Month: August 2018

Im Flug über den Stau und auf entlegene Inseln: Die japanische Regierung fördert die Einführung von Flugautos und Lufttaxis. Dazu arbeitet sie mit Unternehmen wie Airbus, Boeing und Uber zusammen. (Flugauto, Technologie)

Grund zur Schadenfreude bei Google: Bei der nicht im Play Store erhältlichen Android-Version von Fortnite hat Epic Games eine gravierende Sicherheitslücke übersehen. Die ist behoben - aber der Streit zwischen den Unternehmen geht weiter. (Fortnite, Google)

Grund zur Schadenfreude bei Google: Bei der nicht im Play Store erhältlichen Android-Version von Fortnite hat Epic Games eine gravierende Sicherheitslücke übersehen. Die ist behoben - aber der Streit zwischen den Unternehmen geht weiter. (Fortnite, Google)

Der Anwender Rocket Internet stellt sich auf die Seite von United-Internet-Gründer Ralph Dommermuth. Ein vierter Mobilfunkbetreiber sei nötig oder das Ende des Industriestandortes Deutschland sei gekommen. (United Internet, Telekom)

Das Speed Home Wifi wird ein Mesh-System sein, das die Deutsche Telekom für Heimnetze optimiert. Laut einem vorab bekanntgewordenen Dokument sind die Mesh-Systeme mit Speedport-Routern und EntertainTV kompatibel. Dafür ist die maximale Größe des Meshes begrenzt. (Telekom, WLAN)

LGs Q Stylus kommt nach Deutschland: Das im Juni 2018 vorgestellte Android-Smartphone hat einen integrierten Eingabestift, mit dem Nutzer handschriftliche Notizen machen können. Das funktioniert wie bei den Galaxy-Note-Modellen von Samsung auch bei ausgeschaltetem Display. (LG, Smartphone)

Amazon belohnt Lagermitarbeiter, wenn sie auf Twitter positiv über ihren Arbeitsalltag berichten. Damit will Amazon Berichten zu schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen in den Lagern des Versandhändlers etwas entgegensetzen. (Amazon)

This week we have two newcomers in our chart.

Deadpool 2 is the most downloaded movie again.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

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This week’s most downloaded movies are:

Movie Rank	Rank last week	Movie name	IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1	(1)	Deadpool 2	8.0 / trailer
2	(…)	Ocean’s Eight	6.3 / trailer
3	(2)	Avengers: Infinity War	8.7 / trailer
4	(3)	Upgrade	7.7 / trailer
5	(…)	Hereditary	8.7 / trailer
6	(7)	Tag	6.7 / trailer
7	(4)	Adrift	6.7 / trailer
8	(6)	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (subbed HDRip)	6.5 / trailer
9	(5)	Skyscraper (subbed HDRip)	6.1 / trailer
10	(8)	Rampage	6.3 / trailer

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December 2015, a Virginia federal jury ruled that Internet provider Cox Communications was responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers.

The ISP was found guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered to pay music publisher BMG Rights Management $25 million in damages.

Unhappy with the outcome, Cox filed an appeal, with some success.

Earlier this year the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the original verdict due to an erroneous jury instruction and ordered a new trial. However, the ISP would start at a significant disadvantage, without safe harbor protection, because it failed to implement a meaningful repeat infringer policy.

This week would mark the start of the new trial but this can be scrapped, as both parties have chosen to settle the matter out of court instead.

Cox agreed to pay an undisclosed settlement amount to BMG. While the scale of the settlement remains undisclosed the music rights group notes that it is “extremely happy” with the “substantial settlement.”

In the initial case, Cox was ordered to pay $25 million plus $8.5 million in costs. It would make sense that the settlement amount is lower than that, but it’s likely still in the millions.

“While the financial terms of the settlement are confidential, we are happy they reflect the seriousness of this case,” says Keith Hauprich, BMG’s General Counsel in North America.

“This was a landmark case in which BMG took on the third biggest internet service provider in the United States to defend and establish the principle that in order to benefit from a so-called ‘safe harbor’ defense, an ISP has responsibilities.”

BMG said it agreed to a settlement because it has already established in court that ISPs are obliged to take action against repeat infringers. If ISPs don’t take reasonable measures, they can lose their DMCA safe harbor, which opens them up to piracy liability claims.

We reached out to Cox requesting a comment on the outcome but at the time of publication, we have yet to hear back.

The case has caused a lot of uproar in the ISP community. Several companies have taken a good look at their internal policies and likely tightened them where needed. Those who haven’t should pay attention, BMG’s General Counsel warns.

“Other ISPs should take note that the law gives protection to the work of artists and songwriters. We will not hesitate to take action where necessary,” Hauprich stresses.

The BMG vs. Cox case was the first of its kind, but it’s certainly not the last. Several Internet providers have been sued over the repeat infringer issue over the past several years, including Grande Communications, which was taken to court by the major record labels.

Seizing the opportunity, the same labels also filed a lawsuit against Cox recently. This case lists more than 10,000 works, which means that the potential damages exceed a billion dollars.

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