Month: September 2019

99 Spitzkehren und 1.100 Höhenmeter bis zum Himmelstor: Vor einer grandiosen Kulisse wirbt Volkswagen in China mit dem Elektrorenner ID.R für seine Elektroautos. (VW, Technologie)

Auch Zwischensequenzen verfolgt der Spieler aus dem Blickwinkel der Hauptfigur V - bei deren Generierung es noch mehr Freiheiten als im echten Leben gibt: Das Entwicklerstudio CD Projekt Red hat Details über Cyberpunk 2077 veröffentlicht. (Cyberpunk 2077, Rollenspiel)

Eine neue Fritzbox bringt Internetversorgung mit 5G in die Wohnung. Der Router hat Smart-Home-Funktionen und unterstützt 3G sowie 4G. (Fritzbox, Netzwerk)

Die Verbreitung von Windows 10 nimmt langsam zu, während der Marktanteil von Windows 7 in fast demselben Maße abnimmt. Weniger als ein halbes Jahr vor dem Supportende von Windows 7 geben die Zahlen einen interessanten Einblick. (Windows 10, Microsoft)

Copyright holders who want unlicensed copies of their material removed from online platforms are able to file requests under various laws in the United States and EU, for example.

Search engines such as Google also comply with such requests to remove links from their indexes, often doing so quickly, in many cases just a matter of hours. In Russia, however, removing links from search engines has proven problematic until a war of words in 2018 boiled over into an agreement between major entertainment companies and rights holders.

The memorandum saw companies like Yandex and other search providers agree to interface with a centralized database of allegedly-infringing content to take down links to content quickly. The voluntary agreement wasn’t part of Russian law but work has been going on to formalize its terms.

Local news outlet Vedomosti reports that is has been able to review the text of proposed amendments to copyright law, which the publication says are the result of negotiations between the largest TV companies, streaming providers (generically ‘online cinemas’), as well as Yandex and Mail.ru Group.

Overseen by telecoms watchdog Roscomnadzor, the amendments are an attempt to plug perceived holes in existing legislation. It’s currently possible to have ‘pirate’ web pages blocked quickly using the Moscow Court but the only deletions of specific URLs from search engines thus far have been voluntary ones, carried out under the memorandum.

The amendments will allow copyright holders to force search engines to delete allegedly-infringing links from their indexes without going to court, and within an extremely tight timeframe of six hours from notification.

According to local sources, copyright holders will be able to hire Roscomnadzor-approved companies to maintain databases of allegedly-infringing content on their behalf. There will not be any limit placed on the number of registries in use, as long as the authorities approve them.

Once these registries have been established, search engines will be required to interface with them within 10 days to obtain the details of allegedly infringing content. From the moment new content is registered, search companies will have to delete the corresponding entries from their indexes within six hours. Registries will have to be queried every five minutes.

It appears that after months of struggling with the details, the amendments to the law have now been completed are being sent to the presidential administration. From there they will be transferred to the State Duma’s Information Policy Committee for additional work before being submitted to parliament.

The chairman of the committee, Leonid Levin, confirmed he would receive the texts of the amendments in the coming days but added no further detail. It remains unclear whether a rightsholders’ request to have entire domains delisted from search results is still being entertained.

In common with many similar initiatives, this one has taken longer than expected. The draft anti-piracy amendments should’ve been submitted to the State Duma before the end of August because the clock was ticking on the terms of the voluntary memorandum, which according to the official timetable ran out September 1, 2019.

However, it was previously agreed that the parties involved would extend the memorandum beyond that date while the amendments are pushed through into law.

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

Copyright holders who want unlicensed copies of their material removed from online platforms are able to file requests under various laws in the United States and EU, for example.

Search engines such as Google also comply with such requests to remove links from their indexes, often doing so quickly, in many cases just a matter of hours. In Russia, however, removing links from search engines has proven problematic until a war of words in 2018 boiled over into an agreement between major entertainment companies and rights holders.

The memorandum saw companies like Yandex and other search providers agree to interface with a centralized database of allegedly-infringing content to take down links to content quickly. The voluntary agreement wasn’t part of Russian law but work has been going on to formalize its terms.

Local news outlet Vedomosti reports that is has been able to review the text of proposed amendments to copyright law, which the publication says are the result of negotiations between the largest TV companies, streaming providers (generically ‘online cinemas’), as well as Yandex and Mail.ru Group.

Overseen by telecoms watchdog Roscomnadzor, the amendments are an attempt to plug perceived holes in existing legislation. It’s currently possible to have ‘pirate’ web pages blocked quickly using the Moscow Court but the only deletions of specific URLs from search engines thus far have been voluntary ones, carried out under the memorandum.

The amendments will allow copyright holders to force search engines to delete allegedly-infringing links from their indexes without going to court, and within an extremely tight timeframe of six hours from notification.

According to local sources, copyright holders will be able to hire Roscomnadzor-approved companies to maintain databases of allegedly-infringing content on their behalf. There will not be any limit placed on the number of registries in use, as long as the authorities approve them.

Once these registries have been established, search engines will be required to interface with them within 10 days to obtain the details of allegedly infringing content. From the moment new content is registered, search companies will have to delete the corresponding entries from their indexes within six hours. Registries will have to be queried every five minutes.

It appears that after months of struggling with the details, the amendments to the law have now been completed are being sent to the presidential administration. From there they will be transferred to the State Duma’s Information Policy Committee for additional work before being submitted to parliament.

The chairman of the committee, Leonid Levin, confirmed he would receive the texts of the amendments in the coming days but added no further detail. It remains unclear whether a rightsholders’ request to have entire domains delisted from search results is still being entertained.

In common with many similar initiatives, this one has taken longer than expected. The draft anti-piracy amendments should’ve been submitted to the State Duma before the end of August because the clock was ticking on the terms of the voluntary memorandum, which according to the official timetable ran out September 1, 2019.

However, it was previously agreed that the parties involved would extend the memorandum beyond that date while the amendments are pushed through into law.

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

Deutschland soll für Xiaomi endlich als Markt in Angriff genommen werden. Dabei will der chinesische Hersteller nicht auf Nummer sicher gehen, sondern sein gesamtes Produktportfolio hierzulande anbieten. Smartphones sollen auch bei Netzanbietern erhältlich sein. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Offenbar gibt es keine Möglichkeit mehr, MacOS per Mac App Store in älteren Versionen herunterzuladen. Noch ist aber unklar, ob es nur ein Fehler oder eine Strategieänderung ist. (Betriebssystem, Apple)

Es ist die erste Soundbar mit eingebauten Smart-TV-Funktionen und einer Sprachsteuerung über den Google Assistant: Die Link Bar von JBL schneidet klanglich gut ab, enttäuscht aber ausgerechnet bei den wichtigsten Funktionen. Ein Test von Ingo Pakalski (Soundbar, Google)

Die Android-App von Facebook sammelt Daten über die Bibliotheken des Betriebssystems und lädt diese teilweise auf einen Server hoch. Facebook will dazu nichts sagen. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)