Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia’s War in Ukraine
Aerial drones have changed the war in Ukraine. Now, both Russia’s and Ukraine’s militaries are deploying more unmanned ground robots—and the two are colliding. Powered by...
Film Companies Counter Reddit: “An IP Address is Not a Person”
Over the past decade and a half, hundreds of thousands of alleged BitTorrent pirates were taken to court for sharing mostly video content without permission from rightsholders. While this activity is still ongoing, at least to a degree, not all courts have welcomed this type of lawsuit. On several occasions, courts dismissed piracy claims after ruling that “an IP address is not a person”. In 2014, for example, Florida federal court...
Authorities Secure $2 Billion in Bitcoin from Pirate Site Operators
Pirate sites were early adopters of cryptocurrency. The Pirate Bay, for example, started accepting bitcoin donations in 2013. At the time, a single bitcoin was worth roughly $120, just a fraction of today’s price of $43,000. If The Pirate Bay had kept all donations received it would have millions in bitcoin today. Movie2K was another pirate site that showed an early interest in bitcoin. In its heyday, the site was the dominant pirate...
US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools
Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They’re demanding higher standards for federal grants. Powered by WPeMatico
Music Labels ‘Gramophone’ Copyright Lawsuit Comes Too Late, Internet Archive Says
Founded in 1996, the Internet Archive has built an unparalleled library of digital artifacts in less than three decades. Many people are familiar with the website archiving project “Wayback Machine” but the non-profit also has many other preservation projects underway. These meticulous archiving skills are a vital part of the digital history books, which are being ‘written’ as we speak. However, good intentions themselves are not...
