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"Ohne die Netzwerkbetreiber bliebe der Bildschirm für die Nutzer dunkel", sagte Google-Manager Mike Blanche in Hongkong. Er bemühe sich um eine Partnerschaft zu den Gegnern und zu Huawei. (Google, Huawei)

Following an investigation carried out by the BPI and IFPI, with assistance from the US Department of Homeland Security, in 2011 file-sharing links forum Dancing Jesus was taken offline.

Two men, one the owner of the site and the other one of the forum’s top uploaders, were arrested by City of London Police. Homeland Security seized a Dancing Jesus server hosted in the United States.

After years of quiet, last October it became evident that the BPI was pursuing a private prosecution against the pair. In January 2014, site owner Kane Robinson of South Shields pleaded guilty to illegally distributing music. Key uploader Richard Graham of Leicestershire entered a guilty plea at a later date.

On November 10, 2014, Robinson and Graham were sentenced and received the harshest punishments ever handed down to UK-based file-sharers. For his part in offering a reported 22,500 links to 250,000 titles, Robinson was sentenced to 32 months. Graham received 21 months.

At the time the sentences were criticized as being both harsh and disproportionate but within months positive signs began to emerge.

In August a posting to a Facebook campaign page titled ‘Justice for Kane Robinson’ carried an optimistic message.

“We saw Kane at the weekend he is doing well and it is hopeful he could be out soon..thanks for all your continued support guys!” it read.

Then last Thursday, after receiving the toughest sentence of its kind and serving time in three separate prisons, Robinson was freed ‘just’ 11 months into his sentence.

His Facebook campaign carried two simple hashtags: #‎Justice4Kane‬ ‪and #‎Missioncomplete‬

It’s unclear why Robinson has been released so early. Chronicle Live said it had approached the Ministry of Justice but the office declined to comment on individual cases. Robinson himself has also remained silent.

TorrentFreak caught up with David Cook, a specialist cyber crime solicitor who was previously instructed to provide expert opinion to the defense in the case. He told TF that he no longer represents Robinson or Graham but confirmed both had previously filed appeals.

“However, this probably has a more simple explanation,” Cook explained.

“A 34 month sentence would equate to 17 months in custody and 17 months ‘on license’ in the community. If a person behaves and is deemed suitable then they may be released earlier.”

Both men will now be looking to rebuild their lives, probably far away from the file-sharing arena.

Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Für die Beta von Vivaldi hat sich das Team hauptsächlich auf die Stabilisierung des Browsers konzentriert. Unterstützt werden nun unter anderem H.264 oder auch Erweiterungen. Auch die Navigation ist erneut verbessert worden. (Vivaldi-Browser, Browser)

Cloud storage doesn’t grow on trees (or clouds)… although you’d be mistaken for thinking it was free. In recent years companies including Microsoft, Google, Dropbox, and Box have offered some amount of free online storage as a way to get people hooked on the service so that users of the free service will consider becoming paying […]

Microsoft is dropping OneDrive free storage to 5GB, killing Office 365 unlimited storage is a post from: Liliputing

Der private Modus in Firefox 42 enthält einen Trackingschutz, der laut Firefox-Chef Mark Mayo "alles blocken" soll, was Nutzer verfolgen kann. Die neue Browser-Version vereinfacht den Umgang mit Passwörtern, kann Tabs stumm schalten und bietet einen halb-offiziellen 64-Bit-Build für Windows. (Firefox, Browser)

Konkurrenz für das Surface Pro 4: Lenovo plant einer durchgesickerten Roadmap zufolge das Thinkpad X1 Tablet mit magnetischer Tastatur. Zudem soll es ein Thinkpad X1 Yoga und ein überarbeitetes, drahtlos aufzuladendes Thinkpad X1 Carbon mit Skylake geben. (Thinkpad, Lenovo)

Für rund 5,9 Milliarden US-Dollar kauft Activision Blizzard den britischen Entwickler King Digital, der vor allem für Candy Crush Saga und ähnliche Casualgames bekannt ist. (Activision Blizzard, Call of Duty)

Nächtliche Verfolgungsjagden mit der Polizei, Tuning und Drifts: EA legt mit Need for Speed einen Serienneustart hin und versucht, Elemente aus früheren Serienteilen zu einer Art Best-of zusammenzubauen. Hinzu kommt eine grandios inszenierte - aber auch unfassbar klischeebeladene Story. (Need for Speed, Spieletest)

Mit dem Rufus Cuff ist jetzt ein "Wrist Communicator" erhältlich: Das Gerät mit 3,2-Zoll-Display wird wie eine Smartwatch ums Handgelenk geschnallt, ist aber merklich größer und klobiger. Mögliche Einsatzzwecke sind Kommunikation und Sport-Tracking. (Wearable, Android)

Lass es dir doch vom Roboter bringen: Das Startup Starship Technologies hat einen Roboter entwickelt, der Waren ausliefern soll: Anders als die Lieferroboter von Amazon oder Google wird dieser jedoch auf dem Boden unterwegs sein. (Roboter, Google)