Collaborate Disseminate
If you’ve scrolled through the list of boot options offered on any PC’s BIOS, it reads like a history of storage technology. Up top we have the options to boot from disk, often a solid-state drive, then USB disk, optical drive, removable media, and down the bottom there’s usually an …read more
Continue reading Booting a PC from Vinyl for a Warmer, Richer OS
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
The RIAA has also renewed calls for the government to consider ‘website blocking’ and filtering to stop music piracy. Continue reading The Music Industry Asks US Government to Make ‘Unauthorized Streaming’ a Felony
Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce. Continue reading Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years
Judge ruled that the man’s warning to his 11-year-old son not to download content illegally was not explicit enough Continue reading Dad ruled liable and fined for his son’s illegal download