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Gaffe à vous si vous possédez un routeur de marque Linksys ou Netgear. D'après Eloi Vanderbeken qui a analysé le firmware de son Linksys WAG200G, il y aurait une porte dérobée (backdoor) présente sur le port TCP/32764 de certains de ces routeurs.
Piracy is not the problem. It is an answer to a problem of pricing and access. We think we have a better solution: piracy authorized by the developers. The Indie Bay is in effect, a try-before-you-buy store where you can pirate everything safely and legally. We believe that people are inherently good, and given a chance, will reward content creators.
Google is in discussions with payment companies including Visa, Mastercard and PayPal to put illegal download websites out of existence by cutting off their funding.
If Google goes ahead with the radical move, it would not mark the first time that illegal websites have been diminished or driven out of business by having a block put on their source of cash.
As software developers, piracy is something that affects us all. If you work for a large company, you may not see it directly, but you still have an interest in who is using your company's software. If you work for a small company or are a solo developer, piracy hits a lot closer to home.
Both large and small companies usually offer "knee jerk" reactions, and despite conventional wisdom, they generally are incorrect.
A newly published patent application filed by Sony outlines a content protection system that would use small RFID chips embedded on game discs to prevent used games from being played on its systems, all without requiring an online connection. Filed in September and still awaiting approval from the US Patent Office, the patent application for an "electronic content processing system, electronic content processing method, package of electronic content, and use permission apparatus" describes a system "that reliably restricts the use of electronic content dealt in the second-hand markets."
Five years ago a composer created music for use in a one-off anti-piracy video. However, without his permission it was used time and again on dozens of commercial DVDs such as Harry Potter. Even in the wake of a huge controversy over “corrupt” and “mafia-like” practices, the local music rights group that got involved in the case failed to pay him the money he was owed. The case went to court and this week the music rights group lost.