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Ahoy! Kanye West Now Has His Own Pirate Bay

After threatening The Pirate Bay with a lawsuit, Kanye West was exposed as a pirate himself this week. The controversy made headlines all around the world and The Pirate Bay team even offered a helping hand. Perhaps even better, there’s also a dedicated “Kanye Bay” spin-off which should make the larger-than-life rapper feel right at home.

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kanyebaylogo Last month Kanye West released his latest album The Life of Pablo exclusively on Tidal, triggering a piracy feast.

Millions of fans have grabbed a pirated copy from unauthorized sites and services, including The Pirate Bay. Angered by mass-piracy Kanye West considered taking legal action against the notorious torrent site, but thus far nothing has happened.

Instead, Kanye was caught browsing a Pirate Bay related website earlier this week and from the looks of it he was pirating a prominent piece of music software himself.

In a response, The Pirate Bay team offered their support, in case he ran into technical issues. In addition, they catered to his narcissistic tendencies by promoting the ego-boosting “Kanye Bay” proxy.

“Should Mr. West experience any issues accessing the official domains of the galaxy’s most resilient torrent site, I’d suggest he try this nifty little proxy,” TPB staffer Spud17 tells us.

Kanye Bay….

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Aside from the aesthetic improvements, some words of wisdom and a direct link to pirated versions of Kanye’s music, the site acts as a regular Pirate Bay proxy.

TorrentFreak reached out to the operator of the unusual proxy who explained in detail how he came up with the idea.

“The other day, I came up with an equation that explains the way visionaries think as opposed to very calculated people,” Kanye Bay’s operator informs TF.

“If someone asked you, ‘What is 2 and 3?’ most people would say 5. If you put 2 and 3 in front of me, I’m gonna say, ‘Well, 2 plus 3 is 5. 2 times 3 is 6. 2 divided by 3 is this. 3 divided by 2 is that.’ And then come up with an average of all those things..,” he adds.

This visionary thinking eventually led to the creation of The Kanye Bay, which excels at serving torrents, compared to all other Pirate Bay proxies that ever existed.

“That is the thing people marvel at like, ‘That really was not what I was expecting’… Then I made KanyeBay.com and I was like, ‘Yeah. This sh*t is like 50 per cent more influential than any other proxy ever made’,” the operator says.

The Kanye Bay, like TPB, is all about sharing, not stealing. While Kanye West condemned The Pirate Bay earlier, he did not specifically object to people sharing his work.

This would also explain why Kanye West can threaten to sue The Pirate Bay while ‘using’ it at the same time. And rightly so, according to The Kanye Bay operator, who would rather not kill someone.

“I believe that being selfish is vulgar. It’s like cursing. I think the world can be saved through sharing, because what is the most selfish thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, piracy is like the opposite of that.”

“The Bible was copied like a million times and nobody ever got hurt.”

Amen. Even Yeezus would have to agree with that.

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

Spacecraft finds “magic island” in hydrocarbon seas of Titan

World’s tantalizing oceans may teem with “weird life” we cannot begin to imagine.

This image shows the evolution of a transient feature in the large hydrocarbon sea named Ligeia Mare. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/Cornell)

By comparing radar images of Saturn's exotic moon Titan, scientists have found a bright, island-like feature that has changed over time. The images, captured by the Cassini spacecraft from 2007 through 2015, show this "magic island" brightening and then dimming again.

From studying the images, scientists conclude the brightening is most likely due to waves at or beneath the surface. They do not think it's likely to be caused by tides or sea level or seafloor changes. The surface of Titan is extremely cold, on average about -180ºC, but methane and other hydrocarbons on its surface can still exist in liquid form. The "lake" shown in this image, Ligeia, is Titan's second-largest liquid hydrocarbon sea. With an area of about 130,000 square kilometers, it is nearly as large as the Caspian Sea, Earth's largest lake.

Previous images indicate other, similar features exist in Kraken Mare, Titan's largest hydrocarbon sea. With these observations, planetary scientists are beginning to understand that this moon's oceans are not stagnant, but are instead dynamic environments. Cassini will have one more opportunity to look for "magic island" in 2017, during its final, close flyby.

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Beware California students, you could be expelled for “sexting” on campus

“An electronic act with the purpose or effect of humiliating or harassing a pupil.”

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A California state lawmaker has come up with a new way to combat what he has defined as "sexting," but what most of us might define as "revenge porn."

Specifically, Asm. Ed Chau’s (D-Monterey Park) new bill would empower public schools to expel students under 18 who engage in the potentially degrading behavior.

According to the draft legislation, which was formally introduced late last month in the California Assembly, sexting is defined as "the dissemination of, or the solicitation or incitement to disseminate, a photograph or other visual recording by a pupil to another pupil or to school personnel by means of an electronic act with the purpose or effect of humiliating or harassing a pupil."

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Amazon is bringing back encryption for Fire OS devices

Amazon may have removed on-device encryption from its Fire tablets and TV boxes with the recent released of Fire OS 5 because “customers weren’t using it,” but the move caused a bit of an outcry this week and it seems like Amazon was listening. The company now says it’ll bring back support for full disk encryption […]

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Hollywood’s Site Blocking Plans Require Net Neutrality Changes

The MPA has submitted proposals to Brazil’s Ministry of Justice asking ISPs to block subscriber access to ‘pirate’ sites. The proposals are part of a public consultation which gave stakeholders the chance to shape legislation that governs the use of the Internet. However, the MPA’s demands will require changes to net neutrality rules.

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The Brazilian Civil Rights Framework for the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet) is legislation that governs the use of the Internet in Brazil. Under development since 2009 the Marco Civil aims to protect online privacy rights, net neutrality principles and other key issues.

The law was passed in April 2014 after being fast-tracked in the wake of the Snowden revelations. Last year the legislation entered its second stage with the Ministry of Justice announcing a public consultation process allowing stakeholders to contribute to the development of the law.

Of course, where legislation is available to be shaped Hollywood is rarely far behind and as a result the Motion Picture Association and its studio members quickly got involved. They believe that the Marco Civil’s net neutrality provisions present problems for rightsholders who need to be able to protect their content against online infringement.

Last year the MPA told Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo that the legislation’s wording was too tight and exceptions were needed to allow for anti-piracy enforcement. This week the public consultation came to a close and it’s now clear that the stance of the MPA is shared by many other rightsholders in the audiovisual sector.

In a proposal submitted by the MPA, the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property (ABPI), Brazilian Association of Independent Television Producers (ABPI-TV) and Brazilian Association of Audiovisual Works Production (APRO) and others, demands for site-blocking are front and center.

In common with other regions where site-blocking measures have been introduced, the MPA wants Brazil to order its Internet service providers to block ‘pirate’ sites located outside the country, beyond Brazil’s jurisdiction. It’s expected that the existing legal system will deal with those hosted domestically.

“Although foreign [pirate site] hosts can not be forced to delete the illegal content from their servers, access to these can be hampered by technical measures implemented by Brazilian Internet service providers,” the proposal reads.

According to local media this is the first time that cinema associations, large Brazilian producers and Hollywood studios have joined together under one banner.

“We can not accept that the Internet is a free area for lawlessness,” said Edson Vismona, president of the umbrella group National Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP).

“Our mission is to set some milestones to show that illegality will not prosper. We have to respect all the principles of freedom of expression, but not actions that violate citizens’ basic rights.”

The group says that if Brazil implements the required measures it will be in good company since countries including Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, the UK, Portugal and Spain already engaged in site blocking.

Of course, the great irony here is that while the MPA demands site blocking of Brazil, there is no site blocking taking place in the United States. Nevertheless, the MPA and its colleagues want a “clear provision for site blocking techniques” and exceptions written into the Marco Civil.

Only time will tell if they will get their way.

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

Messaging: Microsoft stand kurz vor Übernahme von Slack

Rund acht Milliarden US-Dollar schwer wäre eine Übernahme des auf Geschäftskunden ausgerichteten Messengers Slack durch Microsoft geworden – die erst durch Bill Gates und Satya Nadella abgeblasen wurde. Gates will stattdessen Skype stärker ausbauen. (Microsoft, Skype)

Rund acht Milliarden US-Dollar schwer wäre eine Übernahme des auf Geschäftskunden ausgerichteten Messengers Slack durch Microsoft geworden - die erst durch Bill Gates und Satya Nadella abgeblasen wurde. Gates will stattdessen Skype stärker ausbauen. (Microsoft, Skype)

Posts: Neue Google-Funktion – nur für Präsidentschaftskandidaten

Donald Trump und Hillary Clinton können schon, alle anderen (noch) nicht: Google hat eine neue Funktion namens Posts vorgestellt, mit der künftige Präsidenten und andere Prominente besonders deutlich in der Suchliste hervorgehoben werden. (Google, Internet)

Central Bank of Venezuela doubles down in “cyber-terrorism” website lawsuit

DolarToday wins motion to dismiss, but Caracas fires back with a new filing.

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On Friday, lawyers for the Central Bank of Venezuela (CBV) filed a new amended civil complaint against DolarToday, the US-based website that publishes a daily unofficial exchange rate between American dollars and Venezuelan bolivares.

The Venezuelan government has made it a crime to publish the street trading rate as it countermands the "official" exchange rates, which are far more favorable to the government. The recent collapse of the price of oil has exacerbated Venezuela's economic woes; the country is widely expected to default on its international debts later this year.

Late last month, US District Judge Gregory Sleet ruled in favor of DolarToday’s earlier motion to dismiss. In his two-page ruling, Judge Sleet found that the CBV lacked standing and dismissed the case. However, he allowed the CBV to file an amended complaint within seven days, which it has now done.

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Universal Windows Platform: Epic-Chef warnt vor Microsoft-Monopol

Mit der Universal Windows Platform will Microsoft ein Monopol beim Vertrieb von Spielen aufbauen und damit Steam und Gog.com aus dem Markt drängen. Das sagt Tim Sweeney, Chef von Epic Games – und fordert die Branche zum Kampf auf. (Microsoft, Steam)

Mit der Universal Windows Platform will Microsoft ein Monopol beim Vertrieb von Spielen aufbauen und damit Steam und Gog.com aus dem Markt drängen. Das sagt Tim Sweeney, Chef von Epic Games - und fordert die Branche zum Kampf auf. (Microsoft, Steam)

Umfrage: Jeder zweite deutsche Online-Käufer bestellt im Ausland

Vor allem Kleidung und Schuhe, aber auch Bücher und Games werden gerne bei Internet-Händlern im Ausland gekauft. Es locken günstigere Preise und Produkte, die in Deutschland sonst nicht zu haben sind. (Onlineshop, Studie)