Glyn Moody
@glynmoody
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writer, journalist on #openness, #copyright, and #digitalrights. bluesky: https://t.co/QAwJqGh1sF; email: [email protected]
London
Joined January 2009
Moody: the works - A list of links to all my non-tech writings: essays, travel writings and novels. They may pass the time. .
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inspired by @elonmusk's pathetic call not to donate to @wikipedia because it dares to be objective, I have just donated. If you can, I urge you to do the same. thanks, #wikipedia for all your wonderful work. .
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RT @walledculture: Canada's #RightToRepair: @glynmoody highlights the #TPM paradox, as the legal framework allows bypassing digital locks w….
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RT @walledculture: The #copyright industry's insatiable appetite sets another dangerous precedent for global Internet censorship: @glynmood….
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RT @walledculture: 🎮 Under the DMCA, researchers can't access out-of-print games remotely, but McDonald's can finally fix its ice cream mac….
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Penguin Random House hopes #copyright bluster will scare off #generativeAI - "disappointing is how often those additional privileges are later granted by compliant politicians.".
walledculture.org
As Walled Culture has reported, a number of major publishers have brought legal actions against generative AI companies, alleging copyright infringement. These cases are still grinding through the...
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RT @walledculture: The #LAION roars in 🇩🇪: @glynmoody reports on an #AI ruling from Hamburg's regional court on the @laion_ai dataset, citi….
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#WhatsApp vigilantes in #India are converting Christians by force - "How far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them from burying their dead." rather grim.
restofworld.org
How far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them from burying their dead.
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Foul smells and survival along the #Caspian Sea – in pictures - unremittingly depressing, alas. #ClimateCrisis #water.
theguardian.com
As he travels along the Iranian coast, Khashayar Javanmardi photographs rusting ships, blazing wetland fires – and humans struggling to stay alive
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if there had been "too much" regulation, the tories would have scrapped it all when in power; they didn't, and there isn't. when will #starmer get a clue?.
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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Met police marksman ‘filled with dread’ before shooting Chris Kaba - I don't think someone who can be "filled with dread" should be a police marksman in the first place. .
theguardian.com
Martyn Blake, who is accused of murder, tells court he feared suspect would use car to kill his colleagues
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New UK bill could force social media firms to make content less addictive for under 16s - good luck with that. .
theguardian.com
The safer phones bill could ban companies from applying algorithms for young ‘doomscrolling’ teens
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Traces of meeting hall and houses found at bronze age site in Germany - "outlines of an imposing king’s meeting hall from about 900BC, believed to have been used for celebrations and trade fairs" oh no, not more german trade fairs. .
theguardian.com
Archaeologists say site near Seddin once had surprisingly densely populated community of farmers and traders
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About 80% of countries fail to submit plans to preserve #nature ahead of global summit - "Countries promised to save 30% of land and sea for nature - but as their deadline approaches, only 24 have followed through with a plan" just pathetic.
theguardian.com
Countries promised to save 30% of land and sea for nature - but as their deadline approaches, only 24 have followed through with a plan
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Man sues council for £495m over a lost #Bitcoin hard drive in landfill - "In 2013, James Howells accidentally discarded a hard drive containing the keys to 8,000 bitcoins at a recycling center in Newport, Wales. ".
boingboing.net
IT engineer sues Newport council for £495m over lost Bitcoin hard drive dumped in landfill. 10-year quest to recover crypto fortune.
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#Russia’s #shadow fleet of oil tankers grows despite western sanctions - "the uninsured Russian shadow fleet could soon cause an environmental catastrophe in European waters" evil #putin gets eviller. .
theguardian.com
Poorly maintained and uninsured vessels transporting up to 70% of country’s seaborne oil, says report
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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge - #murica goes mad. .
theguardian.com
Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans
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UK ponders #USB-C as common charging standard - "and if this needs to be the same as the USB-C connector the EU adopted." more #brexit self-harm if it isn't. .
theregister.com
Will it also plug into some common sense?
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