YouTube Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Copyright Enforcement, Repeat Infringer Policy
For many years, Google-owned YouTube has been wrestling with the vast amounts of copyright-infringing content being uploaded by users to its platform. The challenge is met by YouTube by taking down content for which copyright holders file a legitimate infringement complaint under the DMCA. It also operates a voluntary system known as Content ID, which allows larger rightsholders to settle disputes by either blocking contentious...
New York Times Selectively Cracks Down on ‘Copyright Infringing’ Trump Meme
Last year, millions of people feared that the new EU Copyright Directive would ‘kill’ memes. While the first signs of a massive meme-massacre have yet to appear, captioned photos are not above the law. President Trump can attest to that. Yesterday, he posted a meme featuring a photo of himself with the text: “In reality they’re not after me. They’re after you. I’m just in the way.” Needless to...
Create LEGO designs in Blender with this plugin
I use LEGO CAD to document some of my own creations (or “MOCs,” as custom sets are called in some digital LEGO communities). The advantage of computer-aided design (CAD) is precision. When you use CAD to build something in virtual space, you can reasonably expect that it can be built in the real world. While the LEGO CAD applications I use don’t have simulated physics to verify the structural integrity of my designs,...
What does a scrum master do?
Turning a love of open source communities into a career is possible, and there are plenty of directions you can take. The path I’m on these days is as a scrum master. Scrum is a framework in which software development teams deliver working software in increments of 30 days or less called “sprints.” There are three roles: scrum master, product owner, and development team. A scrum master is a facilitator, coach,...
