Mastercard to Implement Payments for NFT and Web3 Projects
Payments giant Mastercard has announced it is working to bring direct payment support for a number of NFT and Web3 platforms with its cards. According to the company, this will enable more customers to enter the industry as the barrier to acquiring such digital goods is lowered via more flexible payment products. Mastercard To Enable NFT and Web3 Payments Traditional payments companies are starting to embrace cryptocurrencies and...
AuroraFS DApps Development Capabilities to Be Enhanced
PRESS RELEASE. Recent news reveals that AuroraFS has progressed in its vision and direction concerning the development of the next generation of DApps which will be deployed on the decentralized P2P cloud storage and distribution network. AuroraFS announced intentions to begin building DApps which will run on the content storage and streaming network, in addition to Web3Tube. Web3Tube is the decentralized video storage and sharing...
Nintendo Nemesis Max Louarn: Hacker, Rebel, and Wanted by the FBI
In the fall of 2020, the U.S. Government indicted three members of the infamous group Team Xecuter, the masterminds behind various Nintendo hacks. The authorities arrested Canadian Gary Bowser in the Dominican Republic and Frenchman Max Louarn was detained in Tanzania. Bowser was later deported to the U.S. where he was sentenced to 40 months in prison earlier this year. His sentence was lower than the five-year prison term the U.S....
Bungie & Destiny 2 Cheat Creator Agree $13.5m Copyright Damages Judgment
Late August 2022, game developer Bungie filed a lawsuit against the creators of software that enabled cheating in Destiny 2. The complaint named Canadian business entities Elite Boss Tech and 11020781 Canada Inc., owner Robert James Duthie Nelson, plus a number of ‘Doe’ defendants said to be involved in the creation, sale, and distribution of the software. Bungie’s claims were underpinned by alleged breaches of copyright law,...
Forwarding Piracy Warnings Violates Privacy Law, Dutch Court Rules
Supported by Hollywood and other content industries, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has shuttered hundreds of pirate sites and services in recent history. BREIN has also targeted several prolific BitTorrent uploaders and other infringers with success. However, tracking down and going after individual file-sharers is quite resource-intensive and the anti-piracy group aims to cast its net wider. Sending Warning Letters Pirates To expand...
