ZR6 v important US epetition: pl. RT

Keep the “Dolphin Safe” tuna label safe! - http://bit.ly/KWorrj shame on #mexicoand #wipo (v @PCGTW)#tpp

The Public Domain Review - http://bit.ly/J8x6mq "a bounteous gateway into this whopping plenitude that is the public domain" #pd

BSA #Piracy Study: Mere Shadow Boxing? - http://bit.ly/JgKp5z missing the point again

Supreme Court Upholds $675,000 File-Sharing Verdict - http://bit.ly/K7UnaKjustice? I don't think so (v @howardknopf)#copyright

Chris Dodd Says MPAA Is On The Wrong Track; We Agree -http://bit.ly/K5sotv but is it a trick?

Kick-starting the School of Data! - http://bit.ly/KDpitP exciting #opendata#datawrangling

Patentable Subject Matter: Supreme Court Challenges Chief Judge Rader's Broad Notion of Software Patentability - http://bit.ly/MbphiW nice

Anti-Piracy Outfits Launch Attack on BitTorrent Protocol - http://bit.ly/MAGTY9nasty, maybe illegal

Raising money to free classic volume on Africa's oral literature -http://bit.ly/JhEEVc exciting & worthy

Techdirt Threatened With Suit Over Story On Feds Getting Royalty In Movie From Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer - http://bit.ly/Kg8Guz