August 2017 – Page 61 – news.buyenne.com

Nach Anschlag in Charlottesville: Nazis raus – aber nur aus PR-Gründen

Nach den rassistischen Ausschreitungen in Virginia und dem Terroranschlag gegen Demonstranten kündigen einige Betreiber von Domain- und DNS-Diensten den Nazis – aber auf welcher Basis? Und geschieht dies nicht eher aus PR-Gründen, als aus innerer Überzeugung? Ein IMHO von Hauke Gierow (Politik/Recht, Server-Applikationen)

Nach den rassistischen Ausschreitungen in Virginia und dem Terroranschlag gegen Demonstranten kündigen einige Betreiber von Domain- und DNS-Diensten den Nazis - aber auf welcher Basis? Und geschieht dies nicht eher aus PR-Gründen, als aus innerer Überzeugung? Ein IMHO von Hauke Gierow (Politik/Recht, Server-Applikationen)

Court Orders Aussie ISPs to Block Dozens of Pirate Sites

Following two new court orders issued today, Australian Internet providers must block dozens of additional pirate sites. The new blockades were requested by Foxtel and Village Roadshow, and cover many of the most used pirate sources, including Gomovies, RARBG, 1337x and EZTV. Creative Content Australia warns that people who bypass the blocks could easily run into malware, viruses and other nastiness.

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

Rather than taking site operators to court, copyright holders increasingly demand that Internet providers should block access to ‘pirate’ domains.

As a result, courts all around the world have ordered ISPs to block subscriber access to various pirate sites.

This is also happening in Australia where the first blockades were issued late last year. In December, the Federal Court ordered ISPs to block The Pirate Bay and several other sites, which happened soon after.

However, as is often the case with website blocking, one order is not enough as there are still plenty of pirate sites and proxies readily available. So, several rightsholders including movie studio Village Roadshow and local broadcaster Foxtel went back to court.

Today the Federal Court ruled on two applications that cover 59 pirate sites in total, including many popular torrent and streaming portals.

The first order was issued by Justice John Nicholas, who directed several Internet providers including IINet, Telstra, and TPG to block access to several pirate sites. The request came from Village Roadshow, which was backed by several major Hollywood studios.

The order directs the ISPs to stop passing on traffic to 41 torrent and streaming platforms including Demonoid, RARBG, EZTV, YTS, Gomovies, and Fmovies. The full list of blocked domains is even longer, as it also covers several proxies.

“The infringement or facilitation of infringement by the Online Locations is flagrant and reflect a blatant disregard for the rights of copyright owners,” the order reads.

“By way of illustration, one of the Online Locations is accessible via the domain name ‘istole.it’ and it and many others include notices encouraging users to implement technology to frustrate any legal action that might be taken by copyright owners.”

In a separate order handed down by Federal Court Judge Stephen Burley, another 17 sites are ordered blocked following a request from Foxtel. This includes popular pirate sites such as 1337x, Torlock, Putlocker, YesMovies, Vumoo, and LosMovies.

The second order also includes a wide variety of alternative locations, including proxies, which brings the total number of targeted domain names to more than 160.

As highlighted by SHM, the orders coincide with the launch of a new anti-piracy campaign dubbed “The Price of Piracy,” which is organized by Creative Content Australia. Lori Flekser, Executive director of the non-profit organization, believes that the blockades will help to significantly deter piracy.

“Not only is there decreasing traffic to pirate sites but there is a subsequent increase in traffic to legal sites,” she said.

At the same time, she warns people not to visit proxy and mirror sites, as these could be dangerous. This message is also repeated by her organization’s campaign, which warns that pirate sites can be filled with ransomware, spyware, trojans, viruses, bots, rootkits and worms.

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

A Game of Fire and Leaks, Another ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Leaked Online

It’s not been a great season for HBO’s hit series, ‘Game of Thrones’. But it’s not because the show isn’t as good as before, or that it’s less popular with viewers. And despite Winter having come, and bodies of water frozen over, it’s the leaks that ar…

It's not been a great season for HBO's hit series, 'Game of Thrones'. But it's not because the show isn't as good as before, or that it's less popular with viewers. And despite Winter having come, and bodies of water frozen over, it's the leaks that are causing the most problem in Westeros.

Not just in Westeros, but also in New York, at the headquarters of HBO, where the news of yet another leak of an unaired episode of GoT has executives extremely frustrated.

Following the leak of episode 4, as well as the outlines for episode 4 and 5, episode 6 has now been leaked. This time though, it's not hackers or a production company that's responsible for the leak, but rather, HBO themselves.

Or rather, it's was the fault of HBO Nordic and HBO España, and possible a third party company that helps these two networks manage their online platform. The episode was published online well ahead of the expected release date, which is the upcoming Sunday.

The name HBO Nordic may be familiar, because this isn't even the first time they've leaked an episode inadvertently. In May last year, they leaked episode 5 of season 6, an episode with a revealing ending that provided an answer to a long held question.

[via Variety]

Hilton Digital Key im Kurztest: Wenn das iPhone die Hoteltür öffnet

Bei einem unserer Hotelbesuche hat sich ungeplant die Möglichkeit geboten, alles mit dem iPhone zu erledigen: Von der Fahrstuhlfreigabe bis zum Öffnen der Tür braucht es bei Hilton keine Plastikkarte mehr, sondern nur noch ein Smartphone. Einmal muss der Gast trotzdem zur Rezeption. Ein Bericht von Andreas Sebayang (Smartlock, Smart Home)

Smartphone: Essential Phone kommt mit zwei Monaten Verspätung

Android-Pionier Andy Rubin hat neue Details zum Essential Phone enthüllt. Das im Mai 2017 vorgestellte Oberklasse-Smartphone soll in zwei Wochen ausgeliefert werden – mit einer Verzögerung von zwei Monaten. Zudem gibt es Details zu geplanten Updates. (Android-Handy, Smartphone)

Android-Pionier Andy Rubin hat neue Details zum Essential Phone enthüllt. Das im Mai 2017 vorgestellte Oberklasse-Smartphone soll in zwei Wochen ausgeliefert werden - mit einer Verzögerung von zwei Monaten. Zudem gibt es Details zu geplanten Updates. (Android-Handy, Smartphone)

Touch-ID deaktivieren: iOS 11 bekommt Polizei-Taste

In iOS 11 baut Apple eine Funktion ein, mit der Touch-ID schnell deaktiviert werden kann. Mit schnellem Betätigen der Einschalttaste werden das Notrufmenü aktiviert und der Fingerabdruckscanner abgeschaltet. (Biometrie, Datenschutz)

Alternative Antriebe: Hyundai baut Brennstoffzellen-SUV mit 580 km Reichweite

Hyundai hat sein zweites SUV mit Brennstoffzelle vorgestellt. Außerdem wird der Kona elektrifiziert. Er soll auch in Deutschland verkauft werden und wie der Ioniq 2018 mit 390 km Reichweite glänzen. (Brennstoffzelle, Technologie)

OkCupid bans white supremacist “for life,” asks daters to report others

A white supremacist featured in a Charlottesville documentary can’t use OKC anymore.

Dating site OkCupid made the unusual move of announcing that it had given a single member a "lifetime" ban on Thursday—and naming him—in order to make a point.

"We were alerted that white supremacist Chris Cantwell was on OkCupid," the company wrote at its official Twitter account on Thursday. "Within 10 minutes, we banned him for life."

Cantwell was the subject of a Vice documentary about the white-supremacist Unite The Right marches in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the past weekend, where he offered numerous racist and threatening comments while acting as a march organizer and riding in a car alongside former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke. ("We're not non-violent," Cantwell offered at one point in the documentary. "We'll fucking kill these people if we fucking have to.")

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Sharp sues Hisense over a foreign “gag order”

Sharp files a lawsuit in order to talk about the TVs being made in its name.

Sharp, a Japanese electronics manufacturer, has filed a lawsuit challenging a foreign gag order that company lawyers say prevents Sharp from talking about its own brand.

The dispute is rooted in a licensing deal gone sour between Sharp and Hisense, a fast-growing Chinese maker of televisions and appliances. In financial stress a few years ago, Sharp sold one of its factories to Hisense, along with the rights to sell televisions under the Sharp brand in the North American market for five years.

According to Sharp, Hisense quickly lowered its manufacturing quality and started shipping sub-standard televisions under the Sharp brand. In April, Sharp, now owned by Taiwan-based Foxconn, said that it was terminating the trademark licensing deal. Hisense filed a notice of arbitration with the Singapore International Arbitration Center, which is the dispute resolution agreed upon by the parties in their licensing deal. In June, Sharp filed a lawsuit (PDF) in California state court seeking to terminate the licensing agreement.

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Hyundai looks to build a >300-mile-range electric car

More carmakers are looking toward electric vehicles as fuel cell falters.

On Thursday, Hyundai said that it intends to produce a long-range electric vehicle by 2021 that will be capable of traveling 310 miles on a charge. That vehicle, a luxury Genesis sedan, will follow an electric version of the Kona sport utility vehicle that the Korean automaker hopes to release in the first half of next year. The electric Kona should have a range of 243 miles, Reuters noted.

Along with affiliate company Kia, Hyundai announced eight electric cars and two fuel-cell vehicles coming to market in the near future—a significant jump in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) that the company has planned to bring to market in years prior. Hyundai, like Toyota, has boosted the fuel cell vehicle for years. Fuel cell vehicles use hydrogen as fuel and emit water as a byproduct. But the compressed hydrogen that runs fuel cell vehicles is hard to store and hard to transport, so it has been slow reaching the market, although fuel cell vehicles do have the advantage of being fast to refuel, unlike electric vehicle batteries.

Toyota has also recently shown signs that it’s pouring more resources into mass-producing a long-range electric car as well. In July, an article in The Wall Street Journal noted that the Japanese automaker was working on building a battery with a solid electrolyte that would go into production in 2022. With Tesla and Chevrolet rolling out moderately priced EVs with long-range capabilities, other automakers known for moderately priced cars seem to be ready to get in the ring as well.

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