ISP Wrongfully Handed Customer Data to Pirate-Chasing Law Firm
So-called copyright-trolling is big business, particularly in the United States and Europe. After trawling BitTorrent swarms for IP addresses allegeldy connected to the unlawful sharing of movies and TV shows, rightsholders move to identify the subscribers behind them. The purpose is to extract a cash settlement from the alleged wrongdoers but that can only be achieved after obtaining their real identities. That requires a court order...
Sports Industry Can Earn Billions by Selectively Converting ‘Willing’ Pirates
Piracy presents a major challenge for copyright holders across different sectors, including the sports industry. While it’s easy to condemn piracy in its entirety, this may not be the best approach. Most pirates are legitimate customers too. In fact, they are often the biggest fans. Converting Pirates In recent years this realization has triggered a shift in perception. Instead of treating all pirates alike, it may be more sensible to...
Track aircraft with a Raspberry Pi
I live near a major airport, and I frequently hear aircraft flying over my house. I also have a curious preschooler, and I find myself answering questions like, “What’s that?” and “Where’s that plane going?” often. While a quick internet search could answer these questions, I wanted to see if I could answer them myself. read more Powered by...
Programming 101: Input and output with Java
When you write a program, your application may need to read from and write to files stored on the user’s computer. This is common in situations when you want to load or store configuration options, you need to create log files, or your user wants to save work for later. Every language handles this task a little differently. This article demonstrates how to handle data files with Java. read more Powered by...
DevOps tool K6’s journey to open source
Robin Gustafsson, CEO of K6, an open source load-impact service, joined Ben Rometsch, CEO of Flagsmith, an open source feature-flagging product, on episode 8 of The Craft of Open Source podcast. read more Powered by...
