Security Focused DeFi Project EverRise Now Live on 3 Blockchains, Staking Introduced
Originally launched on June 15th, 2021, EverRise is a blockchain technology company that offers bridging and security solutions across multiple chains through an ecosystem of decentralized applications. With their RISE token, they were the first to bring the buyback to crypto. Since then, the buyback mechanic has become standard in space with countless forks. EverRise v2.0 EverRise is working on bringing their ecosystem of dApps to as...
Youtube Ripper Strikes Back at the RIAA in DMCA ‘Circumvention’ Lawsuit
Popular stream-ripping site Yout.com has fought legal disputes around the world, with mixed results. Most recently the site and its operator Johnathan Nader became the target of a criminal prosecution in Brazil, which resulted in the site being blocked. Yout.com vs. RIAA Meanwhile, in the United States, Yout is also engaged in a legal dispute that could potentially eclipse all previous rulings. In a preemptive move, Yout sued the...
U.S. Indicts Two Men for Running a $20 Million YouTube Content ID Scam
To protect copyright holders YouTube uses an advanced piracy recognition system that flags videos or music used on users’ channels without permission. Through this ‘Content ID’ system, infringing content can be removed or monetized by funneling ad revenue to copyright holders, which can be quite lucrative for the rightsholders in question. YouTube previously said that it paid $5.5 billion in ad revenue to rightsholders from content...
Convert audio in batches on Linux with SoundConverter
There are many file formats used to store digital audio, and they’re good for different purposes. Digital audio is, of course, only a representation of sound, a rendering of soundwaves that get translated into sound by a decoder and a set of speakers. Some audio formats, generically called lossless formats, aim to encode audio close to its original analog form. Still, there’s a lot of data in the real world, and as yet,...
