No Trial Today or Ever: YouTube Content ID Lawsuit Dismissed at 11th Hour
According to the original complaint filed July 2, 2020, this was a case about “copyright piracy” and how YouTube, the largest video-sharing website in the world, plays host to huge numbers of videos infringing on the rights of copyright holders. It was a case about how YouTube facilitates and induces a “hotbed of copyright infringement” through its development and implementation of a copyright enforcement system called Content ID, a...
How Premier League’s IPTV Piracy Blocking Was Undermined
In the wake of the 30+ year prison sentences handed down to the people behind Flawless IPTV, we’ve been exploring various aspects of the service’s operations and the extraordinary effort expended by the Premier League to bring Flawless down. While no single facet of Flawless’ operations can explain why such punitive sentences were considered appropriate, the emphasis on the service’s efforts to undermine the Premier League’s ISP...
Talitrix Prison-Monitoring System Tracks Inmates Down to Their Heart Rate
Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates’ location, heartbeats, and more. Powered by WPeMatico
9 Years After the Mt. Gox Hack, Feds Indict Alleged Culprits
Plus: Instagram’s CSAM network gets exposed, Clop hackers claim credit for MOVEit Transfer exploit, and a $35 million crypto heist has North Korean ties. Powered by WPeMatico
Bing Asks Users How They Protect Themselves On The Pirate Bay
The success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT inspired Microsoft to add more AI features to its Bing search engine. The idea is that this will allow users to receive more elaborate answers compared to an ordinary list of links. Whether this strategy will pay off has yet to be seen, but in our tests, something else stood out. People are not the only ones asking questions. Bing itself is quite interested to hear what its users think too. Bing’s...
