X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/88e1a5e520042c00eb21e06c7497fc15a3b951e6..b738c0441e61115aa2dcc71949760769c0c38a07:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 2d133a93a9..8459f73373 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,87 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + A day in court challenging seizure of popcorn-time.no for #domstolkontroll + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_day_in_court_challenging_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no_for__domstolkontroll.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/A_day_in_court_challenging_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no_for__domstolkontroll.html + Fri, 3 Feb 2017 11:10:00 +0100 + <p align="center"><img width="70%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2017-02-01-popcorn-time-in-court.jpeg"></p> + +<p>On Wednesday, I spent the entire day in court in Follo Tingrett +representing <a href="https://www.nuug.no/">the member association +NUUG</a>, alongside <a href="https://www.efn.no/">the member +association EFN</a> and <a href="http://www.imc.no">the DNS registrar +IMC</a>, challenging the seizure of the DNS name popcorn-time.no. It +was interesting to sit in a court of law for the first time in my +life. Our team can be seen in the picture above: attorney Ola +Tellesbø, EFN board member Tom Fredrik Blenning, IMC CEO Morten Emil +Eriksen and NUUG board member Petter Reinholdtsen.</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.domstol.no/no/Enkelt-domstol/follo-tingrett/Nar-gar-rettssaken/Beramming/?cid=AAAA1701301512081262234UJFBVEZZZZZEJBAvtale">The +case at hand</a> is that the Norwegian National Authority for +Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (aka +Økokrim) decided on their own, to seizure a DNS domain early last +year, without following +<a href="https://www.norid.no/no/regelverk/navnepolitikk/#link12">the +official policy of the Norwegian DNS authority</a> which require a +court decision. The web site in question was a site covering Popcorn +Time. And Popcorn Time is the name of a technology with both legal +and illegal applications. Popcorn Time is a client combining +searching a Bittorrent directory available on the Internet with +downloading/distribute content via Bittorrent and playing the +downloaded content on screen. It can be used illegally if it is used +to distribute content against the will of the right holder, but it can +also be used legally to play a lot of content, for example the +millions of movies +<a href="https://archive.org/details/movies">available from the +Internet Archive</a> or the collection +<a href="http://vodo.net/films/">available from Vodo</a>. We created +<a href="magnet:?xt=urn:btih:86c1802af5a667ca56d3918aecb7d3c0f7173084&dn=PresentasjonFolloTingrett.mov&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fpublic.popcorn-tracker.org%3A6969%2Fannounce">a +video demonstrating legally use of Popcorn Time</a> and played it in +Court. It can of course be downloaded using Bittorrent.</p> + +<p>I did not quite know what to expect from a day in court. The +government held on to their version of the story and we held on to +ours, and I hope the judge is able to make sense of it all. +Unfortunately I do not have high hopes, as the Government have the +upper hand here with more knowledge about the case, better training in +handling criminal law and in general higher standing in the courts +than fairly unknown DNS registrar and member associations. It is +expensive to be right also in Norway. So far the case have cost more +than NOK 70 000,-. To help fund the case, NUUG and EFN have asked for +donations, and managed to collect around NOK 25 000,- so far. Given +the presentation from the Government, I expect the government to +appeal if the case go our way. And if the case do not go our way, I +hope we have enough funding to appeal.</p> + +<p>From the other side came two people from Økokrim. On the benches, +appearing to be part of the group from the government were two people +from the Simonsen Vogt Wiik lawyer office, and three others I am not +quite sure who was. Økokrim had proposed to present two witnesses +from The Motion Picture Association, but this was rejected because +they did not speak Norwegian and it was a bit late to bring in a +translator, but perhaps the two from MPA were present anyway. All +seven appeared to know each other. Good to see they take the case +seriously.</p> + +<p>If you, like me, believe the courts should be involved before a DNS +domain is hijacked by the government, or you believe the Popcorn Time +technology have a lot of useful and legal applications, I suggest you +too <a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">donate to +the NUUG defense fund</a>. Both Bitcoin and bank transfer are +available. If NUUG get more than we need for the legal action (very +unlikely), the rest will be spend promoting free software, open +standards and unix-like operating systems in Norway, so no matter what +happen the money will be put to good use.</p> + +<p>If you want to lean more about the case, I recommend you check out +<a href="https://www.nuug.no/news/tags/dns-domenebeslag/">the blog +posts from NUUG covering the case</a>. They cover the legal arguments +on both sides.</p> + + + Nasjonalbiblioteket avslutter sin ulovlige bruk av Google Skjemaer http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Nasjonalbiblioteket_avslutter_sin_ulovlige_bruk_av_Google_Skjemaer.html @@ -1175,58 +1256,5 @@ større.</p> - - Fortsatt ingen sikkerhetsoppdateringer for billettautomatene til kollektivtrafikken i Oslo? - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fortsatt_ingen_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_for_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fortsatt_ingen_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_for_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_.html - Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:05:00 +0100 - <p><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html">For -fire og et halvt år siden</a> lot jeg meg overraske over at Ruters -billettautomater for kollektivtrafikken i Oslo kjørte -<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000">Windows 2000 -Professional</a>, et og et halvt år etter at Microsoft hadde gitt -beskjed om at det ikke lenger kom sikkerhetsoppdateringer til -systemet. Støtten fra Microsoft -<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=Windows+2000&Filter=FilterNO">tok -slutt 2010-07-13 i følge Wikipedia og Microsoft selv</a>.</p> - -<p>For fem dager siden passerte jeg på nytt en slik billettautomat som -hadde brutt sammen, og den annonserte fortsatt at den kjører Windows -2000 Professional, nå mer enn seks år siden Microsoft sluttet å komme -med sikkerhetspatcher til produktet. Sikret meg et bilde av -krasjmeldingen på skjermen. - -<p><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2016-11-29-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg"><img width="40%" src="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2016-11-29-ruter-win2000pro.jpeg" alt="[foto av billettautomat]"></a></p> - -<p>Mon tro om de mangler kildekoden til systemet som kjører på -automaten, og dermed ikke uten videre kan oppgradere?</p> - -<p>Jeg ser jo fra -<a href="https://www.mimesbronn.no/request/ruterbillett_app">en -innsynshenvendelse om kildekoden til billett-Appen til Ruter på Mimes -brønn</a> at Ruter tilsynelatende ikke legger sikkerheten i -sertifikater, nøkler og passord, men i stedet baserer seg på at -logikken i programvaren holdes hemmelig. Det borger ikke godt for -sikkerheten i Ruters datasystemer. - -<p>Det er nå tre og et halvt år siden -<a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/osloby/Ingen-nye-Ruter-automater-for-sommeren-118460b.html">Ruter -fortalte Aftenposten at nye automater ble minst seks måneder -forsinket</a>, da leverandøren ikke hadde god nok kontroll. Det kan -virke som om leverandøren ikke er alene om å ikke ha god nok -kontroll.</p> - -<p>Bildet er tilgjengelig for bruk med bruksvilkårene til -<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/">Creative -Commons Navngivelse 3.0 Norge (CC BY 3.0)</a>.</p> - -<p>Oppdatering 2016-12-01: Saken har fått omtale på -<a href="http://www.digi.no/artikler/petter-advarte-selskapet-allerede-i-2012-da-systemkraesjen-dukket-opp-igjen-pa-tirsdag-ble-han-svaert-overrasket/365613">digi.no</a> -og -<a href="https://nrkbeta.no/2016/12/01/mener-oslos-billettsystem-er-en-tikkende-bombe/">NRK -Beta</a>.</p> - - -