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Mit dem Lufttaxi zum Flughafen: Airbus will mit einem Prototypen den
Nahverkehr revolutionieren. Jetzt sind Testflüge geplant. (Airbus, Drohne)
Postbiologische Perspektiven mit Stanisław Lem. Teil 2 und Schluss
Der liberale Rechtsstaat gerät zusehends mit den Freiheitsrechten seiner Bürger in Konflikt
Keine der folgenden elf Sci-Fi-Serien aus den 80er Jahren hat mehr als eine Staffel geschafft – manche werden heute aber noch verehrt. Ein Nostalgie-Trip. Von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Fernsehen)
Keine der folgenden elf Sci-Fi-Serien aus den 80er Jahren hat mehr als eine Staffel geschafft - manche werden heute aber noch verehrt. Ein Nostalgie-Trip. Von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Fernsehen) Der Zulauf der letzten Wochen lässt sich kaum mit rechten Einstellungen erklären, sondern eher mit Frust über die Corona-Maßnahmen. Anfangs hatten Rechte keinen klaren Kurs. (Teil 2)
Netflix’s new series Elves pairs perfectly with 2010’s Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Enlarge / (left) A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) battles a mythic/demonic Santa in Rare Exports: Christmas Tale. (right) A young girl named Josefine (Sonia Steen) befriends a strange woodland creature and upsets the delicate balance of a remote island in Elves. (credit: Oscilloscope Labs/Netflix/Sean Carroll)
Western Christmas tradition centers on the jolly figure of Santa Claus and his workshop manned by adorably cheery elves at the North Pole. Fantasy is dominated by figures like J.R.R. Tolkien's majestic elves in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, inspired by Old English poetry. But there are other, darker incarnations of elvish creatures in folklore from around the world.
If you're in the mood for something a bit different for your holiday entertainment this weekend, I highly recommend a Christmas double feature drawing inspiration from Nordic folklore: Elves, a new Danish series that debuted on Netflix last month, and a delightful 2010 Finnish film called Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010).
(Some spoilers below but no major reveals.)
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Leitzinsen werden in diversen Ländern erhöht, auch die FED in den USA bereitet sich darauf vor: Das Attribut “vorübergehend” für die Inflation auf Rekordkurs wurde gestrichen
Strike 3 Holdings is continuing its quest against alleged BitTorrent pirates in U.S. courts. The adult entertainment company is the only prolific ‘copyright troll’ still left in the country and over the past months has filed over 1,900 lawsuits. Most cases have already been closed, with many being settled outside of court.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
While most piracy activity has shifted to streaming in recent years, U.S. courts have still been overloaded with BitTorrent related piracy lawsuits.
This phenomenon, often dubbed “copyright trolling,” started over a decade ago and remains ongoing, in large part thanks to one company.
In the past, there were multiple rightsholders that sued hundreds of people but this changed. After Malibu Media backed out, apparently ‘due to Covid‘, Strike 3 Holdings was the only mass filer of piracy lawsuits this year.
This doesn’t mean that things have quieted down in court. The company filed hundreds of cases across the United States, targeting people whose Internet connections were allegedly used to download and share copyright-infringing content via BitTorrent.
In the case of Strike 3, this refers to adult videos that are made available via the Blacked, Tushy, and Vixen websites, but ended up on pirate sites.
Earlier this week we looked at all the cases Strike 3 filed this year, which add up to a total of 1,900. These cases typically target one defendant and we can’t rule out that more will be filed before the new year.
More than half of these cases are already closed. This often means that Strike 3 signed a settlement with the alleged pirate out of court, after which the case is voluntarily dismissed.
The settlement amounts are not disclosed but will likely range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. None of the cases has gone to trial, as far as we know.
The relatively high settlement count may in part be explained by the fact that some defendants are guilty. However, even for those who haven’t done anything wrong, paying a settlement can be cheaper than hiring a lawyer.
Strike 3 is not the only company that has filed lawsuits against alleged BitTorrent pirates. There have been a handful of other cases as well, particularly from independent movie companies. However, these numbers are much lower, and the lawsuits are often used as collateral for legal action against intermediaries such as VPN providers and hosting companies.
This means that Strike 3 can be considered the only prolific “copyright troll” standing in US Courts in the file-sharing space.
There has been some pushback against Strike 3’s legal tactics. Some courts no longer allow these types of cases or add significant roadblocks. However, these can easily be avoided and other options remain.
For now, there is no reason to believe that the company will stop filing lawsuits any time soon. This means that they are getting something out of it, with money being the most likely option.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Follow along as astronomers start unwrapping a telescope-sized gift at 7am US Eastern.
Enlarge / Most of what you see here will be unfolded in the weeks to months after launch. (credit: Northrop Grumman)
There have been years of delays in construction and a few late slips in the launch schedule, with the latest being a short delay due to bad weather at the South American launch site. But the fates seem to have settled on the 25th for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope—now less than 24 hours away. Hard to believe it's actually happening, right?
If all goes well, tomorrow will see the telescope sent on its way to the L2 Lagrange point with its solar panels and its main communication antenna unfolded. In the ensuing weeks, that hardware will be followed by the extension of the telescope's sun screen, and later by the unfolding of the telescope itself. There will be multiple points of potential failure before we can be confident that the hardware will live up to its promise.
(If you want a relatively complete timeline of everything that has to happen in the six months between launch and operations, NASA's got you covered.)
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The Epic Games Store is continuing its free-game-every-day promotion through the end of the year. Today’s free game is Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Meanwhile GOG is giving away I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, a 1995 video game based on the classic Harlan Ellison short story of the same name. Meanwhile B&H and Amazon have […]
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The Epic Games Store is continuing its free-game-every-day promotion through the end of the year. Today’s free game is Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Meanwhile GOG is giving away I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, a 1995 video game based on the classic Harlan Ellison short story of the same name.
Meanwhile B&H and Amazon have deals on storage products and Woot has a bunch of year-end deals on a variety of products.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Free PC games
Storage
Audio
Other
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Mit dem Lufttaxi zum Flughafen: Airbus will mit einem Prototypen den
Nahverkehr revolutionieren. Jetzt sind Testflüge geplant. (
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