Interesting Links for 09-07-2012

• CEO Of Internet Provider Sonic.net: We Delete User Logs After Two Weeks. Your Internet Provider Should, Too. - Forbes
  'It seemed like half the time, the customer wasn’t the one right one, but they rolled over because it would be very embarassing. And I think that’s an abuse of process. I was unwilling to become part of that business model. In many cases the lawyers never pursued the case, and it was all bluster. But under that threat, you pay.'
  (tags: piracy intellectual property security business privacy interesting )

More on Lords Reform

In between all of the entering of MP's responses into Unlock Democracy's MP finder tool for Lords reform (basically it tells you which ways your MP has supported or not supported Lords reform, if we have a current response from them on it, and invites you to email them if we don't — if you've not used it, I definitely encourage you to do so)…

… I've had a look at a little press release we've just done; it's a Media Guide to Lords Reform, (describing itself as 'Summary of what's in the new House of Lords Reform Bill and some of the common arguments for and against reform.'). Lots of interesting things, I think my excerpt is this:

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley - The grandson of the former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and one of 92 hereditary members sitting in the Lords (total expenses in 2011: £4,457.37; attended 43 days; received answers to 45 written questions in 2011, 44 of which were on fluoridation and 1 of which was homeopathy; spoke once in the chamber also on fluoridation; no committees).

Good to see the Lords are still out there, protecting us from the fluoridators