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James Bamford is the authority on the NSA

The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) is part of the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services (Read more about us)

Twitter bot that was retweeting everything on feed before we moved to pinboard

Debate site that proposes 10 principles for free expression online and then invites users to debate them. Looks like an interesting project. Sandra Coliver (OSJI) is on the Advisory Panel.

New stats released - 2.3bn online

Full text of Scientific American article on mesh networking at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-shadow-web

The comments to the Whitehouse RFI on open access have been published

Includes "Activist guide to the Brussels maze"

Peter Suber is keeping track of all publishers who speak out against RWA here.

Good source of news, subscription-only

Contribution of the tech sector to us politicians

A large segment of the television, movie and music industry consists of movie and television studios, producers, directors, and actors -- otherwise known as Hollywood. This category also includes the recorded music industry, commercial television and radio stations and networks, as well as cable and satellite TV operators.

In general, the entertainment industry leans Democratic in its political giving. In 2008, Democrats received 78 percent of the industry’s contributions. This continues the trend of the entertainment industry contributing more to Democrats during the past two decades with 70 percent of donations going to Democrats compared to 29 percent for Republicans. Of the $48.7 million in total campaign contributions given by this industry during the 2008 election cycle, individuals associated with the industry contributed more than 80 percent, with political action committees accounting for most of the rest. Through their PACs, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner spent about $2.9 million and $2.7 million respectively during the 2008 election cycle.

Since the posting of Why Copyright Reform Is Not the Cure for What Ails the Music Industry, my recent keynote lecture to the Nova Scotia Music Week conference, several people have written to ask for supporting documentation and background materials. The talk focused on CRIA's conventional talking points and assessed Bill C-11 provisions on statutory damages, ISP liability, the enabler provision, and digital locks. Below I've posted links to many of the supporting documents along with links to additional articles and sources on each issue. The video is embedded at the bottom of this post.

Report from conference organised by the Wellcome Trust