Month: September 2018

Die meisten Spiele im Aboangebot Playstation Now können künftig auch heruntergeladen und offline genutzt werden - statt sie im Stream zu verwenden. Nett: Der Multiplayermodus ist auch ohne PS Plus verfügbar. (Playstation Now, Sony)

Trotz der internationalen Aufregung über Schusswaffen aus dem 3D-Drucker will die Bundesregierung das Waffenrecht nicht verschärfen. Für den Umgang und die Produktion von Pistolen bedürfe es bereits jetzt einer speziellen Erlaubnis, Zuwiderhandlungen würden bestraft. Von Stefan Krempl (Bundesregierung, CAD)

Die Codehosting- und DevOps-Plattform Gitlab bekommt weitere 100 Millionen US-Dollar Risikokapital. Das Geld stammt unter anderem von Alphabet - dessen Tochter Google zuvor die Plattform Github kaufen wollte, jedoch an Microsoft scheiterte. Gitlab will mittelfristig offenbar an die Börse. (Gitlab, Google)

Amazon hat den Echo Auto angekündigt. Das Zubehör, mit dem Nutzer Alexa in ihr Auto integrieren können, verfügt über acht Mikrofone und soll trotz Fahrgeräuschen zuverlässig arbeiten. (Amazon Alexa, Sound-Hardware)

Adobe hat die größte Übernahme in seiner langen Konzerngeschichte getätigt. Die Experience Cloud ist ein zunehmend wichtiges Geschäftsfeld. (Photoshop, Adobe)

Teuer, in der Regel nicht mit 4K und erst recht nicht mit Mehrkanalton oder HDR - so ist das Premiumangebot von Sky im Jahr 2018. Ein Test von Michael Wieczorek (Sky, Test)

In March 2017, the Premier League obtained a blocking injunction from the High Court which compelled ISPs including BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media to block unauthorized soccer streams under Section 97a of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

A second order was handed down by the High Court in July 2017, running from August 12, 2017 to May 13, 2018. An extension was granted by the Court in July 2018.

Given the claimed success of the blockades and the problem of live sports piracy generally, other sports organizations showed interest in the scheme. One of those was Matchroom, the owner, manager, and promoter of various sporting events.

Although the company has interests in darts, snooker, and poker, it is best known for its involvement in boxing. World champion Anthony Joshua and former champions Kell Brook and Tony Bellew have all featured in Matchroom bouts, and all of these events have been heavily pirated online.

Now, however, Matchroom is hoping to put an end to that practice in the UK following a successful application to the High Court.

Following in the footsteps of the Premier League, Matchroom applied for an injunction against ISPs BT, EE, Plusnet, Sky, TalkTalk, and Virgin Media. None of the ISPs appeared to represent themselves and either supported or did not oppose the application. As a result, the application was considered “on paper”.

Sky has an exclusive agreement with Matchroom to broadcast the company’s events. Matchroom owns the copyrights when Anthony Joshua fights and Sky owns them when other fighters appear. However, Joshua is fighting this Saturday night against Alexander Povetkin at Wembley so for the sake of these proceedings, Sky assigned the rights to Matchroom.

Anthony Joshua is a huge draw and according to the High Court order, his previous fights have been heavily pirated, depriving both Matchroom and Sky of substantial pay-per-view revenue. Since Sky is losing money from piracy, the company supports Matchroom’s application as it did with the Premier League’s.

While the blocking order sought was similar to those previously granted to the Premier League and later UEFA, there are two key differences.

“First, because of the irregular timing of the Events, and in particular PPV Events, it is not possible for the Target Servers to be identified in quite the same way,” Justice Arnold writes.

“Although the criteria are very similar, they are to be applied by a particular form of monitoring carried out in a seven-day period prior to each Event. The details of this are confidential, in order to prevent circumvention. While it creates a theoretically greater risk of over-blocking, Matchroom’s evidence is that in practice there should be no real difference.”

Secondly, the Premier League and UEFA orders cover part or all of a season, dates that are already planned. In the boxing world, however, dates of bouts are fluid, so Matchroom has been granted the ability to notify the ISPs of upcoming events at least four weeks in advance.

“[T]he order is proportionate. It does not impair the rights of the Defendants to carry on business,” Justice Arnold writes.

“To the limited extent that it interferes with the rights of internet users to impart or receive information, the interference is justified by a legitimate aim, namely preventing infringement of Matchroom’s and Sky’s rights on a large scale, and it is proportionate to that aim.

“It will be effective and dissuasive, no equally effective but less onerous measures are available to Matchroom, it avoids creating barriers to legitimate trade, it is not unduly complicated or costly and it contains safeguards against misuse.”

The order handed down by the High Court in Matchroom’s favor will run for two years and will be in place to tackle piracy during this Saturday’s much-anticipated fight.

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Gopro hat seine neue Actionkameraserie Hero 7 vorgestellt. Die drei Modelle White, Silver und Black kosten 200, 300 und 400 US-Dollar und unterscheiden sich in der technischen Ausstattung. Das teuerste Modell Hero 7 Black bietet eine besonders gute Bildstabilisierung per Software. (Gopro, Digitalkamera)

Amazon hat Echo Input vorgestellt - quasi einen Echo Dot ohne Lautsprecher. Damit kann die eigene Musikanlage für wenig Geld Alexa-fähig gemacht werden. (Amazon Alexa, Amazon)

Tesla will verhindern, dass Elektroautos nach dem Aufladen zu lange an den Superchargern stehen. Die Leerlaufgebühren, die der Autohersteller deshalb vor zwei Jahren eingeführt hat, werden nun erhöht - auch in Deutschland. (Elektroauto, Technologie)