Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank Under Investigation by Tax Authorities in 5 Countries
Euro Pacific Bank, founded by gold bug and bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff, is reportedly under investigation by the tax authorities of five countries. The bank’s customers allegedly include several tax fraud masterminds and a Russian syndicate described by the FBI as the world’s worst cybercrime group. Peter Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank Probed by Tax Authorities Euro Pacific Bank, a Puerto Rico-licensed bank founded by gold bug and...
Cloudflare Counters Mass Piracy Allegations in ‘Thothub’ Lawsuit
Cloudflare is a CDN provider that doesn’t host any copyright infringing material, but several of the company’s customers do. This has resulted in various copyright infringement allegations, including lawsuits in the US, Europe, and elsewhere. While Cloudflare positions itself as a neutral intermediary that can’t do anything to stop pirate sites, not all courts agree. Just this month, courts in Germany and Italy ruled that Cloudflare...
How should open source projects handle copyright notices?
Copyright notices in source code are inconsistently applied and poorly maintained. As a result, such notices are poor sources of information. Should more resources be applied to the maintenance of copyright notices? No. Copyright notices are one-line strings that typically include the word “Copyright” (or some substitute, like ©), a name (usually a person or company), and a year. read more Powered by...
3 ways to improve your open hardware documentation
Open Hardware Month is organized by the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) every October, and this year, we’re putting the spotlight on ways to tell the world that your project is open source. Help support the open hardware ecosystem by bolstering your documentation in these three ways during this month. read more Powered by...
