Report Claims US President Trump Considering Clemency for Ross Ulbricht
According to two anonymous sources, U.S. President Donald Trump is considering clemency for Ross Ulbricht. White House reporters Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley claim sources detailed that Trump “has expressed sympathy” for Ross Ulbricht and his double life sentences. Ross Ulbricht may get clemency from the sitting U.S. President Donald Trump if the American leader is swayed by the Silk Road founder’s story. Ulbricht is known for...
“Freedom to Share” Launches EU Citizens’ Initiative to Legalize File-Sharing
Millions of people around the world use torrent sites and forms of file-sharing to share copyrighted material on a regular basis. In most countries, this is against the law. This restrictive stance toward ‘sharing’ is problematic according to a group of activists, who have launched the “Freedom to Share” initiative. One Million Signatures The campaign is a European Citizens’ Initiative. This is a form of direct democracy that allows...
RIAA: Twitter Does Nothing to Stop the Industrial Scale Piracy on Its Service
The US Senate’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property is looking for better ways to tackle the ever-present threat of online piracy. Specifically, it’s working with various stakeholders to see if the DMCA can be improved to better suit today’s online environment. During a hearing yesterday, Senators received input from various stakeholders on the role of voluntary agreements and existing anti-piracy technologies. YouTube,...
Music Mission Anti-Piracy Campaign “Keeps Tracks in Charts For Longer”
Just over six months ago UK-based anti-piracy company AudioLock announced The Music Mission, a new campaign to disrupt the activities of around 200 pay-piracy sites focused on music. Unlike torrent or streaming sites, in many cases these platforms seek to emulate specialist legal portals such as Beatport, Traxsource and Juno, by offering the same tracks in similar polished interfaces. As a result, these paysites represent a more...
How to hack Android Auto to display custom content
Google’s Android Auto application casts content from a smartphone to a car’s head unit display. Officially, that content includes navigation (e.g., Google Maps and Waze), media players (e.g., VLC, Spotify), and messaging apps. The application is useful, but it would be even better if you could show a film on your head unit’s display or use it as an interface to a custom onboard computer that manages multiple cameras,...
