Homeowners Face High Refi Rates: Today's Refinance Rates, Feb. 29, 2024 - CNET
Updated: 2024-02-29 15:26:00
It's harder to find a lower rate on a home loan when mortgage rates keep inching up.
Today’s Best Savings Rates, Feb. 29, 2024: Savings Rates Won’t Stay High Forever. Earn Up to 5.35% APY With One of These Accounts - CNET
Updated: 2024-02-29 15:00:00It’s time to maximize your interest earnings with a high-yield savings account before rates drop later this year.CD Rates Today, Feb. 29, 2024: Don’t Wait to Snag an APY as High as 5.5% - CNET
Updated: 2024-02-29 14:30:00CD rates are likely the highest they’ll go this year. The sooner you open an account, the more interest you stand to earn.Home Inspections: Why Homebuyers Should Never Skip Them - CNET
Updated: 2024-02-29 13:00:00A home inspection tells you what costs, repairs and maintenance your home needs immediately and in the future.Pirate Sites With Malicious Ads Face Restrictions Under New Initiative
Updated: 2024-02-29 10:27:55
Led by companies including Amazon, Disney, Google, Meta and Spotify, a new initiative by the Trustworthy Accountability Group will produce a domain blocklist to deny ad revenue to pirate sites. The idea isn't new but here, intelligence on known pirate sites will be combined with data originally obtained by anti-malware vendors, meaning that potential advertisers will have another reason to avoid pirate sites when they expose users to malicious ads.
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Nintendo’s Yuzu Lawsuit Aims to Pour Banana Peels Over All Emulators
Updated: 2024-02-28 15:55:59
Given its zero-tolerance approach to piracy, Nintendo's copyright lawsuit targeting the company behind Switch emulator 'Yuzu' isn't a big surprise. While the 41-page complaint throws almost everything at the hugely popular Switch emulation project, Nintendo's focus on specific functionality plus knowledge, conduct, and intent, seems to avoid a direct assault on general emulation. It could cover the entire scene with banana peels, however.
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OpenAI: ‘The New York Times Paid Someone to Hack Us’
Updated: 2024-02-27 15:15:24
OpenAI accuses The New York Times of paying someone to hack OpenAI’s products. This was allegedly done to gather evidence for the copyright infringement complaint the newspaper filed late last year. This lawsuit fails to meet The Times' "famously rigorous journalistic standards," the defense argues, asking the New York federal court to dismiss it in part.
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ISPs Request Records to Show How Piracy Fight Blocked Legitimate Sites
Updated: 2024-02-27 00:13:39Internet anti-piracy system 'Piracy Shield' has been fully operational for less than a month and has already managed to block large numbers of legitimate platforms. Last Saturday saw the most significant blunder, yet official explanations are notable only by their absence. In a letter to AGCOM dated Monday, ISP association ASSOProvider calls on the telecoms regulator to release specific documents to show what has been blocked since February 1, and effectively, who issued the order to block Cloudflare - and why..
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Hollywood Used ‘Dynamic+ Injunction’ to Shut Down movie-web and Other Pirate Sites
Updated: 2024-02-26 22:29:04Late last week, the public-facing demo website of movie-web went offline. New information shows that this was likely the result of a 'dynamic+ injunction', ordered by the High Court of Delhi, India on behalf of Netflix and the Hollywood majors. The order requires ISPs to block dozens of pirate sites and also applies to domain name registrars, including the American company Namecheap.
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“Perfect” Piracy Shield & Propaganda: Blocking Blunders Branded “Fake News”
Updated: 2024-02-25 08:43:29
Just three weeks after launch, Italy's Piracy Shield blocking system is set for expansion. The news was revealed by the head of AGCOM and local anti-piracy group FAPAV, who also addressed media reports that overblocking is already affecting innocent parties. Those media reports, published by reputable outlets, were dismissed as "fake news." In reality, the claim that Piracy Shield is "working perfectly" isn't just fake, it's pure propaganda.
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‘Movie-web’ Domain Shut Down By Hollywood Complaint
Updated: 2024-02-24 13:07:30Open source movie streaming project movie-web has lost its public-facing demo site. The domain name was seemingly suspended by registrar Namecheap, following a legal complaint from several major movie studios. The developers have no intention of fighting back, but the app's code remains available on GitHub for others to use.
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Google Search Takedown Requests Rush to 8 Billion at Record Pace
Updated: 2024-02-23 20:56:46Google has just processed the eight billionth DMCA takedown request for its search engine. With a recent increase in notices, the 10 billion milestone is just a year away. A recent uptick in activity is mainly pushed by publishers, including Korean media giant Kakao Entertainment, which is one of the most active senders over the past six months.
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‘IPFS Gateway Operator is not Liable for Pirated Software Keys’
Updated: 2024-02-23 00:40:51The Interplanetary File System is known as a censorship-resistant technology. However, it's not immune to copyright holder complaints. When software company JetBrains warned an IPFS gateway operator that they are liable for the alleged availability of pirated keys, the Electronic Frontier Foundation stepped up in his defense. Liability questions are never straightforward, though.
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Record Labels: ‘Hisses & Crackles’ Are No License to Copy & Digitize Old Records
Updated: 2024-02-22 21:37:36Record labels have responded to Internet Archive's motion to dismiss 'expired' ‘Great 78 Project‘ copyright infringement claims. The music companies, including UMG and Sony, counter the statute of limitations argument. In addition, they stress that "hisses, crackles, and pops" on old records are flaws, not a license to copy and digitize the music.
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IPTV Piracy Group Members Arrested For Signal Theft, Fraud, Money Laundering
Updated: 2024-02-22 08:45:34
Officers of the Quebec Provincial Police (Sûreté du Québec) carried out raids this week against suspected members of an IPTV piracy group operating in Canada. At least five people were arrested on suspicion of various crimes including theft of telecommunications services, fraud, and money laundering. A key suspect targeted in an earlier operation was out of the country. The action follows a criminal complaint filed by companies including Bell, Videotron, and Rogers.
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Appeals Court Vacates $1 Billion Piracy Damages Award Against Cox, Orders New Trial
Updated: 2024-02-21 15:03:27The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the $1 billion piracy damages award against Internet provider Cox Communications. While the ISP remains contributorily liable for pirating subscribers, a finding of vicarious copyright infringement was reversed. A new trial will determine the appropriate damages amount given these new conclusions.
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Film Companies Seek ‘Torrenting History’ Related to Redditor
Updated: 2024-02-20 10:33:37Several film companies are continuing efforts to obtain piracy-related information in connection with Reddit users. While Reddit declined to comply with recent subpoenas for subscriber information, it handed over the personal details of one user last year. A new court filing sheds some light on the type of evidence being sought by the filmmakers, which includes BitTorrent activity and pirate site visits.
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