Peter Black's Freedom to Differ

Daily Twitter Links

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• "Debate rages as Spotify, MOG, and Rdio kill / save 

  
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  the music industry" pjblack.me/A9Oc4b #lwb486 #lws008
• another bizarre chicken nugget story: "17-Year-Old Girl Has Eaten Chicken Nuggets Every Day for the Last 15 Years" pjblack.me/zCenDr 
• what is facebook up to?: "Facebook Just Hired a Managing Editor With a J-School Degree" pjblack.me/wwKeSt
• "Once Again, RSS Is Dead. But ONLY YOU Can Save It!" says @johnbattelle pjblack.me/AdaOT3
• more on this: "On Twitter, censorship and Internet freedom" pjblack.me/yN9mGR
• a reasoned, rational response to twitter's announcement about geoblocking tweets: "Thoughts on Twitter’s Latest Move" pjblack.me/zKeOOJ

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  "CNN, Behind on TV Ratings, Surpasses Rivals Online" pjblack.me/yUVrub
• from @THR: "The Academy's Decision to Use e-Voting Could Have Far-Reaching Implications" pjblack.me/yh8D9c
• from @thewrap: "The Oscars Go Digital - Finally - With Online Voting" Awards pjblack.me/y3dRU5
• analysis of the latest gop debate from @jdickerson: "Jacksonville, Fla., debate: Romney pounds Gingrich"pjblack.me/xfLiG7
• the end of porn?: "Condom Initiative by Anti-AIDS Group Threatens Porn Industry" pjblack.me/xWGmpy
• was this the first same-sex kiss in the movies ... in 1927?: "The Original Brokeback?" pjblack.me/zlGJcp
• is science getting close to inventing an invisibility cloak?: "Invisibility cloak a sight for sore eyes" pjblack.me/Asa3QQ
• how the internet enables lies?: "Anti-vaccine activists, 9/11 deniers, and Google’s social search" pjblack.me/ycgCH5
• ben smith moves from @politico to @buzzfeed: "The Buzz About BuzzFeed" pjblack.me/yK8igl

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  from @NYMag: "How Citizens United Created Newt" pjblack.me/yNhEo6
• more bad news for uq: "Charges may flow from Queensland University scandal" pjblack.me/Ai5KTu
• "Megaupload: Will Anti-Piracy Efforts Have a 'Chilling Effect' on Innovation?" pjblack.me/ybc4Vr #lwb486#lws008
• "The SOPA War: A Frantic Call, an Aborted Summit, and Dramatic New Details on How Hollywood Lost"pjblack.me/yx1SPo #lwb486 #lws008
• from @arstechnica: "Europe proposes a 'right to be forgotten'" pjblack.me/zYvCVj
• us representative darrell issa says "'ACTA is More Dangerous Than SOPA'" pjblack.me/yIn5UJ #lwb486#lws008
• employers baffled by poor judgment shown on facebook: "Professional networking weakens link between staff and bosses" pjblack.me/wC5Gd1
• the first indigenous lawyer to be appointed to a federal court: "Indigenous role model Matthew Myers is here to help" pjblack.me/AqNPYo
• the australian profiles high court judge virginia bell: "Social justice is judge Bell's leading light" pjblack.me/xjPx1T
• "Twitter Announces It May Now 'Withhold' Different Tweets In Different Countries" pjblack.me/zwWYxL
• from @politico: "Florida GOP debate: 7 takeaways" pjblack.me/w8Tk7j
• i do need to get into reddit: "The Reddit Revolution: How a Site for Sharing Lolcats Became a Major Political Player" pjblack.me/xxOtHZ
• "Timehop, A Time Machine For Your Social Media Updates, Gets $1.1M From Foursquare Founders And Others" pjblack.me/AyGyls

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  this is exciting: "Pic reunites Monty Python members" pjblack.me/w0TR70
• from @NiemanLab: "New Facebook data: Be topical, ask questions, and tell jokes to win audience"pjblack.me/xdAPKc
• from legally weird: "Teen Calls 911 Over Her Mom's Loud, 'Disrespectful' Sex" pjblack.me/yG3KUD
• sounds like romney had a good win: "Florida CNN Debate Reax" pjblack.me/zKA9ax
• "Does Google accurately guess your age and gender?" pjblack.me/yjXZJ9 ... find out here t.co/cAeNgdg8
• club troppo's weekly wrap of the australian blogosphre: "Missing Link Friday – Australia Day etc" pjblack.me/xirhFh
• freelance journalist alexandra lamb with "The Real Tent Embassy Story" pjblack.me/xzk2Uw #auspol
• apple announced $13.06 billion in profit in one quarter: "The Day Apple Left The Tech World’s Collective Mouth Agape" pjblack.me/yNE4s7
• from @FastCompany: "Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch" pjblack.me/xkhouB
• "By leveraging social media for impact academics can create broader support for our intellectual work and profession" pjblack.me/yxTtpy
• from @forbes: "Who Are The Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers?" pjblack.me/zrAQPW
• this would increase the number of people treated for it: "Depression’s Criteria May Be Changed to Include Grieving" pjblack.me/xdmS1d
• from @salon: "Why playing the sex card backfires" pjblack.me/xr3r88
• a debate at the @nytimes: "Should Parents Control What Kids Learn at School?" pjblack.me/xI37Fn
• from @PopMech: "The Looming Threat of a Solar Superstorm" pjblack.me/zxvgUw
• did financial meltdown of 2008 happen because government policies failed or because they succeeded too well? pjblack.me/xM69jx
• this looks cool: "Between Nothing And A Blog: Check Out CheckThis, A Cool New Micro-Publishing Tool"pjblack.me/xI6fEA
• "Bring Back the Stylus!: Steve Jobs hated it, but the iPad and iPhone could use a pseudo-pen" says slate's @fmanjoo pjblack.me/yDMdkX
• from @arstechnica: "'We're just like YouTube,' Megaupload lawyer tells Ars" pjblack.me/zCUcro #lwb486#lws008

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  i do love my apple tv: "Why Apple TV is finally starting to matter" pjblack.me/xPrVpV
• this is a cool design for a coffee shop (even if it is starbucks): "A Coffee Shop Made Out of Shipping Crates"pjblack.me/zXSqsq
• "15 Funny Facebook Timeline Cover Photos" pjblack.me/AsXisO
• catching up on the dramatic events of today: "Riot police rescue Gillard, Abbott from protesters"pjblack.me/AyZSlz

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Daily Twitter Links

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• from @THResq: "NBCU Settles 'Harry Potter' Font Lawsuit" pjblack.me/wV4TG9 #lwb486 #lws008
• who still uses formspring?: "Formspring doubles down on mobile to fight unique user dip"pjblack.me/xRZtRo
• "Twitter Love Story To Hit The Silver Screen In Indonesia" pjblack.me/zCYXfU

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  "Evernote Bought Four Companies Last Year And (Almost) Nobody Knew About It" pjblack.me/zxRFi8
• "Megaupload takedown won't kill Cloud storage" says professor albert zomaya pjblack.me/AEzcsv
• "How Much Do We Spend On Dating?" pjblack.me/xDTy54
• "PM dragged away after being trapped by protesters" pjblack.me/zgjevS
• very interesting: "Reddit’s Got Another Super PAC, Devoted to Nebulous Political Interests of Reddit"pjblack.me/wSnPBD
• a great @storify page on australia day pjblack.me/zDn61r
• for disillusioned law students and graduates: "5 Unique Career Paths for Law School Grads"pjblack.me/wF3VOD
• this is alarming: "Australian-based data subject to Patriot Act: Lawyer" pjblack.me/xOzbRw
• another strange case from legally weird: "Man Claims to be Tax Exempt 'Because I Live in Heaven'"pjblack.me/zxndT1
• images in judicial opinions are fair use says judge posner: "Photo-happy judge adds Marley, ostrich to opinions" pjblack.me/zpSl8x
• from @thewrap: "Jay Leno Sued Over 'Tonight Show' Mitt Romney Crack" pjblack.me/wLBRti
• "Online media needs to lift its game" says vic alhadeff pjblack.me/xYZYQQ

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Milwaukee Public Library takes on Facebook and Twitter

The Milwaukee Public Library challenges residents to take a step back from social media and a step forward towards good old fashion reading with a clever new ad campaign.

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Daily Twitter Links

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

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  have you ever wondered what penguin tastes like?: "A Different Kind of Dinner Bell in the Antarctic"pjblack.me/ArenoZ
• timeline is coming: "Facebook forcing Timeline on users 'over the next few weeks'" pjblack.me/yLEG35
• from @AntonyGreenABC: "2012 Queensland Election Site Now Live" pjblack.me/wCVEFt
• you've got to love @AlbertBrooks on twitter; "Albert Brooks Responds to Oscar Snub: 'I Got Robbed!'" pjblack.me/y5jWQc
• i do love vimeo: "Vimeo Gets Its First Facelift Since 2007" pjblack.me/A1yFCh
• from @GOOD: "The Upside of Citizens United: A Wake-Up Call That Our Elections Are For Sale"pjblack.me/xBQ2aK
• how silly: "Newt Threatens to Skip Debates If Crowd Can't Cheer" pjblack.me/A6ofDc
• analysis of the #sotu from @jdickerson: "The Swing States of Our Union Are Strong" pjblack.me/wBabeP
• the happiest place on earth is about to get a little more hairy: "Disney Look: Disneyland Lifts Ban on Beards" pjblack.me/AxdmLC
• this is a very different learning environment: "Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?"pjblack.me/zBy8yh
• from the @NewYorker: "The Caging of America: Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America"pjblack.me/yOYqEZ

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  from @salon: "When gay is a choice" pjblack.me/wx3IFH
• the grindr hacker may escape prosecution as no police complaint has been filed: "Mr Nasty gets away with Grindr hack" pjblack.me/w9IVVk
• "Why Newt Gingrich needs noisy crowds" pjblack.me/yDFBjt
• more than any other news story: "Young Adults Were Fixated On Fight Over Anti-Piracy Legislation, Pew Says" pjblack.me/A1pJlW
• official media statement from @TheQldPremier: "Premier Sets Election Date as Commission of Inquiry Extended" pjblack.me/wZHHzT #qldvotes
• i liked the silent audience: "Twitter Responds to NBC's GOP Debate: Where's the Audience?" pjblack.me/zoX1qw #FLDebate
• crime and misconduct commission to investigate the university of queensland pjblack.me/yihBoG
• more from the australian: "Michael Kelly: A 'normal' teen with Hawking and a Nobel in his sights" pjblack.me/y8iMQo
• from the australian's higher education supplement: "Commercial push for national press network challenged" pjblack.me/wP3AH3
• from the australian's higher education supplement: "Local campuses turn to global ranking system"pjblack.me/An40vy
• hear, hear!: "Enough, We Get It: Retweets Aren't Endorsements" pjblack.me/z7nkrt
• a really good @storify on "The 2012 State of the Union Address" pjblack.me/xYs4gK #sotu
• a reminder from @AntonyGreenABC: even if qld local govt elections are delayed, rolls still close 31 january pjblack.me/w0RGnT #qldvotes
• "State Government to change ‘gay panic’ defence" pjblack.me/y9vjPt #qldvotes #qldpol
• "Google’s Autonomous Vehicles Draw Skepticism at Legal Symposium" pjblack.me/xakPZ1

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  it probably is time: "The Chicago Sun-Times Decides Not To Endorse A Candidate For The First Time In 71 Years" pjblack.me/xwRlbl
• you can read the full text of barack obama's state of the union address here pjblack.me/ywqJsW #sotu
• why do british authors, unlike american novelists, never tackle sport?: "States of play" pjblack.me/wJrNqX
• "Famous Photogs Pose With Their Most Iconic Images" pjblack.me/yr1nZ1
• you can watch an enhanced @sotu address with charts, stats, and data here pjblack.me/w8UcHV
• from @tvwithoutpity: "Oscars 2012: Our Gut Reactions to the Academy Award Nominations" pjblack.me/xNplm7
• from dan savage: "Queer Opponents of Marriage Equality" pjblack.me/woQknX
• this is cool: "Soundcloud turns Instagram pics into retro slide shows" pjblack.me/AjLgGC
• "Early Facebook App Causes Is Being Reborn As A Polished Web Site For Good" pjblack.me/yrsak2
• queensland will go to the polls on march 24: "Bligh sets Qld election date" pjblack.me/ApPnyo #qldvotes#qldpol

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  from the @WSJLawBlog: "Study: Justices Flunk Attendance at the State of the Union" pjblack.me/zTFpzT
• from @salon: "The invention of the heterosexual: The history of straightness is much shorter than you'd think" pjblack.me/wZvngk
• from @dahlialithwick: "Alito vs. Scalia: The two conservative Supreme Court justices brawl over technology and privacy" pjblack.me/zWjLYh
• from @cracked: "The 6 Least Impressive Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich" pjblack.me/zyMStY
• here is a provocative idea; "Apple's E-textbooks should be free textbooks" pjblack.me/yXbDlJ
• "Evil, Greed, And Antitrust Aren’t Google’s Real Problems, Relevancy Is" says @parislemon at @PandoDailypjblack.me/wWLuj0
• all the #oscar nominations are online here pjblack.me/Ahiera
• "Daily Beast Contributors Weigh In on NBC Republican Debate in Tampa" pjblack.me/xGmJwR #FLDebate

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Anthony Albanese borrows from "The American President"

From the appearance of Anthony Albanese, at the National Press Club today followed by Michael Douglas starring in the film The President:

The transcripts:

Anthony Albanese, National Press Club, 25th Jan 2012:

“In Australia we have serious challenges to solve and we need serious people to solve them.  Unfortunately, Tony Abbott is not the least bit interested in fixing anything.

He is only interested in two things: making Australians afraid of it and telling them who’s to blame for it.”

President Andrew Shepherd, “The American President”:

“We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious men to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, friend, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it.

He is interested in two things and two things only: Making you afraid of it and telling you who’s to blame for it.”

via blogs.crikey.com.au

It is hard to believe that Anthony Albanese's speech writer did not knowingly plagiarise from The American President. Written by legendary screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, who also wrote The West Wing and The Social Network, you would have to assume that any political speech writer would be a fan of his work.

What is worse, however, is that I love that scene in The American President, and I will now no longer be able to watch it without thinking of Anthony Albanese, who most definitely is no Michael Douglas (in delivery and in looks).

MegaUpload rap

Independent artist Dan Bull raps about the harm shutting down MegaUpload has done to smaller artists:

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Daily Twitter Links

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• "The SOPA battle in a wider war" pjblack.me/wEwXyL #lwb486 #lws008
• "What Campaign Slogans Tell Us About the Candidates" pjblack.me/xrQk20

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  from @NiemanLab: "Meet Deep Dive, the New York Times’ experimental context engine and story explorer"pjblack.me/xYvp43
• "'What if...' Movies reimagined for another time & place ..." pjblack.me/zZqfaY
• "How a late night talk show works" pjblack.me/wQzOzo
• from @politico: "The Florida Republican debate: 6 takeaways"pjblack.me/zTLRgh #FLDebate
• "Battle Over Golden Globes TV Rights Heads to Court" reports @thewrap pjblack.me/zahiSB
• "If the feds can shut down Megaupload, why do we need SOPA?" asks @arstechnica pjblack.me/A5ykoH#lwb486 #lws008
• "Shuttering of Megaupload Sends File-Sharing Sites Packing" reports @nytimesbits pjblack.me/zjyuQt#lwb486 #lws008
• "Piracy is part of the digital ecosystem" says frédéric filloux pjblack.me/zPB4aD #lwb486 #lws008
• fun theory of what makes a good candidate: "Rapid Economic Growth Will Eradicate Obama's Limitations As A Communicator" pjblack.me/waBQQZ
• now this is an unusual job: "Meet the Man Who Gets Paid to Break Up with Other People’s Girlfriends"pjblack.me/zYJQBt
• from @jdickerson: "Mewt Gromney: Romney and Gingrich trade places in the Tampa debate"pjblack.me/w06yUm #FLDebate
• the @nytimes asks what sort of lies do people accept from political candidates?: "Why Politicians Get Away With Lying" pjblack.me/zmAgJD
• the story of @18daysinegypt: "Collaborative Documentary Weaves Stories of Egyptian Revolution"pjblack.me/AnF5iS
• a very concerning story: "Iranian Court Upholds Death Sentence For Programmer" pjblack.me/AvPInZ
• this is cool: "One Hello World: The Soundtrack to Your Voicemails" pjblack.me/zOrupr
• a very interesting post: "The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast"pjblack.me/yCrsOn

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  another copyright lawsuit to watch: "Selling used iTunes tracks? ReDigi insists it's legal"pjblack.me/zzQMP1 #lwb486 #lws008
• a rant from @om: "Don’t Be Evil is not a slogan nor a browser extension" pjblack.me/zTLRVr
• this is good to see: "Fox’s ‘Touch’ to launch globally to capitalize on social media" pjblack.me/xNmHrD
• "'Don't Be Evil' Tool -- Backed By Facebook & Twitter -- Shows Google's 'Search Plus Your World' Can Go Beyond Google+" pjblack.me/AgyO3r
• i like @thedanbarrett's ideas for ten's new breakfast show: "Ten Locks in Breakfast Lineup"pjblack.me/xhN40w
• "End of a (brief) era": @612brisbane leaves lissner st, toowong pjblack.me/w6SbaQ
• a good post from @joshgnosis: "SOPA lessons for Australia" pjblack.me/whWoE7 #openinternet #auspol
• from @wired: "Supreme Court Court Rejects Willy-Nilly GPS Tracking" pjblack.me/x7xXwH
• here's an idea: "Barack Obama, Law School Dean"? pjblack.me/xP1wi0 ... but who would want to be a law school dean? /cc @MichaelLavarch
• "Constitution report leaves Leibler proud" pjblack.me/xgx269 #auspol #lwb242
• from @delimiterau: "$4.88bn baby: Apple Australia’s licence to print money" pjblack.me/zwzPIa
the oscars sponsors a contest via facebook: "Here's to Younger Viewers (at Least That's the Academy's Hope)" pjblack.me/wK2yY3
• "State of the Union: President Obama should scrap his hour-long speech and deliver a 10-minute Powerpoint" pjblack.me/wlwX8W
• a good wrap of the reaction to today's #FLDebate: "Florida NBC Debate Reax" pjblack.me/Atdxtc
• it will be interesting to see what ten's new breakfast show will be like: "Kathryn Robinson joins TEN’s Breakfast" pjblack.me/Avt8Tm
• in the @nytimes, leading conservative thinkers talk about what liberals are good for: "What the Left Gets Right" pjblack.me/xmNg5m
• this is cool: "Sydney Food Trucks: Chefs hit the streets with a moveable feast" pjblack.me/wlyERG
• research says people who fly australia day flags on their cars tend to express more racist attitudespjblack.me/yNBynS #auspol
• robert manne in @themonthly: "The Second Rudd Government?" pjblack.me/wtvPCq #auspol
• from @tnw: "The end of a micro era: When to quit that meme" pjblack.me/wV00xL
• a profile of danah boyd - also know as @zephoria - in the @nytimes: "Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes"pjblack.me/xJBjth

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  this is very true: "This post on Google+ statistics is a billion* times better than any other post"pjblack.me/yHTI1R
• "How Gillard Squibbed On Gambling Reform" explains @beneltham pjblack.me/wIi1g0 #auspol
• i doubt it: "Does it make sense for the Apple TV to become a DVR too?" pjblack.me/AnQYeO
• the anonymity of cyberspace brings out the worst in most people says anson cameron: "The dark side of the net" pjblack.me/yS7RVR
• over a third of university students meet the criteria for hazardous drinking: "Student drinking at 'hazardous' levels" pjblack.me/whWJBA
• this is good to see: "Microsoft Calls for Gay Marriage in Washington State" pjblack.me/w8r1IH
• "Romney: Time to take it to Newt" says @JRubinBlogger pjblack.me/xxNkA8
• from the @nytimes: "Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class: How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work"pjblack.me/z9HpnJ
• will quickflix take off in australia?: "Quickflix set for online streaming to really take off" pjblack.me/yvLFpj

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  the fail elephant just isn't quite as catch, is it?: "Fail Whale Creator, Yiying Lu: It Was Almost A Fail Elephant" pjblack.me/wch9gc
• who invented the highlighter?: "The Hand-Held Highlighter" pjblack.me/yLGUpn
• "Who is Kim Dotcom?" pjblack.me/A5QSRb
• from @mashable: "What Megaupload Teaches Us About the Cloud, SOPA and Backups" pjblack.me/Avlx5p
• santo, sam and ed should be good: "Seven teams with Working Dog for sports panel show"pjblack.me/x6v5Ha

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My weekly chat with Andrew Bartlett

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Every Monday morning I appear on Andrew Bartlett's 4ZzZ breakfast radio show to discuss some of the current public and political issues of the week.  This week we were once again joined by Tanya Stark.  

We discussed federal and state politics, as well as a range of copyright issues, including Megaupload and the SOPA/PIPA protests:

Weekly_Wrap_23_January_2011.mp3 Listen on Posterous

Daily Twitter Links

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

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  are women doomed to be compared to carrie bradshaw forever?: "Go away, Carrie Bradshaw"pjblack.me/yrPCVE
• this is so true: "The great sitcom divide" pjblack.me/xpYdvo
• also from @politico: "Newt Gingrich: The master of disguise" pjblack.me/wuzDZP
• from @politico: "Mitt faces a perfect mess" pjblack.me/xZwHZk
• the power of the presidency in an election year: "State of the Union: Obama's big campaign speech"pjblack.me/zNkfnH
• can brisbane be next please?: "iiNet offers Wi-Fi in Perth CBD" pjblack.me/yhQORy
• hard truths about disclosure: "I Disclose ... Nothing" pjblack.me/zGCtct
• an interesting look at tattoos on convict women: "Tales of tattoo trend as old as Australia"pjblack.me/w4vZXt /via @ghostwhowrites
• "'Reality Bites' and the Perils of Being a Generation's Touchstone" pjblack.me/xNLF3P

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  has anyone tried this yet?: "Why OnLive’s Windows-on-iPad App is Revolutionary" pjblack.me/AAWmtx
• from @techdirt: "Why Chris Dodd Failed With His SOPA/PIPA Strategy" pjblack.me/znVIDx #lwb486
• "The week the web changed Washington" writes @digiphile pjblack.me/xtzJqo
• from the @nytimes: "Confronting Iran in a Year of Elections" pjblack.me/zdidAN
• i don't think i like this new oscar system: "Recount: Why There May Only Be 6 Best-Picture Nominees"pjblack.me/yOC05P
• "Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians matters for all of us" writes alistair macraepjblack.me/xodG46 #auspol #lwb242
• from @mfarnsworth at @abcthedrum: "Poker machine doublespeak" pjblack.me/zZZ9Et #auspol
• from @THResq: "The Legal Fight Over Karaoke is Getting Loud" pjblack.me/w0X7T3 #lwb486
• "Ratings: Super Sunday starts solidly but tennis tops Ten" pjblack.me/yKrp21
• from the volokh conspiracy: "Crime to Have a Racist WiFi Network Name?" pjblack.me/z3PtIf
• "Is It Illegal for a Felon to Marry Another Felon?" asks legally weird pjblack.me/wjn7Qx
• interesting question: "Failure to have a search function as facilitation of infringement? pjblack.me/xdnc9Y#lwb486
• "Wisconsin Recall Webcam is Video Hit" pjblack.me/yb3SRj
• "Bruce Braley’s Plain Regulations Act: Can the Iowa Democrat force the government to write in clear English?" pjblack.me/w9WA6S
• wow this is impressive: "Move over Twitter, Sina Weibo clocked 32,312 messages per second during Chinese New Year" pjblack.me/wa0Hzh

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  a good piece from @bernardkeane: "Gillard duds Wilkie, and what’s left of her own credibility"pjblack.me/y3J2Xu #auspol
• "Daily Beast Writers on Newt Gingrich's South Carolina Upset" pjblack.me/xzqc3p
• from @sai: "Here's How Google Search Is Destroying Our Memory" pjblack.me/zbo0Sp
• from @TorrentFreak: "Filesonic Kills File-Sharing Service After MegaUpload Arrests" pjblack.me/AsbJRl#lwb486 #lws008
• "Megaupload closure hits legitimate users" pjblack.me/Ap80RF #lwb486 #lws008
• hear, hear!: "Don’t Stop at SOPA: SOPA and PIPA are (almost) dead. Now can we talk about the law that already exists?" pjblack.me/z3z2FG
• "Do Open Marriages Ever Work?" asks @slate's explainer column pjblack.me/z1iEPm
• "Study: In Political Coverage, Fox More ‘Balanced’ Than Broadcasters" pjblack.me/xT4jKJ
• one day i'd love to have a show on radio national: "Radio National begins its 2012 line up today"pjblack.me/yjwD5h
• are digital books the future of publishing?: "Enhanced E-Books: Blowing Up the Book" pjblack.me/zBEisO
• "Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam" pjblack.me/yAGFu3 #auspol
• a very interesting piece in the @nytimes: "Looking for Signs of Crime in Megaupload's Memos"pjblack.me/z7a4ew #lwb486
• from @daringfireball: "On the Proprietary Nature of the iBooks Author File Format" pjblack.me/wGhf2H#lwb486
• "6 Absurd Movie Scenes (That Actually Happened)" pjblack.me/ygviEw
• definitely a site to watch: "BuzzFeed Makes Another Splashy Hire, This One From Rolling Stone"pjblack.me/zgcup0
• some @GOOD books about censorship and free speech: "The Threat of Censorship" pjblack.me/xOAppZ

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Daily Twitter Links

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• haha how disappointing: "Stephen Colbert, Herman Cain train missing traction in South Carolina "pjblack.me/wrid41 #SCprimary
• "Three Takeaways From South Carolina" http://pjblack.me/AfJdud #SCprimary

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  "Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam" pjblack.me/yAGFu3 #auspol
• from the @guardian: "Should art really be for its own sake alone?" asks alain de botton pjblack.me/Aiv1I5
• a thoughtful post from @joshgans at @digitopoly on apple and textbooks: "Taking the text out of textbooks" pjblack.me/zaRAtW
• "The Top 10 Legally Weird Stories of the Year" pjblack.me/AiLgUt
• it looks good: "SkyGrid Debuts iPad App Touchtv To Allow Users To Watch Content On Demand"pjblack.me/xexjeo
• "What the Latest iTunes Update Failed to Fix" pjblack.me/yB3mB4
• "Woman Travels the World to Meet All Her 325 Facebook Friends" pjblack.me/yNsTyQ
• did the genesis of apple's textbook program come from a student intern at apple with a dream of cheaper books? pjblack.me/yAZEBw
• it is the clear oscar front runner: "'The Artist' Wins Producers Guild Award" pjblack.me/zLhQmf
• "Gingrich wins South Carolina: How can Romney recover from his terrible defeat?" asks @jdickerson pjblack.me/yBGb25
• from @GOOD: "Jesus-Approved: The Rise of the Celebrity 'Purity Ring'" pjblack.me/zOhtQK
• i wonder if qut will allow/encourage the new itunes u?: "Apple's iTunes U Morphs Into a Tool for Full Online Classes" pjblack.me/wXT8BS
• on foxnews, dodd explicitly threatens politicians who have taken mpaa money and don’t give quid-pro-quo pjblack.me/zCWJ0k
• "4 Strange Reasons You Drink Too Much" pjblack.me/zWEhzJ /cc @ryyder
• there is something to this i think: "On Newt Gingrich S.C. primary win, Karl Rove says thank John King" pjblack.me/yckMAK
• this is something new: "At This Vending Machine, Swapping is the New Buying" pjblack.me/wlBN34
• "Soccer's heavy boredom: It's true. Mostly nothing happens. Why do we keep watching?" pjblack.me/wjAMOD
• from @catoinstitute: "Internet Regulation & the Economics of Piracy" pjblack.me/AexrPj #lwb486
• google will either buy or replicate pinterest: "Does Google Have An Interest In Pinterest?" pjblack.me/AEyYsF
• "Do we want textbooks to live in Apple’s walled garden?" asks @mathewi pjblack.me/ABn6pz
• from @delimiterau: "iBooks textbooks? Sorry, not for Australia" pjblack.me/xMZ4rB

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  from @TheAtlantic: "The Logical Fallacy Gay-Marriage Opponents Depend Upon" pjblack.me/xblNJg
• "Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview" pjblack.me/x1jXak
• "Why the feds smashed Megaupload" explains @arstechnica pjblack.me/yrrL8x #lwb486
• "Follow the traffic: What MegaUpload’s downfall did to the web" pjblack.me/yyJbgy
• what makes the double amputee oscar pistorius run?: "The Fast Life of Oscar Pistorius" pjblack.me/A7jYL4
• "Chuck Norris’ Gingrich endorsement sparks online ruckus" pjblack.me/w33DrB

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