US Court Orders Pirate Streaming Site FMovies to Pay $210,000
Jun10

US Court Orders Pirate Streaming Site FMovies to Pay $210,000

Last year, media conglomerate ABS-CBN took the popular pirate streaming site FMovies to court in the United States. FMovies is one of several streaming sites that has grown explosively over the past year. It offers tens of thousands of mainstream movies and TV-shows to an audience of millions of people. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the media company branded FMovies as a classic...

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Bill to Ban VPNs & Unmask Operators Submitted to Russia’s Parliament
Jun10

Bill to Ban VPNs & Unmask Operators Submitted to Russia’s Parliament

Website blocking in Russia is becoming a pretty big deal. Hundreds of domains are now blocked at the ISP level for a range of issues from copyright infringement through to prevention of access to extremist material. In common with all countries that deploy blocking measures, there is a high demand in Russia for services and software that can circumvent blockades. As a result, VPNs, proxies, mirror sites and dedicated services such as...

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Top 5: Linux hardware, open source tools for college, and more
Jun10

Top 5: Linux hardware, open source tools for college, and more

In this week’s Top 5, we highlight education, Linux-friendly hardware, and more. Top 5 articles of the week 5. 5 great KDE apps to help you study  Zsolt Szakács shares tools for people who want to learn new skills or practice existing ones. With typing, geography, music, and more, there’s something in here for everyone. read...

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