Supreme Court to Rule Whether Pirate Streaming Damages Are Fair
Sep03

Supreme Court to Rule Whether Pirate Streaming Damages Are Fair

Running alongside the incredibly popular torrent site The Pirate Bay, Dreamfilm was a Swedish portal that offered content in the increasingly popular streaming format. With no fancy software needed, the site enjoyed considerable growth, particularly among locals seeking quick and easy access to the latest local and Hollywood movies. In January 2015 and after capturing millions of visitors, Dreamfilm announced it would close down after...

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 09/03/18
Sep03

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 09/03/18

This week we have two newcomers in our chart. Ocean’s Eight is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise. RSS feed for the articles of the recent weekly movie download charts. This week’s most downloaded movies are: Movie Rank...

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Hollywood Studios Flag Their IMDb Listings as “Pirate” Links
Sep03

Hollywood Studios Flag Their IMDb Listings as “Pirate” Links

Every single day, largely automated bots scour the web for references to pirated content. These links are then reported to various online services, such as Google, requesting the operators to remove the allegedly infringing content. This works fine, most of the time. But, in common with their human counterparts, these bots aren’t perfect. This was made painfully visible last month when Topple Track had to disable its reporting...

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CreativeFuture Launches Withering Attack on Google Over Copyright
Sep03

CreativeFuture Launches Withering Attack on Google Over Copyright

Before getting hired by Google back in 2010, lawyer Fred von Lohmann was a senior attorney at the EFF dealing with intellectual property matters. In March 2018, after serving as Google’s legal director for copyright issues, von Lohmann left the company, having fought many battles in favor of Google’s right to use third-party content on its services. This led to Google advertising for a new Head of Copyright, highlighting...

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Turn your vi editor into a productivity powerhouse
Sep03

Turn your vi editor into a productivity powerhouse

A versatile and powerful editor, vi includes a rich set of potent commands that make it a popular choice for many users. This article specifically looks at commands that are not enabled by default in vi but are nevertheless useful. The commands recommended here are expected to be set in a vi configuration file. Though it is possible to enable commands individually from each vi session, the purpose of this article is to create a highly...

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