Month: March 2019

Nintendo will die Switch-Familie erweitern und plant zwei zusätzliche Modelle. Eines soll etwas leistungsstärker als die aktuelle Version sein, das andere ist wohl eher als Ablösung für das in die Jahre gekommene Handheld 3DS gedacht. (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo)

Der Elektroautohersteller Faraday Future steckt tief in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten. Retter könnte The9 sein: Das chinesische Gaming-Unternehmen hat mit Faraday Future ein Joint Venture gegründet, das Elektroautos in China produzieren soll. (Faraday Future, Elektroauto)

After being proposed by the European Commission two years ago, tomorrow the European Parliament will vote on whether to accept amendments to the Copyright Directive.

The run-up to this potentially historic event has proven divisive. Creative groups of all kinds – led by the major international music labels – have argued in favor of Article 13 to “secure the future” of the industry – largely by forcing sites like YouTube to pay a ‘fair rate‘ for musical works.

Opponents, on the other hand, have declared war on “upload filters” and “censorship machines”, rallying in large numbers this past weekend to air their concerns and put pressure on lawmakers. While they do not want ‘bots’ to control the Internet, they have been accused of being ‘bots’ themselves, a claim they hoped to dispel with these physical protests.

At times, the war of words online has been horribly bitter, with insults traded on Twitter, in particular. Accompanying that has been the publication of many lengthy statements from industry groups, explaining why they need to protect the livelihoods of musical artists.

Strangely, however, supportive interventions from artists Paul McCartney, Placido Domingo, and Adele have been notable in their brevity, with the vast majority of the industry’s greatest assets remaining largely silent. It’s a somewhat curious situation given the power and reach of music.

The writers have been writing, the lobbyists have been lobbying, the politicians have been politicking, and the activists have been shouting. So why haven’t the musicians and singers been playing their hearts out?

Well, out of the silence has stepped one, although his message is probably not what the music industry would’ve liked to hear.

UK rapper Dan Bull, who first made it big rapping about controversial topics in the copyright space, is now back with a new track. After a long hiatus serving the gaming community, he’s returned and used the music industry’s most powerful weapon against it.

On Friday, Bull released a video and rap titled “RoboCopyright” and invited everyone to quickly “remix this before it’s illegal”.

Working with Bull (alongside a cameo from PewDiePie), Maltese music producer and YouTuber Grandayy did just that, delivering a powerful and polished track, slamming Article 13.

Back in 2003, Sacha Baron Cohen character ‘Ali G’ scored an interview with future US president Donald Trump to push for an investment in a bogus business idea beginning with the opening question: “What is the most popular thing in the world?”

Trump, of course, couldn’t agree that thing was ice cream, as Cohen was suggesting. Instead, he pointed to music and was almost certainly right. So, given the armies of fans at their disposal, why haven’t the world’s most popular artists been doing what they do so brilliantly to send a message in favor of Article 13?

Tomorrow it’s possible they’ll learn that their efforts weren’t needed. Or, just maybe, they’ll be glad they didn’t alienate the YouTube generation when it all goes wrong.

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Falsche Bankkonten und E-Mail-Konten: Ein Litauer konnte viel Geld von Facebook und Google stehlen, indem er sich als Hardwaredistributor ausgegeben hatte. Was ihn letztlich überführt hat: Gier. (FBI, Google)

Für die nächsten Tage muss die Deutsche Flugsicherung mit einer reduzierten Luftraumkapazität arbeiten. Grund sind Probleme mit einer Softwarekomponente. Insgesamt sind vier größere Flughäfen betroffen. (Luftfahrt, Unternehmenssoftware)

Auch die PC-Version des bisher Playstation-exklusiven Detroit Become Human erscheint im Epic Store und verwendet die Vulkan-Grafikschnittstelle. Die Systemanforderungen sind vergleichsweise niedrig, erst für PS4-Pro-Niveau liegen sie höher. (Quantic Dream, Playstation 4)

Das Galaxy Fold soll ab dem 26. April 2019 in Deutschland vorbestellbar sein und am 3. Mai erscheinen. Den Preis hat Samsung direkt von US-Dollar in Euro umgelegt: Käufer müssen für das faltbare Smartphone 2.000 Euro bezahlen. (Samsung, Smartphone)

Die Entwickler des Rust-Betriebssystems Redox OS haben für die nun verfügbare Version 0.5 eine neue eigene C-Bibliothek erstellt. Diese ist in Rust geschrieben und bringt mehr Funktionen als bisher, so dass viele neue Pakete wie FFmpeg oder auch Mesa mit Redox OS genutzt werden können. (Rust, Mesa)

This week we have four newcomers in our chart.

Bumblebee 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	(…)	Bumblebee	7.0 / trailer
2	(1)	Aquaman	7.7 / trailer
3	(3)	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	8.6 / trailer
4	(5)	Triple Frontier	6.6 / trailer
5	(…)	Triple Threat	6.0 / trailer
6	(4)	Mary Poppins Returns	7.1 / trailer
7	(…)	Dragged Across Concrete	7.5 / trailer
8	(…)	The Mule	7.1 / trailer
9	(9)	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	6.8 / trailer
10	(6)	The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	7.0 / trailer

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

2019 wird sich der Videostreamingmarkt verändern. Viele Filmstudios planen eigene Streamingdienste - was für Amazon, Netflix und Co. Einbußen bedeutet. Es könnte der Anfang vom Ende des goldenen Streaming-Zeitalters sein. Eine Analyse von Ingo Pakalski (Streaming, Disney)