Adobe’s Polite Reminder To Stop Pirating Software
Adobe’s taking a stand against pirated copies of its software.
No matter what the form of media–film, music, software, books–there’s someone who stands to make a quick buck off a pirated version of it. Whether it’s bootleg movies actually filmed in the darkness of a theater or ebooks that have been reformatted and uploaded to shady download sites, piracy is such a part of multimedia content that even the efforts to combat it might seem a little half-hearted.
But Adobe’s taking a stand against pirated copies of its software…sort of.
Adobe has begun issuing popup warnings on computers that are running pirated copies of its Acrobat X software. These popups, which aren’t even affecting popular stolen downloads like Photoshop yet, are simply meant to inform the user that his computer is running an illegal version of the software, while highlighting some of the dangers of doing so (ie, malicious software bundled with it). The company has been quick to point out that there are no legal ramifications or spy-like tracking of who’s been naughty, just a polite reminder of the dangers and a request that the user use a verified version.
TorrentFreak had an interesting view on how this will affect consumers: “Aside from a few recent complaints about the pop-up there hasn’t been much backlash, which could mean that the program is still gearing up, and not operating at full swing just yet.”
Um…complaints? Of course. But not in the way you might think. Sure, it seems just like people to illegally download a cheap knock-off version of a really expensive piece of uber-powerful software, then complain about an innocuous popup box. But no, so far it’s been people who’ve been running what they believe to be licensed copies of their Adobe software, but who then receive the anti-piracy warning after (you guessed it) upgrading to Windows 10.
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Web Giants Vow To Tackle Hate Speech In Social Media
Several of the web’s big players have released the news that they intend to deal with and remove hate speech posted online within 24 hours of it going live.
The move supports a new code-of-conduct intended to limit the dissemination of online abuse via social media. The code was drafted by the EU.
In essence, the new code that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft have signed up to means that they will act quickly when they are made aware of hate speech. Specifically, the new code will deal with xenophobic or illegal content.
As an aside, the firms involved have pledged to also educate users about what does and does not constitute acceptable behaviour.
The important part of the new code-of-conduct is the bit about ’24’ hours. The 4 big companies signing up to the agreement pretty much don’t have to do very much to be in compliance.
All 4 of them already have processes and policies in place to deal with online hate speech, and to varying degrees of success, enforce them successfully.
The new time limit set by the EU though, hopes that now online hate speech will be shut down before it gets a chance to go viral.
Vĕra Jourová, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, said:
“Social media is unfortunately one of the tools that terrorist groups use to radicalise young people and racist use to spread violence and hatred. This agreement is an important step forward to ensure that the internet remains a place of free and democratic expression, where European values and laws are respected. I welcome the commitment of worldwide IT companies to review the majority of valid notifications for removal of illegal hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to such content, if necessary.”
The EU have been pro-active in this area in recent times. In December 2015, they launched the EU Internet Forum, a means to try and “protect the public from the spread of terrorist material and terrorist exploitation of communication channels to facilitate and direct their activities.”
At the heart of the new code-of-conduct, is the idea that freedom of expression is considered to be a core European value that should be defended.
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