Candidate for Mayor Andrew Yang Plans to Make New York City a Bitcoin Hub
Feb14

Candidate for Mayor Andrew Yang Plans to Make New York City a Bitcoin Hub

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is running for mayor of New York City. He has promised that as mayor he would invest in making the city “a hub for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.” Yang is also pro-universal basic income (UBI) and wants to launch “the largest basic income program in history.” Andrew Yang Promises to Turn New York City Into a Bitcoin and Crypto Hub as Mayor Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate...

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Amazon & eBay Make Progress With Their Pirate Streaming Box Problem
Feb14

Amazon & eBay Make Progress With Their Pirate Streaming Box Problem

Three years ago, “Kodi Box” fever was ripping through piracy circles, with the popular media player persistently linked to infringing addons providing free access to the latest movies and TV shows. As time progressed the term “Kodi Box” was regularly used to describe any set-top device that could be used to obtain pirated content for free, while Kodi itself found itself playing a diminishing role as more convenient piracy-focused...

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Cox Appeals $1 Billion Piracy Damages Verdict, Doesn’t Have to Pay Yet
Feb14

Cox Appeals $1 Billion Piracy Damages Verdict, Doesn’t Have to Pay Yet

Two years ago Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels. Following a two-week trial, a Virginia jury held Cox liable for pirating subscribers which it failed to disconnect, ordering the company to pay $1 billion in damages. Heavily disappointed by the decision, Cox asked the court to set the jury verdict aside and decide the issue directly. In addition, the ISP asked to lower the...

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Police Around Asia Crack Down on Pirate IPTV With Raids & Arrests
Feb14

Police Around Asia Crack Down on Pirate IPTV With Raids & Arrests

While pirate streaming operations around the United States and Europe attract the most headlines, unlicensed IPTV and similar platforms are now mainstream in most parts of the world. Authorities in the West are tackling this problem using quiet ‘behind-the-scenes’ agreements through to civil litigation and criminal enforcement. The situation in Asia is similar and over the past couple of weeks a number of cases have been made public....

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Give something from the heart to the public domain
Feb14

Give something from the heart to the public domain

Did you know that most of the articles published on Opensource.com are licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0? One of the biggest reasons our editorial team decided on this license over 10 years ago is because we support the idea that the best content is shared content. As we strive to be open, our goal is for any many people as possible to have access to the information we’re putting out there to support our mission to help...

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