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Symfonisk Picture Frame: Neue Details zu Ikeas Sonos-Lautsprecher im Bilderrahmen

Ikeas Bilderrahmen-Lautsprecher der Symfonisk-Modellreihe mit Sonos-Technik kann eine ideale Ergänzung für ein Surround-System sein. (Ikea, Multi-Room)

Early Access: Spielerisch wertvolle Baustellen

Vor allen anderen spielen, bei der Entwicklung mitmachen: Golem.de stellt besonders spannende Early-Access-Neuheiten vor. Von Rainer Sigl (Indiegames)

Elektronische Identität: EU-Bürger sollen digitale Brieftasche bekommen

Künftig soll man sich EU-weit mit seiner digitalen Identität ausweisen können. Auch große Internetdienste müssen diese ID akzeptieren. (EU-Kommission, Technologie)

What to expect from WWDC 2021: iOS 15, M2, and more

Software is usually the focus, but we’ll probably see a new Mac chip.

Behold, the Steve Jobs auditorium on Apple's campus in 2017. This is where Apple often hosts its events. [credit: Samuel Axon ]

Apple kicks off its annual developer conference, WWDC, with a keynote presentation on Monday. As was the case last year, WWDC will be an online-only affair, but don't let that fool you: We think this is going to be an eventful keynote. Expect multiple interesting announcements for users living in or following Apple's ecosystem of hardware, software, and services.

The focus of WWDC is almost always on Apple's software, and rightly so. This is an event primarily meant to engage with developers and encourage them to create new software experiences for Apple's various platforms.

For that reason, we should, of course, expect detailed information about the new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

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Wie Corona die Angst in die Linke getragen hat

Und warum das eine unvoreingenommene Sicht auf die gesellschaftliche Lage verhindert. Eine Spurensuche mit Hilfe von Marx, Brecht und Bloch

Lilbits: Windows 11, Qualcomm’s next flagship chip, and Walmart & Target’s Prime Day counterprogramming

Two big leaks today – Microsoft might finally be ready to retire the Windows 10 brand name and replace it with something new, and Qualcomm’s next-gen flagship processor could be a doozy. First, the chip. ARM says chips based on its new ARM…

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Researchers rewire the genetics of E. coli, make it virus-proof

A revised genetic code is a pathway for bacteria to do things that seem unnatural.

Image of a woman holding bacterial plates.

Many of the fundamental features of life don't necessarily have to be the way they are. Chance plays a major role in evolution, and there are alternate paths that were never explored, simply because whatever evolved previously happened to be good enough. One instance is the genetic code, which converts the information carried by our DNA into the specific sequence of amino acids that form proteins. There are scores of potential amino acids, many of which can form spontaneously. But most life uses a genetic code that relies on just 20 of them.

Over the past couple of decades, researchers have shown that it doesn't have to be that way. If you supply bacteria with the right enzyme and an alternative amino acid, they can use it. But bacteria won't use the enzyme and amino acid very efficiently, as all the existing genetic code slots are already in use.

Now, researchers have managed to edit bacteria's genetic code to free up a few new slots. They then filled those slots with unnatural amino acids, allowing the bacteria to produce proteins that would never be found in nature. One side effect of the reprogramming? No viruses could replicate in the modified bacteria.

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Daily Deals (6-03-2021)

B&H is running a sale on Lenovo IdeaCentra Mini 5 desktop computers with 10th-gen Intel Core processors. Amazon’s pre-Prime Day deals continue. And the Epic Games Store is giving away Frostpunk for free this week. Here are some of the day&#8…

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Copyright Holders Hold Cloudflare Liable for Failing to Terminate Repeat Infringers

In a California court case, Cloudflare stands accused of failing to terminate customers repeatedly called out as copyright infringers. The case wasn’t filed by Hollywood or the major record labels, but by two manufacturers of wedding dresses. They have now filed a motion for summary judgment, stating that the CDN provider could and should have done more to prevent copyright infringement.

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

Popular CDN and Internet security service Cloudflare has come under a lot of pressure from copyright holders in recent years.

The company offers its services to millions of sites. This includes multinationals, governments, but also some of the world’s leading pirate sites.

Many rightsholders are not happy with the latter category. They repeatedly accuse Cloudflare of facilitating copyright infringement by continuing to provide access to these platforms. At the same time, they call out the CDN service for masking the true hosting locations of these ‘bad actors’.

Cloudflare sees things differently. The company positions itself as a neutral service provider that doesn’t ‘host’ any infringing content and says it passes on information temporarily cached on its services.

This means that if copyright holders report problematic URLs to Cloudflare, the company forwards the DMCA takedown notices to its customer. By doing so, Cloudflare is convinced that it operates in accordance with the law.

Repeat Infringer Lawsuit

That stance is not appreciated by all rightsholders and in 2018 the service was taken to court over the issue. The case wasn’t filed by major entertainment companies, but by two manufacturers and wholesalers of wedding dresses. Not a typical “piracy” lawsuit, but it’s a copyright case that could have broad implications.

In a complaint filed at a federal court in California, Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs argued that, despite multiple warnings, Cloudflare failed to terminate sites operated by counterfeit vendors. This makes Cloudflare liable for the associated copyright infringements, they said.

Cloudflare disagreed and filed a motion to dismiss. The company said that the rightsholders failed to state a proper claim, as the takedown notices were not proof of infringement, among other things. The California Federal Court disagreed, however, and allowed the case to move forward.

Rightsholders Request Summary Judgment

This ruling was good news for Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero, which have now filed a motion for summary judgment. The companies argue that Cloudflare is liable for both direct and contributory copyright infringement, hoping to establish this as fact before trial.

The wedding dress manufacturers explain that they sent Cloudflare numerous takedown notices. These notices identified allegedly infringing images that were hosted by Cloudflare’s subscribers and requested the company to take action to prevent further infringements.

In response, Cloudflare forwarded these notices to its clients and their hosting providers, as is common policy. However, according to the rightsholders, this is not enough.

“Cloudflare did not investigate the alleged infringement, did not request any information from its customers, did not remind its customers of Cloudflare’s infringement policy or threaten any type of disciplinary action […] and did not do anything to evaluate whether its customer was indeed engaged in infringing activities.

“It did not matter whether Cloudflare received 1, 101, 10,000, or 1,000,000 infringement notices concerning a domain client – its response and handling of the complaints was always the same,” the dress manufacturers add.

Cloudflare believes that it’s following the law. In the past, the company stressed that it doesn’t store any infringing material on its servers, so forwarding the notices is sufficient.

“Cloudflare Can and Should Take Action”

The wedding dress manufacturers clearly disagree and claim that the CDN provider could and should have taken simple steps to prevent infringements

“[A]fter receiving numerous notices of infringement implicating a website client, Cloudflare could have taken simple measures to prevent further infringement, including evicting the infringing content from its cache servers and terminating caching services until the website proves compliance with Cloudflare’s anti infringement policies,” the companies write.

“And while Cloudflare may not have control over the infringing content on a website’s origin host servers, it can and should do its part to curb infringement by not permitting repeat infringers to use its services to more effectively and quickly distribute infringing material to consumers in the United States.”

With the motion for summary judgment, the copyright holders ask the court to rule that, because it failed to act, Cloudflare indeed is liable for the repeat infringements of its customers. If that is the case, the only remaining issue will be the scale of the damages claim.

Potential for Broad Implications

Cloudflare will likely disagree with these allegations but, at the time of writing, it has yet to respond in court. Previously, Cloudflare scrutinized the practices of the wedding dress manufacturers’ DMCA takedown partner, while describing the notices as invalid.

This isn’t the first time that the repeat infringer issue has come up in US courts. Several movie companies successfully sued ISPs that failed to take action against repeat infringers. These ISPs didn’t host any copyrighted material either.

While the present case doesn’t directly involve any pirate sites, it could have potentially far-reaching consequences. If the court rules that Cloudflare’s current policy is insufficient, it could be required to take stricter action against other sites as well.

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A copy of the motion for summary judgment, submitted at a California Court by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, is available here (pdf)

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Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law

Justices reject US gov’s broad interpretation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Protesters walking across a bridge. One holds a sign with a picture of Aaron Swartz that says,

The Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that imposes a limit on what counts as a crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA).

The case involves a former Georgia police sergeant who "used his own, valid credentials" to get information about a license plate number from a law enforcement database, the court decision said. The sergeant ran the search in exchange for money and for non-law enforcement purposes, violating a department policy. He was charged with a felony under the CFAA, which says it's a crime when someone "intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access." He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison in May 2018.

A federal appeals court upheld the conviction, but the Supreme Court reversed it today in a 6-3 decision that said Van Buren did not violate the CFAA. Justices found that the cybersecurity statute does not make it a crime to obtain information from a computer when the person has authorized access to that machine, even if the person has "improper motives."

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