Court Dismisses Charter’s Claim of ‘False’ RIAA DMCA Notices
Legal battles between copyright holders and Internet providers are not new. In most countries these disputes revolve around site blocking but, in the US, the vocal point lies elsewhere. Over the past years, several major ISPs have been sued for failing to terminate the accounts of alleged repeat copyright infringers. These lawsuits are serious business. Late last year, for example, a jury found Cox liable for the infringements of its...
Pirate Streaming Sites Raided By Thai Police For Streaming Hollywood Movies
A recent survey commission by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted by YouGov revealed that around 53% of online consumers in Thailand use illegal streaming platforms or torrent sites to access otherwise premium content. The survey also found that of those who admitted using such platforms, around 66% claimed to have canceled some or even all of their legal subscriptions as a result. This...
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 11/09/20
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have four new entries in the list. The Amazon-exclusive Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, released two weeks ago, is the most downloaded moviefilm this week. The...
Use your favorite open source apps on your Mac with MacPorts
“Package manager” is a generic name for software to install, upgrade, and uninstall applications. Commands like dnf or apt on Linux, or pkg_add on BSD, or even pip on Python and luarocks on Lua, make it trivial for users to add new applications to their system. Once you’ve tried it, you’re likely to find it hard to live without, and it’s a convenience every operating system ought to include. Not all do,...
What I love about the newest GNOME desktop
Fedora 33 just came out, and I installed it right away. Among the many features in this new version of the Linux distribution is the latest GNOME desktop. GNOME 3.38 was released in September 2020, and I’m loving it. read more Powered by...
