From the late 90s, illegal filesharing gradually brought the music industry to its knees. Exclusive extracts from Stephen Witt’s book pinpoint how music ‘got free’
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a comment: ""Brought the music industry to it's knees"? Bollocks. End of story."
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Make In India: Now government to have its own operating system, may replace Microsoft Windows in future - Aware of the pitfalls of vulnerabilities in its cyberspace following Snowden reports and countless attacks by Chinese hackers on key government websites, Centre has taken a vital step towards having its own operating system (OS) with which it plans to replace all other OSs, including the most popular Microsoft Windows in future.
It’s not just about using software to cheat, which is built into the design of capitalism. "Rather, like a quick paint job before an auction, the cloak of secrecy around software codes conceals the cracks in the foundations. It becomes a dangerous building material."
– Männen byggde maskinerna men det var kvinnor som programmerade dem, säger den svenska datapionjären Elsa-Karin Boestad-Nilsson.När hon 1948 kom till Försvarets forskningsanstalt (FOA) i Stockholm hade hon inte hört talas om datorer, eller matematikmaskiner som de kallades då. Hon hade precis läst färdigt matematik och fysik vid Stockholms högskola, och fått sitt första jobb. Att hon skulle vara med och starta den digitala eran fanns inte på kartan.
Slate, "But as shocking as Volkswagen’s fraud may be, it only heralds more of its kind. It’s time to address one of the most urgent if overlooked tech transparency issues—secret code in the criminal justice system. Today, closed, proprietary software can put you in prison or even on death row. And in most U.S. jurisdictions you still wouldn’t have the right to inspect it. In short, prosecutors have a Volkswagen problem."
The State Duma’s vice speaker has asked the Russian government to ban the use of the Windows 10 OS among Russian civil servants over fears the American software may give access to classified information and Russian officials’ personal data.
Yhdysvalloissa asuva Hursti saavutti kansainvälistä kuuluisuutta, kun hän kymmenen vuotta sitten paljasti vakavia tietoturva-aukkoja Yhdysvaltojen sähköisestä äänestysjärjestelmästä.
Kiista Viron kanssa alkoi viime vuonna, kun Hursti yhdessä Michiganin yliopiston tutkijoiden kanssa tutki Viron e-äänestysjärjestelmää. (https://estoniaevoting.org/)