“Secret” Illegal Streaming Survey Carries Some Surprises
For many years, entertainment industry companies asked pirates “to do the right thing” after considering the effects of unlawful consumption on artists. More recently, however, there has been a shift towards getting pirates to think of themselves, with stark warnings that piracy is bad for consumers since it exposes them to numerous risks. As a result, there are now many piracy=malware campaigns underway. FACT Survey – Pirates Warn...
Record Labels Should Sue Us in Russia, YouTube Rippers Suggest
In 2018, a group of prominent record labels filed a piracy lawsuit against two very popular YouTube rippers, FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. The labels, including Universal, Warner, and Sony, accused the sites and their Russian operator Tofig Kurbanov of facilitating massive copyright infringement. Jurisdiction Battle While many foreign site operators choose not to fight back, Kurbanov dug in his heels. With help from a seasoned legal team,...
Convert audio files with this versatile Linux command
I work with media, and when you work with any kind of media, you learn pretty quickly that standardization is a valuable tool. Just as you wouldn’t try to add a fraction to a decimal without converting one or the other, I’ve learned that it’s not ideal to combine media of differing formats. Most hobbyist-level applications make the conversion process invisible to the user as a convenience. Flexible software aimed at...
How I build and expand application development and testing
In my previous article, I explained why tackling coding problems all at once, as if they were hordes of zombies, is a mistake. I also explained the first ZOMBIES principle, Zero. In this article, I’ll demonstrate the next two principles: One and Many. ZOMBIES is an acronym that stands for: read more Powered by...
