International Law

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about over the last few days:

• my sister is showing me her alannah hill "take her to prison" frock ... i guess it's better than the "handcuff me now" http://bit.ly/9nA6pX
• apparently the best copyright policies in the world, from the perspective of culture and consumers, are in india http://bit.ly/bw8iNX
• @Scobleizer on "facebook?s ambition" http://bit.ly/chjgmw
• this is one approach i suppose ... "twitter didn't have product or engineering geniuses, so it bought them" http://bit.ly/cgh5t3
• mozilla is doing some cool things ... "mozilla contacts releases facebook-integrated version with new 'person urls'" http://bit.ly/9rklLK
• i'm surprised it's that high ... "two-thirds of iphone users now use location-based services at least once a week" http://bit.ly/9bD4iE
• a good opinion piece on intermediary liability in itwire ... "who has the deepest pockets: penalising the messenger" http://bit.ly/c1i5BJ
• intriguing ... isp offering web filtering uses the same classification certificates as the uk film industry http://bit.ly/aYxFl0
• i'm looking forward to reading the australian on the ipad ... "taking the ipad on its national journey" http://bit.ly/9S2UdZ
• techpresident explains "how the internet is changing politics in great britain" http://bit.ly/bXTGoF
• the atlantic wire puts together a list of the "6 weirdest things people have said about the iceland volcano" http://bit.ly/blbFjO
• some interesting suggestions on how to improve the us supreme court http://bit.ly/9PPLAA
• techcrunch: "if the sec was watching porn while the financial crisis engulfed the country, so was the rest of america" http://tcrn.ch/adG1KG
• "[eliot] spitzer is evidence of how modern times have compressed the natural rhythm of everything - even scandal" http://bit.ly/dnjcm0
• dahlia lithwick: "the most outrageous thing about the texas judge who slept with the prosecutor in a death-penalty case" http://j.mp/bFw5J7
• the new york times magazine profiles "politico's mike allen, the man the white house wakes up to" http://nyti.ms/9oW9WG
• i remember those days ... "hitting rewind on the cassette tape" http://nyti.ms/bRNYH6
• al pacino returns to form barry levinson's "you don't know jack" for hbo http://bit.ly/dh69OL
• i like abc radio just the way it is ... "abc radio bid to emulate the beeb" http://bit.ly/dj0dGp
• jeff jarvis on "privacy, publicness & penises" http://bit.ly/bFO7sW
• mumbrella lists "the ten best tv shows and films about journalists of the last 70 years" http://bit.ly/dhgnd6
• @suziblack keep an eye out for australia masterchef contestants running around london http://bit.ly/b7Fb3d
• @michaelgeist links to "acta analysis across the web" http://bit.ly/cDnzEL
• the mallesons ip whiteboard blog presents "copyright licensing and a cautionary (fairy) tale" http://bit.ly/bTej3F
• while debating who should the next us supreme court justice, there is "a plea for a tech-savvy justice" http://bit.ly/969sUF
• the law is everywhere ... ian ayres spots a surprising legal issue raised by the movie "date night" http://bit.ly/atuE6t
• the wall street journal law blog asks "will citizens united united the citizens ... behind obama?" http://bit.ly/chc26k
• this looks like it could be good news ... "acta backs away from 3 strikes" http://bit.ly/aUaF7z
• a good post on "what we can learn from the 'downfall' of hitler" http://bit.ly/9ZyLRJ
• bizarre ... an actor who was denied entrance to the oscars has sued the academy for $50 million for false imprisonment http://bit.ly/c0tSBw
• jan crawford reveals the nine names currently under consideration on "obama's supreme court short list" http://bit.ly/bHILVj
• @ipkat hosts blawg review #261 ... "ip kitten on ipad" http://bit.ly/d453gE
• it is ridiculous to find intermediaries liable for posts by users ... "google fined for anonymous defamatory message" http://bit.ly/aXTiY7
• the australian's mark day goes after crikey and @MargaretSimons ... "crikey's comment on williams' murder indefensible" http://bit.ly/9QmCtw
• "olbermann tries to talk like he's edward r. murrow, but he operates in the dirty tradition of joe mccarthy" http://bit.ly/cgkwQa
• this would be a good approach/slogan for cnn ... "the news: whether you like it or not" http://bit.ly/d7FjXI
• forget george w bush or dick cheny, "fox news channel is jon stewart's new enemy no. 1" http://bit.ly/aEsWrP
• but he could be on the ticket as a vice-presidential candidate ... "sen. scott brown won't run for president in 2012" http://bit.ly/a7o90Z
• am i the only person who still looks forward to every single woody allen movie? http://bit.ly/dyoLhQ
• ampas has a message for actors: don't be scared ... "academy to actors: digital won't replace you" http://bit.ly/93iaRI
• an interesting post about copyright reform in the uk ... "why doesn't the labour party respect copyright?" http://bit.ly/aV5Xsy
• @shaneogden this is the article in the age i mentioned http://bit.ly/9I4dRB
• let's hope andrew leigh isn't "condemned to the same backbench limbo in which mcmullan spent much of the last decade" http://bit.ly/bDTeSd
• interesting post on the fraser and canberra preselections ... "act labor members rebel against factional deals" http://bit.ly/bDTeSd
• it's extraordinary we are even asking this question about the uk election ... "could the lib dems win outright?" http://bit.ly/d9vHsZ
• this is unpleasant ... "ohio mulls potential twitter tweets about completed executions" http://bit.ly/b3jRE8
• it's also interesting that gai brodtmann, chris uhlmann's (@CUhlmann) wife, has been preselected for canberra http://bit.ly/aSIRl0
• as impressive as andrew leigh is, i am still surprised he beat constitutional law professor george williams http://bit.ly/aSIRl0
• anu economist andrew leigh has been preselected by labor for the seat of fraser - a very impressive candidate indeed http://j.mp/aSIRl0
• My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Magnetic Fields (56), Angus & Julia Stone (54) and Brendan Maclean (34) http://bit.ly/dbQF7L
• trying out yoono http://www.yoono.com/
• gerard whateley wants the storm to leave melbourne ... "unforgivable: melbourne storm's great betrayal" http://bit.ly/bkGp8m
• the globe and mail has a nice profile of "the new star of british politics: nick clegg" http://bit.ly/8YTSJh
• jay leno is really struggling in the ratings ... "leno slips to post-coco law - even vs. dave repeats" http://bit.ly/cA3dxI
• another good piece for the drum by @CUhlmann ... "perfect timing means a good day for government" http://bit.ly/96CWSR
• "battles lost, minds won" - fascinating, challenging, controversial piece from bob ellis on anzac day http://j.mp/b0YLGK /via @petertaggart
• trying out sobees web - it is pretty cool http://www.sobees.com/web/
• i can't wait! ... "google confirms free turn-by-turn directions coming to iphone" http://bit.ly/aVfklA
• on "talking heads" on may 3 peter thompson will talk to mark holden about life as a baby barrister post idol http://bit.ly/bfQx5L
• health funding reform isn't real health reform ... "notch one up for health funding" http://bit.ly/cH3p5s
• this is probably just the beginning ... "sky news and abc at war over kevin rudd footage" http://bit.ly/a9VjKR
• @anthonydever @kellyhd here is a good post on the legal issues surrounding the lost iphone http://bit.ly/cYKEth
• @ShannonSaxby i don't know what nic uses, but i use freemind http://bit.ly/aA98mi ... mindmeister is good too http://www.mindmeister.com/
• @rfidler @dellvink i'd love to organise a mothup sometime http://www.themoth.org/mothup/ ... do you think @612brisbane would be interested?

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