Epic Games and ‘Cheating’ Fortnite Kid Settle Copyright Lawsuit
Frustrated by thousands of cheaters who wreak havoc in Fortnite’s “Battle Royale,” game publisher Epic Games has taken several to court. The game developer isn’t trying to bankrupt these people financially. The main goal appears to be to stop the cheaters and prevent them from encouraging and facilitating others to do the same. In most instances, the alleged cheaters are eager to settle the cases....
Landmark Russian Anti-Piracy Agreement Extended Until End October 2019
Last year, leading Russia-based content companies and distributors plus Yandex, Rambler Group, Mail.Ru Group, vKontakte, and RuTube signed up to a landmark anti-piracy memorandum. It would see search engines voluntarily query a centralized database of allegedly-infringing content before deleting links to the same from their search results. However, while waiting for the terms of that agreement to be written into law, last...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 10/07/19
This week we have two newcomers in our chart. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise. RSS feed for the articles of the recent weekly movie download charts. This week’s most...
7 steps to securing your Linux server
This primer will introduce you to basic Linux server security. While it focuses on Debian/Ubuntu, you can apply everything presented here to other Linux distributions. I also encourage you to research this material and extend it where applicable. 1. Update your server The first thing you should do to secure your server is to update the local repositories and upgrade the operating system and installed applications by applying the...
Fight for the planet: Building an open platform and open culture at Greenpeace
Global problems require global solutions. Few organizations know this better than Greenpeace. For nearly 50 years, the non-profit has been campaigning for a greener and more peaceful future. But in 2015, Greenpeace found itself at a crossroads. To address the climate emergency, Greenpeace knew it needed to shift its organizational culture. read...
