Copyright Holder Wants the Term “Troll” Banned at Piracy Trial
Over the past several years, adult entertainment company Strike 3 Holdings has filed thousands of cases in U.S. federal courts. These lawsuits target people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent. Rare Files-Sharing Trial Many of these cases result in private settlements and are never heard of again. On occasion, however, a defendant decides to push back and a...
UK Govt: Netflix Password Sharing is Illegal & Potentially Criminal Fraud
Following a limited launch in 2007 with just 1,000 titles, Neflix now carries more than 6,600 movies and TV shows for the enjoyment of more than 223 million subscribers. There’s little doubt that Netflix password sharing contributed to the company’s growth and by publicly condoning it, the practice was completely normalized – globally. The message was clear – Netflix loves you, you love Netflix, and now all your friends love Netflix...
U.S. Doubles Down and Seizes ‘Comeback’ Domains of Pirate Sites
Earlier this month, we reported on a series of FIFA World Cup-themed domain name seizures by US law enforcement. In the initial wave, Homeland Security Investigations took down 55 domain names operated by pirate sports streaming sites. Many of the sites had millions of regular visitors who were confronted with a seizure banner featuring seals of prominent law enforcement outfits. This action was later officially confirmed by the U.S....
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 12/19/2022
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into the piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have four newcomers on the list. “The Fabelmans” is the most downloaded title. The most torrented movies for the week ending on December 19 are: Movie...
How I use Artipie, a PyPI repo
How I use Artipie, a PyPI repo olena Tue, 12/20/2022 – 03:00 While developing with Python as a student, I found that I needed some private centralized storage. This was so I could store binary and text data files, as well as Python packages. I found the answer in Artipie, an open source self-hosted software repository manager. At university, my colleagues and I conducted research and worked with a lot of data from experimental...
