There’s More to Copyright Than Financial Incentives, Internet Archive Argues in Court
The non-profit Internet Archive (IA) aims to preserve digital history for generations to come. The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. This information becomes more and more valuable as time passes by. IA has plenty of other archive projects too. For example, it operates a library that offers a broad collection of digital media,...
New Piracy Shield Legal Challenge Filed at Italy’s Council of State
Since its launch early February, Italy’s Piracy Shield system and its operators have been at the center of a series of controversies. From blocking innocent platforms and bizarre public denials claiming that never actually happened, to the leaking of Piracy Shield source code online and claims that didn’t happen either, a more difficult debut would be hard to imagine. Yet with legitimate complaints from negatively-affected members of...
Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak
The company belatedly conceded both that it had paid the cybercriminals extorting it and that patient data nonetheless ended up on the dark web. Powered by WPeMatico
The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden signed legislation not only reauthorizing a major FISA spy program but expanding it in ways that could have major implications for privacy rights in the US. Powered by WPeMatico
Animoca Brands Japan Teams up With Square Enix to Market ‘Symbiogenesis’ and Its NFT Collection
Animoca Brands Japan, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding with Square Enix to assist in the marketing of the upcoming game Symbiogenesis and its related NFT collection. Square Enix, known for high-profile games like Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, will leverage Animoca’s experience in Web3 to facilitate Symbiogenesis’s overseas expansion, […] Powered by...
