Month: October 2016

Founded a decade ago in 2006, SwePiracy grew to become one of the most famous private torrent sites on the Swedish scene. As such, it became a target for anti-piracy outfits.

In February 2012 following an investigation by anti-piracy group Antipiratbyrån (now Rights Alliance), police in Sweden and the Netherlands took coordinated action to shut down the site.

Earlier this year its now 25-year-old operator appeared in court to answer charges relating to the unlawful distribution of a sample 27 movies between March 2011 and February 2012. The prosecution demanded several years in prison and nearly $3 million (25k kronor) in damages.

During the trial last month, SwePiracy defense lawyer Per E. Samuelsson, who also represents Julian Assange and previously took part in The Pirate Bay trial, said the claims against his client were the most unreasonable he’d seen in his 35 years as a lawyer.

After deliberating for three weeks, the Norrköping District Court handed down its decision today. SwePiracy’s former operator was found guilty of copyright infringement but it appears the prosecution’s demands for extremely harsh punishment were largely dismissed.

The torrent site operator avoided a lengthy jail sentence and was sentenced to probation and 100 hours community service instead. The prosecution’s claim for damages was dramatically reduced from millions to ‘just’ $148,000, payable to movie outfit Nordisk Film. On top, the state confiscated $45,600 said to have been generated by SwePiracy.

While the sentence certainly could’ve been worse, it appears that the 25-year-old will still mount an appeal.

“I have been in contact with my client and we will appeal both the conviction and the issue of damages. He thinks that the court went high with the damages,” Per E. Samuelsson told IDG.

And it appears the prosecution aren’t happy with the outcome either. Henrik Pontén from Rights Alliance says that Nordisk Film may also appeal since the District Court failed to apply principles previously applied in the trial of The Pirate Bay.

The parties have until November 1 to file an appeal.

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Cloudflare hat sich die aktuellen DDoS-Angriffe genauer angeschaut - und berichtet, dass einige Angriffe 1,75 Millionen HTTP-Anfragen pro Sekunde erzeugen. (DoS, Virus)

Lenovo recently launched a 12 inch 2-in-1 tablet with a built-in kickstand, a detachable keyboard, pen support, Intel Skylake processor options, and a starting price of $600,

But it looks like the company has a new model or two on the way. A series of leaks suggest Miix 710 and/or Miix 720 models are on the way.

As far as I can tell, the key difference is that the 7xx series models will have Intel Kaby Lake processors rather than Skylake, but there may be some other premium features — Lenovo tends to use higher model numbers for more expensive computers.

Continue reading Lenovo Miix 710 and Miix 720 tablets leaked at Liliputing.

Was in Deutschland die A9, wird in den USA die Interstate 380. Der Kartendienst Here will dort das Potenzial von vernetzten Autos testen. Vor allem für einen bestimmten Fahrzeugtyp. (Here, Technologie)

Google’s new Pixel smartphones will be the first devices to ship with Android 7.1 Nougat, but they’ll also have a few exclusive features that aren’t available for any other phones, at least not at launch… and at least not officially.

For example, the Pixel phones will have the Pixel Launcher, a new Pixel Camera app, and the brand new Google Assistant feature. While I suspect that Google Assistant will eventually be available for other devices, at launch it will be a Pixel exclusive.

Continue reading Google Assistant works with most Android 7.0 devices (unofficially) at Liliputing.

Das lineare Fernsehen wird überleben - zu diesem Schluss kommt zumindest ein Gutachten, das ARD und ZDF bestellt haben und das auf veralteten Daten basiert. Wichtig sei aber, dass mehr Rundfunkgebühren für reine Online-Angebote ausgegeben würden. Wir haben uns das Gutachten angesehen. (Fernsehen, GEZ)

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Im Jahr 2015 ist der französische Fernsehsender TV5 nach einem Angriff auf die IT-Infrastruktur für Stunden lahmgelegt worden. Eine Untersuchung der französischen Polizei zeigt nun, wie planvoll die Angreifer vorgegangen sind. (Security, Malware)

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Inspiriert von der öffentlichkeitswirksamen kostenlosen Verteilung des BBC Micro an britischen Schulen will eine deutsche Initiative ein eigenes Mikrocontroller-Board in deutsche Schulen bringen. Damit ist sie allerdings nicht allein. (Arduino, Wissenschaft)