EU Court: Unauthorized Sale of Used eBooks Infringes Copyright
In 2014, we reported on a lawsuit filed against Tom Kabinet, a Netherlands-based online marketplace for used eBooks. Fearing that the sale of such content would undermine their business model, the Dutch Publishers Association (NUV) and the General Publishers Group (GAU) sought an injunction to restrain Tom Kabinet from further sales. The request was denied and went to appeal, with a succession of local courts seemingly unable to...
Mangastream Disappears After Being Targeted by Publisher
Manga comics and magazines are huge. Not just in Japan but all over the world. People used to read them on paper, but digital is the standard today. While that makes these comics more accessible, they’re also easier to pirate. For years there has been an active ‘scanlation’ community. These are fan-made translations that are shared online. Sharing can begin innocently, by posting a copy on a message board. However,...
Cox Is Liable for Pirating Subscribers, Hit With $1 Billion Damages Verdict
Last year Cox settled its piracy liability lawsuit with music rights company BMG. The ink on this agreement was barely dry when the ISP faced a similar and additional complaint. This time it was up against 53 music companies, including Capitol Records, Warner Bros, and Sony Music. The rightsholders complained that Cox categorically failed to terminate repeat copyright infringers and that it substantially profited from this ongoing...
Customize your Linux desktop with KDE Plasma
The Plasma desktop by the KDE community is a pinnacle among open source desktops. KDE got into the Linux desktop market early, but since its foundational Qt toolkit did not have a fully open license at the time, the GNOME desktop was created. Since then, Qt has become open source, and KDE (and its derivatives, like the Trinity desktop) has thrived. read...
Eliminating gender bias in open source software development, a database of microbes, and more open source news
In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at eliminating gender bias in open source software development, an open source database of microbes, an open source index for cooperatives, and more! read...
