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An unlikely theatre for an act in the right-to-repair saga came last year in the form of McDonalds restaurants, whose McFlurry ice cream machines are prone to breakdown. The manufacturer …read more Continue reading McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Gain A DMCA Exemption
Is critical journalism under attack? A recent exposé reveals a disturbing trend: Companies, in this case, an Indian… Continue reading Indian Firm Linked to Fake DMCA Notices Silencing Journalists
A few weeks ago, some tantalising social media posts emerged from a Def Con talk, in which [Sick Codes] broke into the screen control unit for a John Deere tractor …read more Continue reading Finally We Can Watch The Deere Cracking Def Con Talk
The NTIA has told the Copyright Office it needs to weaken the DMCA and make it easier for people to fix their own stuff. Continue reading Department of Commerce Says We Need Fewer Repair Restrictions
Apple has reignited a legal battle with Corelluim days after settling with the security firm over an ongoing lawsuit against the company for providing a virtual environment for security researchers that recreates its operating system. Apple on Tuesday filed an appeal of a December ruling in which a judge dismissed an argument that Corellium had infringed Apple’s copyright by offering researchers a simulated environment that emulates Apple’s iOS software. The environment allows researchers to hunt for bugs via a controllable browser that can be rebooted, instead of jailbreaking an actual iPhone. It’s the latest update in a case that could have enormous implications for the ability of private researchers and academics to probe major technologies for dangerous flaws without the risk of legal retaliation. The move follows reassurances by Apple that it would rely on security researchers to help vet its controversial new system for scanning child sexual abuse imagery. […]
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Forewarned is forearmed. Here’s our advice on dealing with “copyright infringement” scammers. Continue reading Copyright scammers turn to phone numbers instead of web links
Here’s the latest Naked Security Live talk – watch now! Continue reading Naked Security Live – Beware copyright scams
Last month, the GitHub repository for the popular program youtube-dl was taken down in response to a DMCA takedown notice filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The crux of the RIAA complaint was that the tool could be used to download local copies of music streamed from …read more
Continue reading youtube-dl Makes Their Case, Returns to GitHub
At this point, you’ve likely heard that the GitHub repository for youtube-dl was recently removed in response to a DMCA takedown notice filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As the name implies, this popular Python program allowed users to produce local copies of audio and video that …read more
Continue reading Community Rallies Behind youtube-dl After DMCA Takedown
This week featured a large kerfuffle over a hack that you probably read about here on Hackaday: [Neutrino] wedged an OLED screen and an ESP32 into a Casio calculator. REACT, an anti-counterfeiting organization, filed DMCA copyright takedowns on Casio’s behalf everywhere, including GitHub and YouTube, and every trace of [Neutrino]’s …read more