The Darknet Just Had One of Its Wildest Months Yet
Darknet marketplaces exist on a constant knife edge, never more than an exit scam, LE bust, or DDoS away from going down. Even by their usual frenetic standards, though, November was quite a month for DNMs, with high drama and intrigue aplenty. Despite a number of marketplaces disappearing off the map, a new study shows the ecosystem to be stronger than ever. Also read: John McAfee Weighs in on Maximalism, Epstein’s Death, and...
Greece Jails First Pirate Site Operator For Five Years
For almost a decade, an anti-piracy group in Greece has been trying to bring the elusive operator of pirate sites to justice. EPOE protects the rights of entertainment industry companies including those in the film and television sectors. It filed criminal prosecutions against the alleged operator of the site Greekstars four times since 2009 but the processes were never straightforward. According to EPOE, each time a complaint was...
Russia Blocks Shutterstock Domain, Restricting Access to Legitimate Copyrighted Content
Many countries around the world have systems in place to block access to copyright-infringing content and even entire sites. Russia’s system is particularly streamlined and has resulted in large volumes of pirate sites being rendered inaccessible to the country’s citizens. However, Russia’s blocking system isn’t only used to protect rightsholders. It’s regularly used to prevent access to terrorism-related...
Europol Seizes Over 30,000 Copyright Infringing Domains, But Which Ones?
In 2010, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security began their first rounds of domain name seizures. Under the flag of “Operation In Our Sites” the authorities shut down a dozen file-sharing and streaming sites, as well as many sites that sold counterfeit goods. The action had a massive impact at the time. It resulted in several high profile arrests, including those of several NinjaVideo...
Java vs. Python: Which should you choose?
Let’s compare the two most popular and powerful programming languages in the world: Java and Python! Both languages have huge community support and libraries to perform almost any programming task, although selecting a programming language usually depends on the developer’s use case. After you compare and contrast, please make sure to answer our poll to share your opinion on which is best. read...
