Company ‘Hijacks’ Blender’s CC BY-Licensed Film, YouTube Strikes User
The Blender Institute develops Blender, a free and open source 3D graphics tool used to create animated films. “Blender is Free Software. Free to Use. Free to Change. Free to Share. Free to Sell Your Work,” a statement from Blender reads. The team at Blender Studio drive Blender development by providing help and training courses to Blender users in an open environment, sharing everything in public and making all content available...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/05/2022
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have three newcomers on the list. “Black Adam” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on December 05 are: Movie Rank...
New Pirate Site Blocking Law Allows Intermediaries To File Complaints
A decade ago prominent voices issued dire warnings that blocking would “break the internet,” but of course, the internet survived, just as blocking advocates said it would. That meant tacit permission for more piracy blocks, then faster blocks, and then both – with less involvement of the courts and unnecessary public oversight. And with the groundwork done, other countries could quickly implement the same kinds of systems because the...
6 steps to get verified on Mastodon with encrypted keys
6 steps to get verified on Mastodon with encrypted keys Seth Kenlon Mon, 12/05/2022 – 03:00 Mastodon permits its users to self-verify. The easiest method to do this is through a verification link. For advanced verification, though, you can use the power of shared encrypted keys, which Mastodon can link to thanks to the open source project Keyoxide. Install Pretty good privacy (PGP) is a standard for shared key encryption. All...
Why you should try the Nemo file manager on Linux
Why you should try the Nemo file manager on Linux Seth Kenlon Mon, 12/05/2022 – 03:00 Computers are fancy filing cabinets, full of virtual folders and files waiting to be referenced, cross-referenced, edited, updated, saved, copied, moved, renamed, and organized. In this article, I’m taking a look at a file manager for your Linux system. The Cinnamon project was formed as a reimplementation of GNOME 2 using the components...
