Pirate Site Revenues in Russia Set to Plummet, First Fall in Five Years
In what is becoming an increasingly competitive market, generating revenue by any means is a must for most significant sites, platforms, and services operating in the piracy space. In Russia, pirate platforms have been experiencing an upward revenue trend for many years but according to a forecast just published by cybersecurity firm Group-IB, 2019 is set to be much less lucrative. For background, in 2015 revenues were estimated to be...
Openload and Streamango Shut Down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE (Updated)
With millions of regular visitors, file-hosting site Openload generates more traffic than popular streaming services such as Hulu or HBO Go. While the site has plenty of legal uses it is also a thorn in the side of many copyright holders, due to the frequent appearance of pirated content. This pirate stigma most recently resulted in a mention on the US Government’s list of “Notorious...
Global Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes On Password Sharing
The online piracy ecosystem is constantly evolving. Ten years ago the entertainment industries were mostly concerned with torrent sites. Today, different types of unauthorized online streaming are the main challenge. To tackle this threat, some of the largest companies in the world bundled their powers. In 2017 they formed the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), which lists prominent members including major Hollywood...
Awk one-liners and scripts to help you sort text files
Awk is the ubiquitous Unix command for scanning and processing text containing predictable patterns. However, because it features functions, it’s also justifiably called a programming language. read...
Retro computing with FPGAs and MiSTer
Another weekend rolls around, and I can spend some time working on my passion projects, including working with single-board computers, playing with emulators, and general tinkering with a soldering iron. Earlier this year, I wrote about resurrecting the Commodore Amiga on the Raspberry Pi. A colleague referred to our shared obsession with old technology as a “passion for preserving our digital culture.” read...
