Month: November 2024

Auf den ersten Blick sieht das Schiff aus wie ein Flugzeugträger, es wirkt aber wenig militärisch. (Schiff, Drohne)

Caddo Lake ist ein Film, der bei den Zuschauern lange nachwirken wird. Als Regisseure und Cast hat Produzent M. Night Shyamalan bekannte Gesichter geholt. Eine Rezension von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Film)

Hunderte KI-Agenten wurden auf einem Minecraft-Server sich selbst überlassen, suchten Jobs, gingen wählen und verbreiteten eine Religion. (KI, Minecraft)

Founded over a decade ago, Dramacool became a go-to destination for pirated copies of Asian dramas and related content.

The site was originally started by a group of ‘students’ who wanted to share their passion for this entertainment niche. But what started as a hobby, eventually became a multi-site streaming operation with tens of millions of users.

Most recently, Dramacool operated Asianc, Watchasia, Dramanice, and Runasian. The domain names used by these sites switched regularly due to blocking efforts and other problems.

Updates on these domain changes, as well as news about the latest dramas, were disseminated through Asianwiki.co, which functioned as an unofficial communication channel for Dramacool followers.

Dramacool Shuts Down

Earlier this month, several Dramacool domains ran into trouble again, becoming unreachable. Making matters worse, the Asianwiki.co information portal went offline too, leaving many users in the dark.

These issues didn’t come out of nowhere. The Dramacool sites have been under legal pressure for a while and yesterday, the site’s operators decided that they’ve seen enough drama.

“We are sorry to announce that we will be closing all 5 websites: Asianc, Dramanice, Watchasia, Runasian, Asianwiki. Due to the copyright, we cannot run the sites anymore. We apologize to every fan that always supported and loved DRAMACOOL,” the operators wrote on X.

Dramacool’s Farewell

The surprise shutdown came as a major disappointment to the many people who had made these sites a regular visit. This triggered an outpouring of responses on social media, mourning the sites’ demise.

“Oh nooooooo this is such a shame, because dramacool holds such an extensive archive of Asian media, it’s wonderful, stuff you couldn’t find anywhere else. I feel so sad that this will all be lost,” one fan wrote.

Responses

Recent Legal Troubles

The shutdown message doesn’t provide any detail on the “copyright” issues, but there have been a few recent developments that likely played a role. For example, three months ago the Delhi High Court in India granted a dynamic blocking order (pdf) that affected several Dramacool domains.

Domain blocking orders are not new. However, Indian court orders have done a lot of damage this year, also internationally. In this case, the order was requested by Warner Bros, Disney, Netflix, and other major Hollywood players, which adds additional weight.

Following the order, local ISPs blocked domains including dramanice.la, asianc.sh, and runasian.net. The order also applies to all new domains these sites register going forward.

While the legal paperwork doesn’t mention domain registrars as a party, previous blocking orders have. As a result, even international domain registration companies such as Namecheap have suspended the targeted pirate domains.

It’s possible that something similar happened here, as many of the Dramacool domains were indeed suspended. The Watchasia.to and Asianwiki.co domains, for example, now use the blockedforabuse.pleasecontactsupport.com nameserver associated with previous Namecheap suspensions.

Blockedforabuse…

Dramanice.la, Runasian.net, and Asianc.sh, meanwhile, were put on “clientHold status“, which is another way for Namecheap to suspend domain names.

With Namecheap taking a clear stand, Dramacool’s troubles grew, which likely factored into their shutdown decision. There may be much more going on behind the scenes, but it’s a clear signal that legal pressure was building.

Many of the movie companies that obtained the blocking order are part of anti-piracy coalition ACE. While this group hasn’t taken credit for or shared any in-depth information about Dramacool’s demise, we are informed that it will continue to crack down on pirate sites in the region.

“The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment is aware of these developments and will continue to take firm action against operators running illegal streaming services across the region, including operators based in Vietnam,” a spokesperson said.

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

Die Malware hat es unter anderem auf Browserdaten und Kryptowallets abgesehen. MacOS-Nutzer sollten jetzt besonders wachsam bleiben. (Malware, Apple)

Nicht nur schnell, sondern auch unschlagbar beim Stromverbrauch: Apples Zusammenspiel aus Hard- und Software überzeugt im Vergleichstest. Ein Test von Martin Böckmann (Mac Mini, Prozessor)

One year ago, I didn’t know how to bake bread. I just knew how to follow a recipe.

If everything went perfectly, I could turn out something plain but palatable. But should anything change—temperature, timing, flour, Mercury being in Scorpio—I’d turn out a partly poofy pancake. I presented my partly poofy pancakes to people, and they were polite, but those platters were not particularly palatable.

During a group vacation last year, a friend made fresh sourdough loaves every day, and we devoured it. He gladly shared his knowledge, his starter, and his go-to recipe. I took it home, tried it out, and made a naturally leavened, artisanal pancake.

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Welcome to Edition 7.21 of the Rocket Report! We're publishing the Rocket Report a little early this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. We don't expect any Thanksgiving rocket launches this year, but still, there's a lot to cover from the last six days. It seems like we've seen the last flight of the year by SpaceX's Starship rocket. A NASA filing with the Federal Aviation Administration requests approval to fly an aircraft near the reentry corridor over the Indian Ocean for the next Starship test flight. The application suggests the target launch date is January 11, 2025.

As always, we welcome reader submissions. If you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.

Another grim first in Ukraine. For the first time in warfare, Russia launched an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile against a target in Ukraine, Ars reports. This attack on November 21 followed an announcement from Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier the same week that the country would change its policy for employing nuclear weapons in conflict. The IRBM, named Oreshnik, is the longest-range weapon ever used in combat in Europe, and could be refitted to carry nuclear warheads on future strikes.

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Intel mit Milliardenverlust, Microsoft mit Pannen, um Crowdstrike war es zu lange ruhig und wie lange wird Kupferdraht noch verwendet? Von Boris Mayer (Softwareentwicklung, Microsoft)

Der beliebteste Duschkopf bei Amazon kommt von hansgrohe. Das Modell Pulsify Select S gibt es derzeit zum Black Friday mit Sonderrabatt. (Black Friday, Amazon)