Malaysia Will Not Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Government Says
Malaysia’s deputy finance minister has clarified that the government will not adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender. “Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are not suitable for use as a payment instrument due to various limitations,” he said. Bitcoin Will Not Be Legal Tender in Malaysia, Says Deputy Finance Minister Following reports that a high-ranking government official has proposed adopting cryptocurrency as legal tender in Malaysia, the...
Court: Null-Routing is Not a Practical Anti-Piracy Measure
A group of independent film companies has taken the issue of piracy liability to a new level over the past year. After pursuing lawsuits against file-sharers, pirate site operators, and app developers, they started going after VPN providers and their hosting companies. This strategy has resulted in a few settlement agreements already. VPN providers Torguard, VPN Unlimited, and VPN.ht all agreed to block torrent traffic on U.S....
Pirate IPTV Services Disrupted By Dozens of Rightsholders On Multiple Fronts
Pirates and rightsholders alike understand that eliminating all piracy is an impossible task but if the last 20+ years of mainstream piracy have shown anything, it’s that those with content to protect will never give up trying. That can mean aggressive shutdowns through to policy and legislative changes but the overall goal in the face of an impossible task is disruption. And rightsholders are getting increasingly good at it. One of...
