03 August 2020

Introduction to Moody's Black Notebook Travels

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I have two great regrets in my life.  One is eating a chicken sandwich in Varanasi, shortly before flying to Kathmandu.  This gave me the w...
01 August 2020

Walks with Lorenzetti: Venice, Memory, Tourism

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Just as  A Partial India  was a re-working of  my   travel   notebook  for India, so  Walks with Lorenzetti  re-visits  a 1988 trip I made ...
20 July 2020

A Partial India

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In October and November 1986, I went to India for the first time.  It was an important experience,  which I tried to capture as it happened...
18 October 2019

Brexit Vote: Please Write to Your MP Today

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As people may have heard, there is a rather important vote on Brexit tomorrow.  It's going to be very close, so I would like to urge e...
03 March 2019

This Could Be The Most Important Email You Will Ever Send To Your MEP

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As most people reading this will know by now, the deeply-flawed EU Copyright Directive faces one final vote in the European Parliament soon...
10 September 2018

Quick Letter to MEPs about Article 13 of Copyright Directive

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Yesterday, I wrote a post asking people to write to their MEPs about the imminent vote in the European Parliament on the Copyright Directi...
08 September 2018

Please Write (Yes, Again - Sorry) to Your MEPs to Stop the EU Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet

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Back in June, I wrote a long post about the proposed update to EU copyright law. As I explained, there are some bad ideas being proposed , ...
04 July 2018

Countering the Latest Misinformation about the EU Copyright Directive

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Tomorrow the European Parliament will vote on whether to send its version of the Copyright Directive text to "trilogues" for fina...
02 July 2018

Please Write a *Short* Email to Your MEPs Today about EU Copyright Directive

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A couple of weeks ago, I urged people to write to their MEPs about an important vote in the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parl...
13 June 2018

Please Write to Your MEPs to Stop EU Copyright Directive from Seriously Harming the Internet

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Next week, a crucial vote will be held by the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament (JURI). It concerns the proposed copyrigh...
11 June 2018

UK Citizens: Please Write to Your MPs Today about the Big Brexit Votes

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There's an important series of Brexit votes taking place tomorrow.  The UK government will seek to overturn some sensible amendments ma...
08 January 2018

Incoming: Spare Slots for Freelance Work in 2018

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I will soon have spare slots in my freelance writing schedule for regular weekly or monthly work, and major projects. Here are the ma...
22 October 2017

UK and US Citizens: Please Request Your Personal Data Held By Cambridge Analytica

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By now, many people have probably heard about the company Cambridge Analytica .  By its own admission, it played a major role in the succes...
31 May 2017

Urgent: Please Write to MEPs to Stop Awful Copyright Proposals

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Bad things could happen in the European Parliament next Thursday, when an important committee of MEPs votes on proposals ...
18 May 2017

Tell the UK Government: No Backdoors in Crypto

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The UK government seems to be pressing ahead with its idiotic plans to backdoor crypto. There is a (secret) consultation on the subject tha...
29 March 2017

The Copyright Industry's So-Called "Value Gap" Is Actually an Innovation Gap

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The is a crucial year for the Internet in Europe, because 2017 will see key decisions made about the shape of copyright law in the EU. Tha...
11 February 2017

Please Write to Your MEPs About Next Week's Critical - and Final - CETA Vote

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Next Wednesday, the European Parliament will have its final vote on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement , or CETA. If you were h...
11 January 2017

Please Write to MEPs on the ENVI Committee About CETA *Today*

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There's an important vote by MEPs on the ENVI committee tomorrow about CETA, the trade deal between the EU and Canada . Background on w...