Month: November 2015

Mit dem iPad Pro hat sich Apple weiter vom alten 10-Zoll-Mantra entfernt und gleichzeitig erstmals einen aktiven Stylus für eines seiner Tablets veröffentlicht. Im Tablet steckt sehr schnelle und topaktuelle Hardware - aber eignet sich das Gerät tatsächlich als Laptop-Ersatz? (iPad Pro, Apple)

Early last year The Court of The Hague handed down its decision in a long running case which had previously forced two Dutch ISPs, Ziggo and XS4ALL, to block The Pirate Bay.

The Court ruled against local anti-piracy outfit BREIN, concluding that the blockade was ineffective and restricted the ISPs’ entrepreneurial freedoms.

The Pirate Bay was unblocked by all local ISPs after the decision while local anti-piracy organization BREIN took the matter to the Supreme Court.

Today, the Court decided to postpone its final decision. Following a recommendation from the Advocate General it decided to stay the proceedings and refer two key questions to the EU Court of Justice, seeking clarification.

The first question that requires a European review is whether The Pirate Bay is actually communicating illegal content to the public.

More specifically, whether the operator of a website is communicating copyrighted works to the public if the site doesn’t host any content, but merely links to and categorizes meta-information so users can download the linked files.

If this question is answered negatively then the EU Court should clarify whether ISPs can be ordered to block a site if the operator facilitates copyright infringement in this way.

A decision at the European level will be important, as it may also affect court orders in other countries, such as the UK, Italy and Belgium where The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites are blocked as well.

After the questions are resolved at the EU Court the Dutch Supreme Court will make its final decision.

Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Google macht Musik: Mit Youtube Music hat das Unternehmen in den USA eine Musik-Streaming-App veröffentlicht. Vorerst ist das Programm nur in den USA verfügbar. (Streaming, Google)

Mit der App F.lux lässt sich die Farbtemperatur von iOS-Geräten den eigenen Wünschen angepassen. Die App konnte nur per Sideloading via XCode installiert werden, weil sie nicht für den Apple Store zugelassen wurde. Apple hat den Entwicklern nun untersagt, die App auf ihrer Website anzubieten. (Apple, iOS)

Das erste große Update für Windows 10 wird verteilt: Microsoft aktualisiert das Betriebssystem mit neuen Funktionen für den Edge-Browser, verbesserte Anpassungsoptionen der Oberfläche und Speed Shifting für Skylake-Prozessoren. Zudem ist Windows 10 nun mit älteren Windows-Schlüsseln aktivierbar. (Windows 10, Applikationen)

Unkomplizierte Kämpfe mit ferngesteuerten Autos ohne feste Strecken auch gegen Computergegner verspricht REV. Wir wollten wissen, ob es besser als Anki Overdrive ist. (Games, Smartphone)

Die Einführung von 5G rückt immer näher. Golem.de hat mit dem Chef des Bereiches Radio Research bei Nokia Networks darüber gesprochen, welche Datenrate wirklich beim Nutzer ankommt und warum immer noch gedrosselt wird, obwohl der Übertragungspreis pro Bit immer günstiger wird. (5G, Nokia)

Wer zu schnell fährt, wird von der Polizei angehalten, aber auch wer viel zu langsam fährt, macht sich verdächtig. Diese Erfahrung machte nun ein autonom fahrendes Auto von Google. Es wurde wegen Langsamfahren gestoppt. (Autonomes Fahren, Google)

Between April 2012 and May 2015, a handful of international rightsholder groups went to the UK High Court to obtain blocking injunctions against some of the world’s most popular ‘pirate’ sites.

In response to these blockades, dozens of alternative domains appeared. Some simply provided a new way to access an existing site while some were clones or mirrors offering a similar experience to the original. However, the vast majority were proxy-style operations, ones which allowed users to bypass blockades by visiting a new URL.

This appearance of new domains epitomized the “whac-a-mole” analogy so often referenced in connection with pirate sites. When one gets struck down, another appears. It’s a neverending game for rightsholders but in the UK it seems to be one they’re willing to play.

As recently as October, dozens of new domains were added to the UK’s blocklist adding to the hundreds already present. And now, during the second week of November, around 170 more have been silently tagged on.

The full list can be found below and it contains many familiar names. The vast majority are connected, however loosely, to sites covered by earlier court orders. As is usually the case, many of the targeted URLs are Pirate Bay proxies, mirrors and/or clones, with the same holding true for KickassTorrents.

One ‘sleeper’ site definitely worth a mention is PirateProxy.la. According to Alexa, from a standing start in September the site has grown to become the 278th most popular site in the UK overall. That growth will almost certainly come to an abrupt end with the latest block.

Popular MP3 sites also get a look in (MP3Bear, MP3Clan, MP3Lemon, MP3Monkey, MP3Raid, MP3Skull etc) but at this point it’s almost impossible to say with any certainty how or if they are connected to the original sites. It’s a situation playing out across the whole file-sharing site spectrum and is potentially putting users at risk.

While rightsholders used to announce blockades when a new court order was won, these days sites are added almost silently to the blocklists operated by BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, EE and TalkTalk.

Initially the BPI, MPA, The Premier League and Members of The Publishers Association, obtained more than 20 injunctions against ‘pirate’ sites but now additional domains are simply added to those orders. Pirate Bay proxies, for example, are considered part of the Pirate Bay operation and no new court order is required to have them blocked.

The list of domains blocked in the most recent wave

1337x.unblocked2.bz
bushtorrente.com
dadotorrent.com
emp3world.unblocked.la
emp3world1.com
etmirror.com
ikwilthepiratebay.nl
limetorrenturlx.com
monova.unblocked.la
mp3raid.unblocked.la
mp3raid.work
mp3skull.unblocked.la
mp3skull.wtf
pirateproxy.la
seedpeer.unblocked.la
torrentcrazy.unblocked.la
torrentdb.li
avoidcensorship.com
bayproxy.net
bayproxy.org
beemp3s.org
bittorrent.am
bittorrent.am
bittorrent.pm
bittorrent.pm
btloft.com
bts.ph
bts.to
btscene.cc
btscene.com
btscene.eu
btscene.net
btscene.org
btsdl.cc
emp3world.com
emp3world.so
emp3world.to
etproxy.com
extratorrent.ee
extratorrent.tv
extratorrentlive.com
extratorrentonline.com
fastpiratebay.eu
fullsongs.net
ikwilthepiratebay.nl
ka.tt
kat.sx
katproxy.bz
katproxy.com
katproxy.is
kickass.la
kickassto.co
kickasstorrents.ee
kickasstorrents.to
kickassunblock.eu
kickassunblock.net
kuiken.co
limetor.com
limetor.net
limetorrents.cc
limetorrents.co
limetorrents.in
limetorrents.net
mega-search.me
megasear.ch
megasearch.co
mp3.ink
mp3.re
mp3.supply
mp3bear.biz
mp3bear.com
mp3bear.org
mp3bear.to
mp3boo.com
mp3boo.me
mp3clan.com
mp3clan.mobi
mp3clan.net
mp3clan.ninja
mp3clan.ro
mp3lemon.net
mp3monkey.net
mp3raid.com
mp3raid.info
mp3raid.work
mp3skull.com
mp3skull.cr
mp3skull.is
mp3skull.to
mp3soup.net
mymirrorpirate.com
mypirateproxy.com
myproxypirate.com
newbursalagu.com
outlaw.is
picktorrent.com
pirateahoy.eu
piratebay.net
piratebay1.com
piratebayproxy.be
piratebayproxy.co.uk
pirateproxy.bz
pirateproxy.ca
pirateproxy.in
pirateproxy.net
pirateproxy.nl
pirateproxy.se
pirateproxy.sx
pirateproxy.ws
pirateuropa.net
plixid.com
proxybay.co
proxybay.eu
proxybay.net
proxybay.pl
proxybay.pw
proxybay.xyz
proxytpb.nl
stafaband.co.uk
techtoy.co.uk/pirate-bay-mirrors
thehiddenbay.net
thepiratebay-proxylist.com
thepiratebay.ae.org
thepiratebay.ar.com
thepiratebay.com
thepiratebay.com.ua
thepiratebay.cr
thepiratebay.de.com
thepiratebay.ee
thepiratebay.gb.com
thepiratebay.gg
thepiratebay.je
thepiratebay.lv
thepiratebay.mg
thepiratebay.net
thepiratebay.org.in
thepiratebay.org.ua
thepiratebay.website
thepirateboat.eu
thepiratemirror.com
theproxypirate.com
torrentbit.net
torrentbit.nl
torrentcrazy.ee
torrentcrazy.to
torrentdb.li
torrentdownload.biz
torrentdownload.co
torrentdownload.me
torrentdownload.ws
torrentdownloads.cc
torrentdownloads.co
torrentdownloads.me
torrentdownloads.net
torrentexpress.net
torrentfunk.info
torrentfunk.net
torrentfunk.org
torrents.am
torrentsdownload.org
tpbproxy.cc
uberadserver.biz
uberadserver.com
uberadserver.mobi
uberadserver.net
uberadserver.org
ukbay.co
ukbay.org
unblockthepiratebay.net
xspyz.com
zooqle.eu
zooqle.in
zooqle.net

Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Dieses Leak war wohl keines: Das russische Staatsfernsehen zeigte Zeichnungen eines geheimen Waffensystems. Es sei ein Versehen gewesen, sagt die russische Regierung. Es war wohl eher eine Botschaft an die USA. (Politik/Recht, Fernsehen)