19 ‘YTS Users’ Sued for Sharing Pirated Copies of “Ava”
In recent months we have reported in detail how users of the popular torrent site YTS were sued in US courts. In several of these cases, information shared by the site’s operator was brought in as evidence. The user info was obtained by anti-piracy lawyer Kerry Culpepper, as part of an undisclosed settlement agreement. This week the same attorney is back in court representing ‘Eve Nevada LLC,’ the company behind the film Ava, which is...
Anti-Piracy Group BREIN Targets Operators of ‘Spotweb’ Decentralized Community Tool
While most pirates in 2020 use torrent, streaming and download portals for their general piracy needs, many are still obtaining the latest content from Usenet, one of the oldest file-sharing systems around. With masses of storage space and blisteringly quick download speeds available (not to mention archives dating back years), Usenet is still a significant source of pirated movies, music, games and just about every other type of...
When the best ideas win, do we recognize everyone who shaped them?
We’ve said that open organizations are places where the best ideas win. But what are “the best” ideas, and where do they actually come from? And how do our answers to these questions shape how we reward contribution in an open organization? read more Powered by...
