Nearly Every Person in Iraq is an Illegal Streaming Pirate, Sources Say
Piracy is a global phenomenon but the availability of enforcement options varies from country to country. In Iraq, for example, tackling copyright infringement isn’t seen as a priority or a new phenomenon. When U.S. troops were still stationed in Iraq, rightsholders discovered that American soldiers were picking up the local habit. As a result, “copyright notices” were sent to US bases and United States Central Command was put on high...
Marvel Wants Reddit to Expose Mods Suspected of Ant-Man 3 Leak
As Reddit fights to protect the identities of users who simply participated in piracy-related discussions, two new cases filed last Friday may also prove controversial. On February 17, 2023, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania officially kicked off ‘Phase 5’ of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Distributed by Disney to lukewarm reviews, the movie took $105 million at the box office in its first week and then plummeted 70% to...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/13/2023
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 four newcomers on the list. “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre” is the most downloaded title. Note, this list ends on Sunday and doesn’t include the...
5 of the most curious uses of the Raspberry Pi
5 of the most curious uses of the Raspberry Pi AmyJune Tue, 03/14/2023 – 03:00 Recently, I was on a call where it was said that the open source community is a combination of curiosity and a culture of solutions. And curiosity is the basis of our problem-solving. We use a lot of open source when solving problems of all sizes, and that includes Linux running on the supremely convenient Raspberry Pi. We all have such different...
Calculate pi by counting pixels
Calculate pi by counting pixels Jim Hall Tue, 03/14/2023 – 03:00 For Pi Day this year, I wanted to write a program to calculate pi by drawing a circle in FreeDOS graphics mode, then counting pixels to estimate the circumference. I naively assumed that this would give me an approximation of pi. I didn’t expect to get 3.14, but I thought the value would be somewhat close to 3.0. I was wrong. Estimating the circumference of a...
