Month: October 2019

Mit dem Mi 9 Lite erweitert der chinesische Hersteller Xiaomi sein offizielles Angebot in Deutschland: Das Smartphone kommt mit einer Dreifachkamera, einem großen Akku und einem OLED-Bildschirm. Der Preis ab 300 Euro scheint angesichts der Hardware angemessen. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Neben League of Legends wird Riot Games zum zehnjährigen Jubiläum bald mehr Spiele anbieten: darunter ein Taktikshooter, ein Kartenspiel und ein Arcade-Fighting-Game. Sogar eine Serie im Lol-Universum ist in Arbeit. (League of Legends, Games)

The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending October 5, 2019, are in. The first post Endgame Marvel movie makes its debut on Blu-ray and it's a top seller. Find out what movie it was in our weekly DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats and analysis feature.

Wargaming hat Raytracing-Schatten in die Engine von World of Tanks integriert. Die BVH-Struktur wird mit Intels Embree-Bibliothek angelegt, für Halbschatten nutzen die Entwickler einen Denoising-Algorithmus. (World of Tanks, DirectX)

IT-Freiberufler arbeiten zeitlich nicht mehr als ihre fest angestellten Kollegen, verdienen aber doppelt so viel wie sie. Das unternehmerische Risiko ist in der heutigen Zeit für gute IT-Freelancer gering, die Gefahr der Scheinselbstständigkeit aber hoch. Von Peter Ilg (Arbeit, SAP)

Huawei hat im dritten Quartal rund 29,5 Milliarden US-Dollar erwirtschaftet. Weltweit wurden mehr als 60 kommerzielle Verträge für 5G abgeschlossen. (Huawei, FCC)

Beim Pixel 3 und Pixel 3 XL konnten Nutzer ihre Fotos noch unbegrenzt in Google Fotos ohne Qualitätsverlust speichern - bei den neuen Pixel-4-Modellen geht das nicht mehr. Damit verlieren Googles Smartphones ein sehr eigenständiges Merkmal gegenüber der Konkurrenz. (Pixel 4, Google)

YouTube’s copyright takedown policy poses one of the biggest threats to the streaming platform’s content creators.

YouTubers who receive three copyright infringement strikes can easily lose their channel, which for some equates to their livelihood.

This looming threat also provides an opportunity for scammers. As we reported a few months ago, YouTube’s copyright takedown process was being abused to extort YouTubers, including ‘ObbyRaidz’ and ‘Kenzo.’ Both repeatedly received ‘strikes’ against their channels.

The scammer in question pretended that he was the legitimate owner of the videos uploaded by the users and requested money to retract the false claims.

“We striked you. Our request is $150 PayPal, or $75 btc. You may send the money via goods/ services if you do not think we will cancel or hold up our end of the deal,” the scammer wrote.

This abuse didn’t go unnoticed by YouTube, which tracked down the alleged offender and took action.

Last month the video streaming service sued Nebraska-resident Christopher Brady, accusing him of violating the DMCA by falsely claiming the content of other YouTubers as his own.

According to YouTube, Brady repeatedly attempted to harass and extort money from content creators through his bogus copyright infringement claims.

The company believes Brady went as far as using the address of YouTube user Cxlvxn, which is shared with a rightsholder for the purpose of filing a lawsuit, in an attempt to dispatch a large number of police officers to his home.

In the complaint, YouTube demanded a jury trial but it didn’t get that far. A few hours ago they submitted an agreed judgment and permanent injunction to the Nebraska federal court, which settles the matter without any further bloodshed.

Under the proposed injunction (pdf), Brady is prevented from filing any bogus copyright claims going forward. In addition, he separately agreed to pay $25,000 for his misconduct, offering a public apology to all the people who were hurt by his actions.

“I, Christopher L. Brady, admit that I sent dozens of notices to YouTube falsely claiming that material uploaded by YouTube users infringed my copyrights,” reads the apology, which YouTube shared with The Verge.

“I apologize to the YouTube users that I directly impacted by my actions, to the YouTube community, and to YouTube itself,” Brady adds.

The proposed judgment and injunction have yet to be signed off by the court, but this is expected to happen later this week. It’s not clear whether any of the affected users will receive compensation, but YouTube says that it’s happy with this outcome.

“This settlement highlights the very real consequences for those that misuse our copyright system. We’ll continue our work to prevent abuse of our systems,” a YouTube spokesperson said.

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Tweets, die den Twitter-Regeln widersprechen, werden gelöscht. Das gilt allerdings nicht für Tweets von Politikern, diese werden seit Sommer jedoch markiert. Jetzt möchte Twitter auch deren Reichweite einschränken. (Twitter, Soziales Netz)

Weg von QLEDs und Micro-LEDs hin zu Quantum-Dot-OLEDs: Samsung investiert viel Geld in seine Q1-Linie, um dort Panels für 4K/8K-HDR-Fernseher zu produzieren. Ab 2021 soll es losgehen. (QLED, Display)