“Anna’s Archive” Opens the Door to Z-Library and Other Pirate Libraries
When the file-sharing revolution hit the mainstream well over a decade ago, many site operators and users positioned ‘sharing’ as an ideology. This altruistic belief has started to fade in recent years. For most pirate sites and services, money is the main driver, with piracy as the means to that end. There are some notable exceptions of course, especially in the publishing industry where free access to knowledge is advocated by...
YouTubers Must Pay $3.5m Damages For Uploading 10-Minute Movie Edits
Setting aside two hours to watch a movie can be a luxury these days, especially when the busiest among us claim they can guzzle 200 TikTok videos in much less than that. So-called ‘Fast Movie’ channels appear to offer some middle ground. Popular mainstream movies lasting a couple of hours are edited down to around 10 minutes and then uploaded to YouTube. The aim is to keep the storyline more or less intact yet despite obvious...
17 open source technologists share their favorite keyboards
17 open source technologists share their favorite keyboards Opensource.com Sat, 11/19/2022 – 03:00 Keyboards are necessary to work with a computer system whether it’s for coding, writing, or moving around items in a spreadsheet. They allow access to a computer’s peripherals and are used to get deep into the operating system of any computer. Keyboards come in all shapes and sizes. Some are more comfortable to use than...
