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...
