Copyright
Pinterest closes another copyright hole, inks a deal with Getty Images. | TechCrunch | http://tcrn.ch/17Ai3UM
Piracy is not Hollywood’s fault. Now what does that mean for policy? | Tech Liberation | http://bit.ly/1bOQ6W0
UK ISPs told to block 21 pirate sites. | BBC | http://bbc.in/1gkud6t
Australian ISPs await invites into new anti-piracy talks. | IT News | http://bit.ly/16wWGk6
Defamation & media law
Kuwait court upholds 10-year sentence for Twitter ‘insults’. | The Washington Post | http://wapo.st/1fbHlI5
A first for British television as cameras are allowed into Court of Appeal. | The Independent UK | http://ind.pn/HzxZLe
Privacy & security
The Real Lesson of NSA: If your power depends on insiders vs. outsiders, time for plan B. | Medium | http://bit.ly/1akHIuQ
No morsel too minuscule for all-consuming NSA. | The New York Times | http://bit.ly/HuVapH
NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say. | The Washington Post | http://wapo.st/Hzwdtm
Technology
Twitter is weird—and other things fatherhood taught me: Alexis Madrigal. | The Atlantic | http://bit.ly/1awvaGB
So you call yourself a geek? | ZDNet | http://zd.net/1a0tuT9
On the pathological way Apple deals with its customers. | Lessig | http://bit.ly/16XJMZu
Telecommunications
Half-a-million NBN fibre connections in limbo. | IT News | http://bit.ly/1bOQ0xG
iiNet CEO calls for NBN usage fee to be cut. | The Australian | http://bit.ly/1fbHgEd
Broadband innovation needs cooperation, not endless fibre talk. | ZDNet | http://zd.net/1bOPtvr
Trade marks & brand protection
Backers and opponents both trade mark ‘Obamacare. | MarketWatch | http://on.mktw.net/1aTFaIt
The affairs of Tintin in court: destination land of intellectual property. | IPKat | http://bit.ly/1aTEu5M
Social media
Social media isn’t the main game in a disaster. | Richard Chirgwin’s Blog | http://bit.ly/Hnv2wk
LinkedIn in privacy storm over claims its iOS apps are ‘hijacking email’. | BRW | http://bit.ly/1hEd9HK
‘Hatching Twitter’ by Nick Bilton – book review. | The New York Times | http://nyti.ms/17AgA0K
3 November 2013
