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The database of DDoS-Guard, a bulletproof hosting service utilized by many pirate sites, is reportedly up for sale on a hacking forum. DDoS-Guard was previously reported to the USTR as a notorious market by the MPA for allegedly playing host to file-sharing giants BS.to, S.to, and file-hosting site GoUnlimited. According to the sale, the leak includes the details of whoever operates major Russian torrent site RuTracker.
So-called bulletproof hosting services are a thorn in the side of anti-piracy groups everywhere.
They operate much like regular hosting companies but are much more lenient when it comes to complaints from third parties, meaning that spammers, online gambling entities, and other questionable actors have a better chance of keeping their content online.
Alan R. Milligan and Olivier Affre ⢠CEO and Operating Partner, White Rabbit/Embrace the Fans (EZF)
âWe believe that the future isn t in platforms, the future is viralâ
Alan R. Milligan (left) and Olivier Affre (right)
We had the chance to chat with
Alan R. Milligan and
Olivier Affre, CEO and Operating Partner of White Rabbit. White Rabbit recently received, together with Binge Media, Creative Europe MEDIA funding for Embrace the Fans (EZF), a groundbreaking project set to exploit P2P s huge potential to empower the audiovisual industry and shake up the global distribution landscape.
Cineuropa: Wh
y did you start developing Embrace the Fans?
Alan R. Milligan (left) and Olivier Affre (right)
We had the chance to chat with
Alan R. Milligan and
Olivier Affre, CEO and Operating Partner of White Rabbit. White Rabbit recently received, together with Binge Media, Creative Europe MEDIA funding for Embrace the Fans (EZF), a groundbreaking project set to exploit P2P s huge potential to empower the audiovisual industry and shake up the global distribution landscape.
Cineuropa: Wh
y did you start developing Embrace the Fans?
Alan R. Milligan (AM): Like many other projects, it started from an idea born out of frustration. This frustration was twofold: one as a producer â I had successful titles that premiered in Venice, Berlin, Cannes and won some awards, and yet I saw declining revenues, owing to the collapse of DVDs in 2014/2015, so I was still trying to make business sense out of my films â and the other frustration was as a fan â it was just hard to get all the films that I wanted to watch! One of the film