SEGA Lawyers Demand “Immediate Suspension” of Steam Database Over Alleged Piracy
With millions of visitors every month, Steam Database (SteamDB) has established itself as a formidable resource for gaming fans. The third-party service’s aim is to promote Steam by providing insight into the gaming platform and the masses of data made available via its official APIs. SteamDB’s front page provides data on Steam’s most-played games, displays real-time player stats, plus lists of trending games, popular releases, and...
TuneIn Infringed Labels’ Copyrights, Court of Appeal Rules
In 2017, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group sued US-based radio aggregator TuneIn for infringing their copyrights in the UK. TuneIn offers some premium streams to customers but describes itself as an “audio guide”, primarily acting as an index of streams offered by third-parties. However, when TuneIn offered links to radio stations unlicensed for transmission in the UK, Warner and Sony believed that amounted to a breach...
British MP’s Old Domain Name Targeted in Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuit
In recent years, ABS-CBN, the largest media and entertainment company in the Philippines, has filed a series of lawsuits against pirate sites in the US. These complaints typically list domain names as defendants, accusing their anonymous operators of copyright and trademark infringement, among other things. ABS-CBN’s Million Dollar Piracy Lawsuits This legal campaign has been relatively successful to date. ABS-CBN has won millions of...
Top 10 Most Torrented Movies of The Week – 03/29/2021
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two new entries in the list. “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is the most downloaded title. The film can be watched online legally on HBO Max, but that’s...
Access Python package index JSON APIs with requests
PyPI, the Python package index, provides a JSON API for information about its packages. This is essentially a machine-readable source of the same kind of data you can access while browsing the website. For example, as a human, I can head to the NumPy project page in my browser, click around, and see which versions there are, what files are available, and things like release dates and which Python versions are supported: read more...
