copyright, courts, Security technology, Uncategorized
Lots of complicated details here: too many for me to summarize well. It involves an obscure Section 230 provision—and an even more obscure typo. Read this. Powered by WPeMatico
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copyright, fraud, music, scams, Security technology, Uncategorized
Scammers were able to convince YouTube that other peoples’ music was their own. They successfully stole $23 million before they were caught. No one knows how common this scam is, and how much money total is being stolen in this way. Presumably this is not an uncommon fraud. While the size of the heist and … Read More “$23 Million YouTube Royalties Scam” »
copyright, courts, infrastructure, Internet and society, Security technology, Uncategorized
It’s a matter of going after those with deep pockets. From Wired: Cloudflare was sued in November 2018 by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, two wedding dress manufacturers and sellers that alleged Cloudflare was guilty of contributory copyright infringement because it didn’t terminate services for websites that infringed on the dressmakers’ copyrighted designs…. … Read More “Suing Infrastructure Companies for Copyright Violations” »
copyright, hacking, law enforcement, police, Security technology, Uncategorized
Vice is reporting on a new police hack: playing copyrighted music when being filmed by citizens, trying to provoke social media sites into taking the videos down and maybe even banning the filmers: In a separate part of the video, which Devermont says was filmed later that same afternoon, Devermont approaches [BHPD Sgt. Billy] Fair … Read More “Deliberately Playing Copyrighted Music to Avoid Being Live-Streamed” »
copyright, dmca, eff, hacking, internetofthings, reverseengineering, Security technology, securityengineering
For years, the DMCA has been used to stifle legitimate research into the security of embedded systems. Finally, the research exemption to the DMCA is in effect (for two years, but we can hope it’ll be extended forever). Powered by WPeMatico