Indian Payments Giant Paytm Could Offer Bitcoin Services if Government Makes Crypto Legal, Says CFO
Paytm, one of India’s largest payments companies, is open to offering bitcoin services if the crypto asset becomes legal in the country, according to its chief financial officer. If bitcoin “was ever to become fully legal in the country, then clearly there could be offerings we could launch,” he said. Paytm Open to Bitcoin Offerings Paytm Chief Financial Officer Madhur Deora has indicated that his company is open to offering bitcoin...
Digital Textbook Pirate Handed Suspended Prison Sentence
Publishers around the world regularly engage in various actions aimed at preventing the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of academic publications and eBooks. From repeated visits to court to implement site blocking in the UK to lawsuits targeting entities such as Sci-Hub, the approach is sustained, multipronged, and has no fear of tackling smaller players either. Rights Alliance Investigation For the past several years,...
Court Suspends ‘Copyright Troll’ Lawyer From Practicing Law in New York
In just a few years, New York lawyer Richard Liebowitz filed over a thousand copyright infringement lawsuits. The vast majority of these cases were filed on behalf of photographers who accuse companies, including mainstream media outlets, of using their photos without permission. When we first spotted this emerging trend in 2016, Liebowitz told us that he was helping independent photographers to protect their rights. All too often,...
Why I use Linux to manage my yoga studio
When I started my first yoga studio in 2000, computer technology was way out of my wheelhouse. In fact, for the first two years, I didn’t even have a website. I did everything from scratch, including collecting emails, sending newsletters, marketing events, and corresponding with my student base. I was extremely content operating my business that way; my focus was on teaching yoga and creating community. read more Powered by...
