Month: February 2019

Eigenheimbesitzer haben ein Recht auf 40 Meter Abstand zum nächsten Pokéstop, ab zehn Trainern am gleichen Ort blendet die App einen Hinweis ein. Niantic hat einer Reihe von Maßnahmen bei AR-Games zugestimmt, die wegweisend für die Branche sein dürften. (Pokémon Go, Augmented Reality)

Die freie VPN-Technik Wireguard steht nun auch für Apples Desktop-System MacOS bereit. Der Code basiert zu großen Teilen auf der iOS-App. Das Team hatte bei der Entwicklung Probleme mit den Regularien des Mac-App-Stores. (VPN, Mac OS X)

Sunless Skies und Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 zeigen bizarre Science-Fiction, Spinnortality verknüpft Cyberpunk und Wirtschaftssimulation: Golem.de stellt spannende neue Indiegames vor. Von Rainer Sigl (Indiegames Rundschau, Spieletest)

Mit dem View 20 weicht Huawei mit seiner Tochterfirma Honor vom bisherigen Konzept ab, altgediente Komponenten einfach neu zu verpacken: Das Smartphone hat nicht nur erstmals eine Frontkamera im Display, sondern auch eine hervorragende neue Hauptkamera, wie unser Test zeigt. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (Honor, Smartphone)

Google will App-Updates über den Play Store auch dann ermöglichen, wenn der Nutzer nicht mit einem Google-Konto angemeldet ist. Wer sein Android-Gerät partout ohne Google-Konto betreiben möchte, ist demnach nicht länger von Updates abgehängt. (Google Play, Google)

Piracy settlement letters have become a serious threat in several countries.

Until now, Dutch Internet users have been spared from this practice, but if it’s up to local movie distributor Dutch Filmworks, that will soon change.

Little over a year ago the company received permission from the Dutch Data Protection Authority to track the IP-addresses of BitTorrent users who shared pirated movies.

However, that was only the first hurdle, as Dutch Internet provider Ziggo didn’t want to share any customer data without a court order.

The case went to court, where the movie company requested personal details of 377 account holders whose addresses were used to share a copy of “The Hitman’s Bodyguard”.

This turned out to be a disappointment for Dutch Filmworks (DWF). The court rejected the request, ruling that it’s unclear how the movie company plans to approach the account holders, and whether it sees these people as the offending downloaders.

In addition, it is unclear whether the proposed settlements, which are expected to be around €150 per infringement, do indeed match up with the actual damages the movie company suffered. That number may be a ‘fine’ to some extent, which shouldn’t be part of a settlement.

DWF was disappointed with the outcome but it’s not letting the case go. A few days ago, the company announced that it will appeal. According to the movie distributor, it should be entitled to find out who the ‘infringing’ subscribers are.

“In the verdict, the judge agreed with DWF on almost all points. In the end, after weighing all interests, the judge rejected the claim of DFW nonetheless,” the company writes.

“DFW is of the opinion that this decision should have been in favor of the rightsholder and it is convinced that the claim should be awarded on appeal.”

Since the initial request was denied because several issues were unclear, a win on appeal is certainly possible. DWF notes that while the court ruled that subscribers are not by definition liable for everything that happens on their connection, they do have a certain responsibility.

“Moreover, in its verdict, the court indicated that the fact that the IP address holder is not necessarily the infringer does not relieve the subscriber of the same IP address from his or her responsibility for what happens from that IP address,” the company adds.

As such, there may be a reason to hand over personal information of subscribers to the movie distributor. For example, to contact the account holder in an attempt to track down the actual infringer.

Overall, Dutch Filmworks is confident that the appeal will turn out in its favor. Ziggo hasn’t commented in detail on DWF’s decision. “We wait and see,” a spokesperson told the local news site Nu.nl.

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This week we have four newcomers in our chart.

Creed II is the most downloaded movie.

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	(…)	Creed II	7.5 / trailer
2	(…)	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	6.8 / trailer
3	(…)	Ralph Breaks the Internet	7.2 / trailer
4	(1)	Robin Hood	5.3 / trailer
5	(2)	Mortal Engines	6.3 / trailer
6	(3)	Bohemian Rhapsody	8.3 / trailer
7	(4)	Overlord	6.9 / trailer
8	(…)	The Favourite	7.8 / trailer
9	(6)	A Star Is Born	7.7 / trailer
10	(7)	Aquaman (Subbed HDRip)	7.7 / trailer

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN reviews, discounts, offers and coupons.

General Motors hat unter der Marke Ariv zwei Fahrräder mit Elektroantrieb vorgestellt, die vernetzt und mit selbst entwickelten Motoren ausgerüstet sind. (E-Bike, Technologie)

Amazon hat bestätigt, in das Elektroautostartup Rivian einzusteigen und eine Finanzierungsrunde mit 700 Millionen US-Dollar anzuführen. Auch General Motors ist dabei. (Elektroauto, Amazon)

Apple hat mit Pullstring ein Startup übernommen, das sich auf Sprachsynthese spezialisiert und Spielzeug wie die sprechende Barbie entwickelt hat. (Apple, Siri)