MindGeek Wins $32m in Damages from Adult Pirate Site Daftsex.com
Adult entertainment conglomerate MindGeek owns several of the largest ‘free’ tube sites including Pornhub. In the early days, these sites thrived on pirated content but over time, that changed. Today, MindGeek itself is of the most protective copyright holders in the industry. MindGeek subsidiary MG Premium, for example, has many thousands of works registered at the US Copyright Office. To prevent these videos from being shared online...
Once Branded Notorious Pirates, Sites Agree to Filter Out Pirated TV Shows
In early January 2012, many operators of successful, public file-hosting sites were looking forward to another productive year. Over the space of just a few days, everything changed. The destruction of Megaupload by the US government had serious implications for sites with a similar business model. Sites that paid cash to uploaders based on file popularity seemed particularly vulnerable, so it was not unexpected when some threw in the...
How to switch from Twitter to Mastodon
How to switch from Twitter to Mastodon Jessica Cherry Fri, 11/11/2022 – 03:00 Like many people, I find social media somewhat exciting and also…a bit much. Sometimes you get deep-fried in algorithms, tracking data, and ads catered especially for you. You lack administrative control over what you want to see, especially on the old platforms many of us are used to. As usual, you must look to open source to fix the problem....
Drop swap for zram on Linux
Drop swap for zram on Linux David Both Fri, 11/11/2022 – 03:00 I spend a lot of time playing (I mean working) on my computers, and I’ve found a lot of interesting things. One that has most recently come to my attention is the zram0 device. I first noticed it when working on one of my Opensource.com articles several months ago. It showed up in the output from the lsblk command: # lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO...
Queen Maxima of Netherlands Sees Multiple Benefits of Digital Euro
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands has outlined multiple benefits central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could bring, particularly in the area of financial inclusion. “Governments could use a digital euro to channel financial support to low-income households. This would deepen longer-term inclusion, and act as a gateway to other financial services,” she said. Queen Maxima Envisions a Better Future With CBDCs Queen Maxima of the...
