US Opposes Kim Dotcom’s Supreme Court Petition Over Seized Millions
Following the 2012 raid on Megaupload and Kim Dotcom, U.S. and New Zealand authorities seized millions of dollars in cash and other property. Claiming the assets were obtained through copyright and money laundering crimes, the U.S. government launched a separate civil action in which it asked the court to forfeit the bank accounts, cars, and other seized possessions of the Megaupload defendants. The U.S. branded Dotcom and his...
Global Entertainment Giants Form Massive Anti-Piracy Coalition
It’s not unusual for companies within the same area of business to collaborate in order to combat piracy. The studios and labels that form the MPAA and RIAA, for example, have doing just that for decades. Today, however, an unprecedented number of global content creators and distribution platforms have announced the formation of a brand new coalition to collaboratively fight Internet piracy on a global scale. The Alliance for...
Kodi Turmoil Continues as TVAddons Mysteriously Disappears
Last week we broke the news that third-party Kodi add-on ZemTV and the TVAddons library were being sued in a federal court in Texas. Since then, the ‘pirate’ Kodi community has been in turmoil. Several popular Kodi addons decided to shut down, and now TVAddons itself appears to be in trouble as well. TVAddons is one of the largest repositories of Kodi add-ons, many of which allow users to watch pirated content. The site...
Free computer advice comes with a price
If you’re like most people who are knowledgeable about free and open source software (FOSS), you’re probably also interested in encouraging more people to use it. The good news is there are many ways you can help people who are not as technically minded as you learn about and use FOSS. read...
Young programmer turns love of gaming into a Google Summer of Code project
Recently I installed the GCompris educational software suite on a friend’s Linux laptop. While researching information about the application, I found out about Rudra Nil Basu, a young programmer from India, who has blogged about his contributions to GCompris. read...
