EU Parliament Adopts DSA Without Banning ‘Dumb’ Upload Filters and Site Blocking
In recent years the European Commission has proposed and adopted various legislative changes to help combat online piracy. This includes the Copyright Directive which passed in 2019. A year later, the EU proposed more copyright regulations as part of the Digital Services Act, which was up for a vote this week. Big Tech and Takedowns The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the official successor to the E-Commerce Directive. The new package...
Record Labels Face Sanctions Over ‘Destroyed’ Piracy Evidence
Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” In the past such drastic action was rare, but with the backing of legal pressure, ISPs are increasingly being held to this standard. Billion Dollar Lawsuits Several major music industry companies including Artista Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music, and Warner Records, have filed lawsuits against...
Make a video game with Bitsy
There are many game design programs and many different possible approaches to game design, but for me, the one that stands out is Bitsy. Created by Adam Le Doux in 2017 and released under an MIT license, Bitsy is, in the words of its creator: “A little editor for little games or worlds. The goal is to make it easy to make games where you can walk around, talk to people, and be somewhere.” read more Powered by...
What you need to know about fuzz testing and Go
The usage of Go is growing rapidly. It is now the preferred language for writing cloud-native software, container software, command-line tools, databases, and more. Go has had built-in support for testing for quite some time now. It makes writing tests and running them using the Go tool relatively easy. read more Powered by...
