Ruckus Wireless stellt WiFi-Hotspots her, die auch in großer Kälte oder Hitze funktionieren sollen. Auch die WLAN-Technik in öffentlichen Hotspots in New York kommt von Ruckus Wireless, hier gehört Google zu den Betreibern. Wir haben uns mit dem Europachef unterhalten. (WLAN, Netzwerk) Klage: Verwaltungsgericht soll Vorratsdatenspeicherung stoppen
Wie kann die Vorratsdatenspeicherung gestoppt werden? Der Verband der Internetwirtschaft und der ISP Spacenet versuchen es jetzt mit einer ungewöhnlichen Klage. (Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Datenschutz)
Wie kann die Vorratsdatenspeicherung gestoppt werden? Der Verband der Internetwirtschaft und der ISP Spacenet versuchen es jetzt mit einer ungewöhnlichen Klage. (Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Datenschutz) HBO Censors Game of Thrones Spoilers With Dubious Copyright Claims
HBO is not only taking action against people who download pirated copies of Game of Thrones, the company is also targeting those who predict what’s going to happen in future episodes. YouTube user Frikidoctor has had several videos taken down due to copyright complaints, including one where no infringing video or sound was used.
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As one of its hottest properties, HBO has become very protective of Game of Thrones.
In recent weeks thousands of pirates have received warnings in their mailboxes, and the company is also fervently trying to take down links to pirated copies of the show, with some success.
Besides from actual copies of episodes, HBO also appears to have an eye on those who talk about what may happen during the rest of the season. The Internet is littered with spoilers which HBO doesn’t like, including those posted in Spanish by YouTube user Frikidoctor.
Unlike many others, Frikidoctor is remarkably accurate with his predictions, and claims to have a source close to the fire who feeds him information. HBO doesn’t like this and has pulled several of his videos, arguing that they are infringing their copyrights.
This also happened to the video featuring several episode three spoilers which was uploaded a few days ago.
“I uploaded the video and two hours later HBO decided to take it down on YouTube [claiming] copyright infringement,” Frikidoctor says, responding to the surprise takedown.
Frikidoctor admits that he used snippets of trailers and other promotional material in earlier videos that were removed, but says that the video with the episode three “predictions” didn’t include any HBO audio or video.
“In the last two videos they took down I had some frames from teasers and trailers they decided to share with everyone for promotional purposes. This time the video did not have a single frame or sound that belongs to HBO,” he says.
Instead, the video was just him dressed up in a Mexican wrestler costume, discussing what would happen in the upcoming episode.
“So, they think that me dressed as a Mexican wrestler talking about predictions for episode three of Game of Thrones is their property. That it’s copyrighted material that belongs to them,” Frikidoctor notes.
“Isn’t that misuse of the DMCA?” he adds.
Frikidoctor has appealed the takedown with YouTube and also contacted a lawyer to discuss what steps to take next. While he sees it as a violation of his right to free speech, he’s not sure whether he’s willing to take the issue to court just yet.
For now, however, he will refrain from posting any predictions, to keep the pressure off.
If Frikidoctor did indeed pursue a claim against HBO he would have a good chance of winning. Merely talking about newsworthy information obtained from a source is generally something that would fall under fair use.
It certainly isn’t something to be struck down easily with a copyright complaint.
‘Bogus’ YouTube takedown have become a hot topic in recent months. Earlier this year close to 100,000 people voiced their concerns about potential abuse of copyright takedowns.
The campaign, spearheaded by Fight for the Future and popular YouTube channel ChannelAwesome, stressed that copyright holders are too often censoring free speech with dubious or false takedown claims.
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Viv is a new virtual assistant from creators of Siri
Before Siri was a virtual assistant built into the operating system that powers iPhone and iPads, the software was a standalone app developed by a team including Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer. Apple bought the company and the rest is history… except that Kittlaus and Cheyer weren’t finished coming up with new ways for your device to act as a digital assistant.
Today the two introduced a new tool called Viv, which can do many of the things Siri can… and much more.
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Before Siri was a virtual assistant built into the operating system that powers iPhone and iPads, the software was a standalone app developed by a team including Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer. Apple bought the company and the rest is history… except that Kittlaus and Cheyer weren’t finished coming up with new ways for your device to act as a digital assistant.
Today the two introduced a new tool called Viv, which can do many of the things Siri can… and much more.
Continue reading Viv is a new virtual assistant from creators of Siri at Liliputing.
Security: Roboter aus Lego knackt Gestenauthentifizierung
Viele Nutzer sperren ihr Smartphone mit einer Geste. Sicher ist das aber nicht. Ein Roboter aus Lego kann diesen Schutz umgehen. (Security, Roboter)
Viele Nutzer sperren ihr Smartphone mit einer Geste. Sicher ist das aber nicht. Ein Roboter aus Lego kann diesen Schutz umgehen. (Twitter tells US intel agencies to do their own data mining
Move comes as Silicon Valley publicly battles the US intelligence agencies.
An illustration of Dataminr's data-mining of Twitter (credit: Dataminr)
In another sign that tensions between Silicon Valley and the US government are strong, Twitter is now barring US intel agencies from a service that analyzes the micro-blogging service's entire feed.
San Francisco-based Twitter has informed business partner Dataminr to cut off access to the CIA, NSA, and other government surveillance outfits. Twitter was concerned about the "optics" of appearing too cozy with the US intel community, The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday.
In a statement to Ars, Twitter downplayed the development. "Dataminr uses public Tweets to sell breaking news alerts to media organizations such as Dow Jones and government agencies such as the World Health Organization, for non-surveillance purposes," Twitter said. "We have never authorized Dataminr or any third party to sell data to a government or intelligence agency for surveillance purposes. This is a longstanding Twitter policy, not a new development."
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Star-Trek-Fanfilm: Die Schlacht um Axanar geht weiter
Der Streit zwischen Paramount/CBS und den Machern des Star-Trek-Fanfilms geht weiter: Die Rechteinhaber wollen den Unterstützungsbrief der Sprachgesellschaft LCS ausschließen lassen – er sei in mehrfacher Weise unpassend. Beide Seiten werfen mit früheren Urteilssprüchen um sich. (Star Trek, Urheberrecht)
Der Streit zwischen Paramount/CBS und den Machern des Star-Trek-Fanfilms geht weiter: Die Rechteinhaber wollen den Unterstützungsbrief der Sprachgesellschaft LCS ausschließen lassen - er sei in mehrfacher Weise unpassend. Beide Seiten werfen mit früheren Urteilssprüchen um sich. (Star Trek, Urheberrecht) id Software: Doom wird Vulkan unterstützen
Die PC-Version von Doom verwendet erst OpenGL, später soll das Actionspiel aber auch mit Vulkan klarkommen. Das hat id Software gesagt - und sein nächstes Werk im Video mit 200 fps auf einer der neuen Grafikkarten von Nvidia gezeigt. (Lenovo’s Project Tango 3D imaging phone launches June 9th
Lenovo and Google had already announced plans to launch the first commercially-available smartphone to use Google’s Project Tango technology. Now Lenovo has set a launch date: June 9th.
That’s when the company will unveil the new phone with cameras for capturing and interacting with 3D imagery.
It’s also the date of Lenovo’s second annual Tech World conference.
Google has been working on Project Tango for a a few years, and the company has made some limited edition phones and tablets featuring the technology available to developers.
Continue reading Lenovo’s Project Tango 3D imaging phone launches June 9th at Liliputing.
Lenovo and Google had already announced plans to launch the first commercially-available smartphone to use Google’s Project Tango technology. Now Lenovo has set a launch date: June 9th.
That’s when the company will unveil the new phone with cameras for capturing and interacting with 3D imagery.
It’s also the date of Lenovo’s second annual Tech World conference.
Google has been working on Project Tango for a a few years, and the company has made some limited edition phones and tablets featuring the technology available to developers.
Continue reading Lenovo’s Project Tango 3D imaging phone launches June 9th at Liliputing.
Mario makes leap to Minecraft
Move proves some games are too big to lock down on one platform.
The release of yet another bit of cosmetic DLC for one specific version of Minecraft isn't usually the kind of thing we'd take the time to write about at Ars. But the latest skin pack for the game caught our eye because it marks the first time that characters from Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series have shown up in a game published by an ostensible console competitor: Microsoft, in this case.
The "Super Mario Mash-Up Pack" will launch as a free download exclusively for the Wii U version of the game on May 17 and come included on the retail disc when it launches on June 17 (the downloadable version launched on Wii U last December). It includes 40 Mario-themed skins, new world and item textures inspired by the Mario series, and 15 pieces of music from Super Mario 64.
Releasing special content specifically targeted at Wii U players may seem like an odd thing for Microsoft to do after the company spent $2.5 billion to acquire Minecraft maker Mojang back in 2014. At the time, though, Microsoft promised that the many existing versions of Minecraft on platforms like PlayStation systems, iOS, and Android wouldn't be affected by the purchase. The company has proved true to its word since then, releasing a Wii U version just a few months ago and even featuring Sony's LittleBigPlanet series in DLC for the PlayStation 4 version of the game last year.
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