Jehovah’s Witnesses File Copyright Lawsuit in Response to Blundering Christmas Album
Music publisher BMG is best known on these pages for its aggressive copyright infringement action against ISP Cox Communications in the United States. After filing a lawsuit accusing the ISP of doing little to prevent its customers from pirating music time and again, the case went through a tortuous process that eventually led to a “substantial settlement.” Given the nature of its business and a history of picking over the intricacies...
Convicted Copyright Troll Lawyer Reboots Pirate Honeypot Scheme From Prison
The now-defunct Prenda Law firm became notorious for taking alleged BitTorrent pirates to court. These copyright lawsuits were not illegal in themselves, but Prenda became a criminal enterprise when it lied to courts and trapped people by uploading self-made adult content on The Pirate Bay. They were effectively running a honeypot scheme. The matter landed on the desk of the FBI and with help from The Pirate Bay, eventually resulted...
Try GNU nano, a lightweight alternative to Vim
Many Linux distributions bundle Vim as their default text editor. This appeals to many longtime Linux users, and those who don’t like it can change it promptly after install anyway. Vim is a funny editor, though, as it’s one of the few that opens to a mode that doesn’t permit text entry. That’s a puzzling choice for any user, and it’s confusing for a new one. read more Powered by...
10 open source news headlines of 2020
Throughout this past year, we’ve shared top open source news to keep everyone updated on what’s happening in the world of open source. In case you missed any of the headlines, catch up on 10 of the open source news events that grabbed our readers’ attention in 2020. read more Powered by...
Organizations File Lawsuit Against New York Town to Prevent Bitcoin Mining Facility Expansion
Organizations led by an environmental organization filed a lawsuit against the U.S. town Torrey in New York for giving the green light to expand a bitcoin mining facility at the Greenidge Generation power plant. Environmental Organization Leads Lawsuit Against New York Town for Approving Plan to Expand BTC Mining Facility Per court documents, the Sierra Club — who leads the lawsuit—, the Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes, Seneca...
