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Start frei für Deep Space Industries: Das Weltraumbergbau-Unternehmen will in wenigen Jahren das erste Raumschiff zur Prospektion zu einem Asteroiden schicken. Ein Testsatellit soll schon bald starten. (Deep Space Industries, Raumfahrt)

Es war kaum anders zu erwarten: Facebook und die Community liefern sich einen technischen Wettlauf um die Umgehung von Adblockern in dem sozialen Netzwerk. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

Für Star-Wars-Fans ist der Arbeitstag vorbei: Es gibt einen Trailer der Auskopplung Rogue One. Darth Vader gibt erstmals seit vielen Jahren wieder ein Gastspiel. (Star Wars, Disney)

Neue SSDs im M.2-Formfaktor für Enterprise-Server: Die Modellreihen PM963 und SM963 weisen gleich viel maximale Speicherkapazität auf, unterscheiden sich aber stark bei der Haltbarkeit. (Solid State Drive, Speichermedien)

Mehr Kapazität pro Die und mehr Chips pro Wafer: SK Hynix produziert mittlerweile 3D-Flash-Speicher der vierten Generation. Die Konkurrenz ist allerdings schon weiter. (Hynix, Flash-Speicher)

Erst wollte Microsoft den Support für Skylake-Notebooks mit Windows 7 oder 8.1 drastisch einschränken und schon Mitte 2017 aufgeben. Dann erweiterte Microsoft den Support um ein Jahr, um ihn schließlich noch einmal zu verlängern. Kaby-Lake- und Bristol-Ridge-Systeme bleiben aber ein Problem. (Business-Notebooks, Apple)

Eine Art Twitch mit mehr interaktiven Elementen - das ist der Streamingdienst Beam. Jetzt will Microsoft die Firma kaufen, um sie in seine Xbox-Sparte einzugliedern. (Microsoft, Games)

With millions of visitors per month, Uploaded is one of the largest file-hosting services on the Internet.

Like many of its ‘cloud hosting’ competitors, the service is also used to share copyright infringing material, which is a thorn in the side of various copyright holder groups.

In Germany this prompted music rights group GEMA, which represents roughly 70,000 artists, to address the matter in court.

This week the Regional Court of Munich ruled that Uploaded must take a more proactive stance when it comes to online piracy. In its current form the site can be held liable for the infringements of its users, which means that it faces damages.

According to the court order, Uploaded is not only obliged to remove infringing files when they are reported. It must also take additional measures, such as preventing the same files from being uploaded again.

This is similar to the “take-down and stay-down” principle copyright holder worldwide are lobbying for.

Overall, the court found that Uploaded’s business model is “risk-inducing” and “dangerous for copyright owners,” highlighting the anonymity of users and the referral program as factors that increase the service’s liability.

Like other file-hosting services, Uploaded allows users to generate revenue by referring new customers to the site.

Uploaded referral program

GEMA CEO Dr. Harald Heker is happy with the outcome and calls for a regulatory framework where site operators are held responsible for the piracy that occurs though their services.

“File-hosting services earn a lot of money though the exploitation of creative content. Copyright infringements are willingly accepted. This imbalance hurts our members and is something we can’t accept,” he says.

Uploaded’s parent company Cyando AG has yet to comment on the ruling.

This is not the first case Uploaded has lost in Germany, Rasch lawyer Mirko Brüß informs TorrentFreak. In April the company lost a similar case against the Association of American Publishers, which dealt with pirated e-books.

“What the judgments have in common is that, according to the court, Uploaded is not only obliged to take down content when they are notified of an infringement. They also have to take proactive measures to prevent the same work from being re-uploaded and made available for download again.”

While Uploaded can be held liable for damages, the court order is not yet legally binding and is likely to be appealed. In any case, a follow-up case is required to establish an exact damages amount.

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

Das Logitech Pop ist ein Schalter für das vernetzte Zuhause, das die unterschiedlichsten Geräte ansprechen kann. So lassen sich nicht nur Leuchtmittel, sondern auch Musikanlagen und andere Smart-Home-Apparate schalten. (Logitech, Heimvernetzung)

Audi hat ein neues Stoßdämpfersystem entwickelt, das auch zur Rückgewinnung von Energie geeignet ist, die einen Akku aufladen soll. Je schlechter die Straße, desto besser arbeitet der elektromechanische Rotationsdämpfer, der auch den Fahrkomfort steigern soll. (Audi, Technologie)