‘Local’ Pirate Sites Are Thriving Around the World
When the hugely pirate site IndoXII announced that it would shut down a few weeks ago, drama ensued in Indonesia where most of its multi-million-user audience was based. This fuss was hardly noticeable in other countries, where even some of the most die-hard piracy ‘experts’ had never heard of it. Apparently, piracy habits are not as global as the Internet itself. Many countries have their local favorites. Sometimes...
‘Casting Couch’ Movie Company Orders Cloudflare to Unmask Tube Site Pirates
Before taking direct legal action against alleged copyright infringers, it helps if the identities of those people are known to the potential plaintiff. One method to obtain this information is to file an application for a DMCA subpoena. Commonly filed against domain registries and Cloudflare, DMCA subpoenas can require such companies to give up the names of their allegedly-infringing customers, who are often the operators of...
One open source chat tool to rule them all
Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I’m taking a different approach: building an environment that will allow you to be more productive in the new year, using tools you may or may not already be using. read...
What's your favorite Linux terminal trick?
The beginning of a new year is always a great time to evaluate new ways to become more efficient. Many people try out new productivity tools or figure out how to optimize their most mundane processes. One area to assess is the terminal. Especially in the world of open source, there are tons of ways to make life at the terminal more efficient (and fun!) with shortcuts and commands. read...
