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A man said to be the brains behind one of France’s most popular streaming sites has been sentenced in his absence by a court in the suburbs of Paris. Currently on the run, the 41-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison and a shocking 83 million euros in damages after infringing the rights of companies including Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros.
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Way back in 2011, Streamiz was reported to be the second most popular pirate streaming site in France with around 250,000 visitors per day. The site didn’t host its own content but linked to movies elsewhere.
This prominent status soon attracted the attention of various entertainment companies including the National Federation of Film Distributors (FNDF) which filed a complaint against the site back in 2009.
Investigators eventually traced the presumed operator of the site to a location in the Hauts-de-Seine region of France. In October 2011 he was arrested leaving his Montrouge home in the southern Parisian suburbs. His backpack reportedly contained socks stuffed with almost 30,000 euros in cash.
The man was ordered to appear before the investigating judge but did not attend. He also failed to appear during his sentencing this Monday, which may or may not have been a good thing, depending on one’s perspective.
In his absence, the now 41-year-old was found guilty of copyright infringement offenses and handed one of the toughest sentences ever in a case of its type.
According to an AFP report, when the authorities can catch up with him the man must not only serve two years in prison but also pay a staggering 83.6 million euros in damages to Disney, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros and SACEM, the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers.
Streamiz is now closed but at its peak offered around 40,000 movies to millions of users per month. In total, the site stood accused of around 500,000,000 infringements, earning its operator an estimated 150,000 euros in advertising revenue over a two year period.
“This is a clear case of commercial counterfeiting” based on a “very structured” system, David El Sayegh, Secretary General of SACEM, told AFP. His sentence “sends a very clear message: there will be no impunity for pirates,” he added.
With an arrest warrant still outstanding, the former Streamiz admin is now on the run with very few options available to him. Certainly, the 83.6 million euro fine won’t ever be paid but the prison sentence is something he might need to get behind him.
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Ein außerirdischer Ozean voller Abenteuer, eine Reise ins Universum und ein Prügelspiel mit einem keltischen Krieger: Empfehlenswerte neue Indiegames bieten tolle Unterhaltung und Geschichten für Herz und Verstand. Von Rainer Sigl (Indiegames Rundschau…
Ein außerirdischer Ozean voller Abenteuer, eine Reise ins Universum und ein Prügelspiel mit einem keltischen Krieger: Empfehlenswerte neue Indiegames bieten tolle Unterhaltung und Geschichten für Herz und Verstand. Von Rainer Sigl (Indiegames Rundschau, Spieletest) Mit der kommenden Android-Hauptversion werden Hintergrundaktivitäten von Apps stärker als bisher beschränkt. Damit soll mit Android P die Sicherheit von Smartphones und Tablets erhöht werden. (Android P, Google)
Der Glücksspielstaatsvertrag ermöglicht es Aufsichtsbehörden, Finanzdienstleister im Kampf gegen unerlaubte Online-Anbieter in Anspruch zu nehmen. Der Augsburger Staatsrechtler Matthias Rossi warnt vor “datenschutzrechtlichen Kollateralschäden”. Von St…
Der Glücksspielstaatsvertrag ermöglicht es Aufsichtsbehörden, Finanzdienstleister im Kampf gegen unerlaubte Online-Anbieter in Anspruch zu nehmen. Der Augsburger Staatsrechtler Matthias Rossi warnt vor "datenschutzrechtlichen Kollateralschäden". Von Stefan Krempl (Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Internet) Apple hat die dritte Betaversion von iOS 11.3 und TVOS 11.3 veröffentlicht und die gerade erst mit der Vorversion eingebaute Airplay-2-Funktionalität wieder entfernt. Das könnte Homepod-Nutzer verärgern. (Airplay, Apple)
Apples Heimvernetzung Homekit kommuniziert nur mit Geräten, die mit WLAN und Bluetooth arbeiten. Die Bridge Homee soll nun Homekit-fähig werden, was Apples System auch an Smart-Home-Geräte mit Z-Wave, Zigbee und Enocean anbindet. (Homekit, Apple)
Apple hat vor ungefähr 20 Jahren das Logo gewechselt. Der angebissene Apfel ist früher farbig gestreift gewesen. Nun hat Apple die Bildmarke in den USA wieder angemeldet – für Hüte und Mützen. (Apple, Politik/Recht)
Apple hat vor ungefähr 20 Jahren das Logo gewechselt. Der angebissene Apfel ist früher farbig gestreift gewesen. Nun hat Apple die Bildmarke in den USA wieder angemeldet - für Hüte und Mützen. (Apple, Politik/Recht) Developers are in the process of releasing updates the fix the critical flaws.
Enlarge / A screenshot of one of the uTorrent PoC exploits in action. (credit: Google Project Zero)
Two versions of uTorrent, one of the Internet's most widely used BitTorrent apps, are vulnerable to a host of easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code, access downloaded files, and snoop on download histories, a Google Project Zero researcher said. uTorrent developers are in the process of rolling out fixes for both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and the newer uTorrent Web product.
The vulnerabilities, according to Project Zero, make it possible for any website a user visits to control key functions in both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and in uTorrent Web, an alternative to desktop BitTorrent apps that uses a web interface and is controlled by a browser. The biggest threat is posed by malicious sites that could exploit the flaw to download malicious code into the Windows startup folder, where it will be automatically run the next time the computer boots up. Any site a user visits can also access downloaded files and browse download histories.
In an e-mail sent late Tuesday afternoon, Dave Rees, VP of Engineering at BitTorrent, the developer of the uTorrent apps, said the flaw has been fixed in a beta release of the uTorrent Windows desktop app, but has not yet been delivered to users who already have the production version of the app installed. The fixed version, uTorrent/BitTorrent 3.5.3.44352, is available here for download and will be automatically pushed out to users in the coming days. In a separate e-mail sent Tuesday evening, Rees said uTorrent Web had also been patched. "We highly encourage all uTorrent Web customers to update to the latest available build 0.12.0.502 available on our website and also via the in-application update notification," he wrote.
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The company has new payload fairings and a new boat. Better luck this time with recovery?
Enlarge / SpaceX has a sooty booster on the pad in California, ready for a launch Wednesday morning. (credit: SpaceX)
After the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket two weeks ago, going back to launching a single core of a Falcon 9 rocket may seem like something of a letdown. But the next SpaceX launch, presently scheduled for early Wednesday morning, is worth tuning into. The instantaneous launch window opens (and closes) at 9:17am ET Wednesday, and weather conditions forecast for the launchpad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California, are 90-percent favorable.
The primary mission on Wednesday is the launch of the PAZ satellite to low Earth orbit. This is a synthetic aperture radar satellite that can generate high-resolution images of the Earth's surface, regardless of whether there are clouds covering the ground. The customer is Hisdesat, a Spain-based commercial satellite company.
The Falcon 9 rocket will also carry a second payload of note: two experimental non-geostationary orbit satellites, Microsat-2a and -2b. Those are two satellites that SpaceX has previously said would be used in its first phase of broadband testing as part of an ambitious plan to eventually deliver global satellite Internet. Further satellites will be launched in phases, with SpaceX intending to reach full capacity with more than 4,000 satellites in 2024.
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Vodafone und Telefónica wollen sich die Glasfaseranbindung ihrer Mobilfunkstandorte teilen und auch zusammen neue Anbindungen schaffen. Zudem erwirbt Vodafone 3,5-GHz-Frequenzen von der Telefónica. (
Mit der kommenden Android-Hauptversion werden Hintergrundaktivitäten von Apps stärker als bisher beschränkt. Damit soll mit Android P die Sicherheit von Smartphones und Tablets erhöht werden. (
Apple hat die dritte Betaversion von iOS 11.3 und TVOS 11.3 veröffentlicht und die gerade erst mit der Vorversion eingebaute Airplay-2-Funktionalität wieder entfernt. Das könnte Homepod-Nutzer verärgern. (
Apples Heimvernetzung Homekit kommuniziert nur mit Geräten, die mit WLAN und Bluetooth arbeiten. Die Bridge Homee soll nun Homekit-fähig werden, was Apples System auch an Smart-Home-Geräte mit Z-Wave, Zigbee und Enocean anbindet. (
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