Malaysia Announces Digital Asset Guidelines
The Securities Commission Malaysia has published the country’s guidelines on digital assets which set out the regulatory framework for token sales. All token offerings must now be carried out only through platforms approved by the commission. The guidelines also detail the obligations of approved platforms as well as the requirements token issuers must meet. Also read: Regulatory Roundup: EU-Wide Crypto Regulations, New Rules in...
Most Canadian ISPs Are Staying Quiet on Pirate Site Blocking
Last November, Canada’s Federal Court approved the first pirate site blockade in the country. Following a complaint from major media companies Rogers, Bell and TVA, the Court ordered several major ISPs to block access to domains and IP-addresses of the pirate IPTV service GoldTV. These types of blocking efforts are common in quite a few countries. However, in Canada they are new, which means that developments are closely watched...
Ebook.bike Owner Risks Crippling Sanctions Over Piracy Case Discovery Failures
In March 2019, author John Van Stry filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States against former Pirate Party Canada leader Travis McCrea, the operator of eBook download platform eBook.bike. The complaint alleged that McCrea infringed the copyrights of Van Stry by making “at least twelve” of his works available for download without his permission, along with other titles by Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Joanne...
Use this Twitter client for Linux to tweet from the terminal
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...
Use Wireshark at the Linux command line with TShark
Most of the time when we connect to the internet, we don’t think about the network protocols at work underneath that make it all possible. Right now, while you are reading this article, numerous packets are being exchanged by your computer and traveling across the internet. read...
