Despite $100K Pledged to Charity, Adam Back Remains Silent Over Proposed Debate
May10

Despite $100K Pledged to Charity, Adam Back Remains Silent Over Proposed Debate

There’s over $100,000 on the line that could be given to charity for about an hour of Adam Back’s time. If he chooses to debate Bitcoin Unlimited’s Peter Rizun over why he thinks it’s a bad idea to scale with larger blocks, Paxful’s Ray Youssef‏ has pledged $100K in addition to Roger Ver’s initial $10K offer. Also read: Schnorr Signatures Await Bitcoin Cash as the Next Upgrade Draws Near The...

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Why Cryptocurrency Investors Are Renouncing Their US Citizenship
May10

Why Cryptocurrency Investors Are Renouncing Their US Citizenship

Andrew Henderson is the founder of Nomad Capitalist, a company which helps people from around the world move to different countries while minimizing their tax obligations. In recent years the company has created plans for dozens of people who made their wealth from the cryptocurrency sector, including business owners, traders, investors and consultants. News.Bitcoin.com interviewed Henderson to learn about the process and specifically...

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Lumen Database Restricts Access to DMCA Notices But Plans to Expand
May10

Lumen Database Restricts Access to DMCA Notices But Plans to Expand

With millions of takedown notices hitting Internet platforms and hosts every single week, content can often go inexplicably missing from sites and search engine indexes. Thanks to projects like Google’s Transparency report, however, much-needed light can be shone on this murky area. Users of Google’s service can see almost every detail of a copyright claim but when it comes to accurate research, it’s necessary to...

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Fancy a Job in Covert Anti-Piracy? Only Experts Need Apply
May10

Fancy a Job in Covert Anti-Piracy? Only Experts Need Apply

With a huge emphasis placed on the unlicensed distribution of music through platforms like YouTube, one might think that enforcement against other sources has taken a bit of a back seat. However, traditional anti-piracy investigations are alive and well, carried out mostly in the shadows by teams of professionals. It’s relatively rare to hear about these roles in public but a new listing posted by the British Phonographic...

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Judge: IP-Address Doesn’t Locate or Identify a BitTorrent Pirate
May10

Judge: IP-Address Doesn’t Locate or Identify a BitTorrent Pirate

Since the start of this decade, hundreds of thousands of alleged BitTorrent pirates have been sued by so-called ‘copyright trolls’ in the United States. The select group of rightsholders that file these cases generally rely on an IP address as evidence. They then ask the courts to grant a subpoena, ordering Internet providers to hand over the personal details of the associated account holder. While some judges have refused...

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