BREIN is Not Allowed to Warn BitTorrent Pirates, But it Can Sue Them
Supported by Hollywood and other content industries, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has a long and well-established track record. Where other groups often take pride in announcing million-dollar damages and prison sentences against pirates, BREIN is rather pragmatic. This approach is illustrated by a warning campaign launched at the end of 2020. Unlike other copyright enforcement groups, BREIN is not interested in casual pirates....
More Than 20,000 Pirate Sites Are Blocked By ISPs Around the Globe
Over the years, copyright holders have tried a multitude of measures to curb online piracy, with varying levels of success. Site blocking has emerged as one of the preferred solutions. While blocking measures are not bulletproof, the general idea is that they pose a large enough hurdle for casual pirates to choose legal options instead. The blocking approach was very controversial at the start of the last decade but it’s increasingly...
What you need to know about compiling code
What you need to know about compiling code Alan Smithee Thu, 10/13/2022 – 03:00 Source code must be compiled in order to run, and in open source software everyone has access to source code. Whether you’ve written code yourself and you want to compile and run it, or whether you’ve downloaded somebody’s project to try it out, it’s useful to know how to process source code through a compiler, and also what...
Asynchronous programming in Rust
Asynchronous programming in Rust Stephan Avenwedde Thu, 10/13/2022 – 03:00 Asynchronous programming: Incredibly useful but difficult to learn. You can’t avoid async programming to create a fast and reactive application. Applications with a high amount of file or network I/O or with a GUI that should always be reactive benefit tremendously from async programming. Tasks can be executed in the background while the user still...
