Month: September 2020

OpenAIs Sprachmodell GPT-3 gehört aktuell zu den komplexesten KIs auf dem Markt. Microsoft will sich das für Azure-Dienste zunutze machen. (KI, Microsoft)

Gutes Feedback ist vor allem für Freelancer rar. Wenn nach einem IT-Projekt die Rückblende hintenüberfällt, ist das aber eine verschenkte Chance. Ein Bericht von Louisa Schmidt (IT-Freelancer, Usability)

Ein Hindernis für den Betrieb der Tesla-Fabrik in Grünheide ist aus dem Weg geräumt. Der Wasserverband hat den Erschließungsantrag gebilligt. (Gigafactory Berlin, Technologie)

Die Akkuprobleme der ersten Generation will Bose bei den neuen Sleepubds II behoben haben - der hohe Preis bleibt aber. (Bose, Bluetooth-Hörstöpsel)

The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending September 12, 2020, are in. A week full of Blu-ray and 4K releases. Find out what releases they were in our weekly DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats and analysis feature.

As one of the leading CDN and DDoS protection services, Cloudflare is used by millions of websites across the globe. This includes many pirate sites.

Copyright holders would ideally like the company to cease its ties with these platforms, but Cloudflare sees things differently. It positions itself as a neutral third-party intermediary that will only take action in response to valid court orders.

Cloudflare DMCA Subpoenas

Thus far, court orders that have required Cloudflare to block or terminate a pirate site have been very limited. More commonly, rightsholders obtain DMCA subpoenas from US courts requiring the CDN provider to hand over information it has on the operators of pirate sites.

During the first half of 2020, Cloudflare received 31 of these requests which targeted 83 accounts. Many of these were adult sites or relatively smaller pirate portals. This month, however, the anti-piracy coalition ACE has upped the ante.

Last week we reported that ACE had obtained a subpoena to go after several pirate streaming sites. This week the crackdown continues, with the anti-piracy coalition requesting Cloudflare to expose information associated with The Pirate Bay and many other high profile sites.

ACE Targets The Pirate Bay and Other Top Pirate Sites

The list of targeted sites (46 in total) includes several of the top torrent sites, including YTS, 1337x, EZTV, LimeTorrents, and Tamilrockers. Other high profile non-English targets such as Cinecalidad, Pelisplus, Gnula, Altadefinizione, and DonTorrent are listed as well.

The subpoena is requested by the MPA’s Jan Van Voorn, who writes on behalf of ACE and its members Amazon, Columbia Pictures, Disney, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, and Universal City Studios. The requested information will help the anti-piracy group to investigate the sites in question.

“The purpose for which this subpoena is sought is to obtain the identities of the individuals assigned to these websites who have exploited ACE Members’ exclusive rights in their copyrighted works without their authorization,” the request reads.

“This information will only be used for the purposes of protecting the rights granted under Title 17, United States Code,” Van Voorn adds.

Cloudflare Will Hand Over Personal Details

At the time of writing the subpoena has yet to be signed off by a court clerk, but that is usually not a problem. ACE will then forward it to Cloudflare which will hand over the requested details, including names, IP-addresses, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, and payment details.

How useful the provided information will be to ACE remains to be seen. Many of the affected pirate sites should be aware of the possibility that their information can be shared, and could have taken precautions.

Why Now?

Aside from the many high profile targets in this legal request, ACE’s sudden attention to Cloudflare DMCA subpoenas is interesting by itself.

In the span of just a few days, ACE has asked the company to identify the operators of more than 80 sites. Many of these sites, including The Pirate Bay, have been Cloudflare customers for years. Why ACE has decided to take action now, as opposed to years ago, is unknown.

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A copy of ACE’s request for a DMCA subpoena, submitted to a California federal court, is available here (pdf). A full list of all the affected domain names is provided below.

– yts.mx
– pelisplus.me
– 1337x.to F
– seasonvar.ru
– cuevana3.io
– kinogo.by
– thepiratebay.org
– lordfilm.cx
– swatchseries.to
– eztv.io
– 123movies.la
– megadede.com
– sorozatbarat.online
– cinecalidad.is
– limetorrents.info
– cinecalidad.to
– kimcartoon.to F
– tamilrockers.ws
– cima4u.io
– fullhdfilmizlesene.co
– yggtorrent.si
– time2watch.io
– online-filmek.me
– lordfilms-s.pw
– extremedown.video
– streamkiste.tv
– dontorrent.org
– kinozal.tv
– fanserial.net
– 5movies.to
– altadefinizione.group
– cpasmieux.org
– primewire.li
– primewire.ag
– primewire.vc
– series9.to
– europixhd.io
– oxtorrent.pw
– pirateproxy.voto
– rarbgmirror.org
– rlsbb.ru
– gnula.se
– rarbgproxied.org
– seriespapaya.nu
– tirexo.com
– cb01.events
– kinox.to
– filmstoon.pro
– descargasdd.net

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Tesla hat das Model S Plaid mit drei Motoren, einer extremen Beschleunigung und hohem Preis vorgestellt. Bestellungen werden schon angenommen. (Tesla, Technologie)

Trump bläst zum Angriff, Xi ruht in sich. Und Putin sucht neue Wege

Anhand von Nutzungsdaten von Teams und Nutzer-Befragungen zeigt Microsoft eine veränderte Arbeitswelt. Menschen in Deutschland sind weniger stark betroffen. (Microsoft, Studie)

Microsoft will Outlook für Mac ein neues Design verleihen, das an Big Sur angelehnt ist. Auch für iOS und WatchOS gibt es Verbesserungen. (Outlook, Mac OS X)