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Image 1: A post on r/Ao3 on Reddit by u/EasterKingston. The post is titled "'Netflix of audiobooks' scrapes thousands of fanworks off Ao3 without permission. Yours, likely, included."

Image 2: The preview for a website titled word-stream. The page is titled "You & Me & Holiday Wine - WordStream".

Image 3: A screenshot from the website WordStream. The word "ekingston" is entered into the search bar. There are two results. One named "You & Me & Holiday Wine" and the other named "The Shape of Soup". Both have over 80 thousand views.

Image 4: Another screenshot from the same site. The name "Kara Danvers" is entered into the search bar. There are twenty results from a variety of authors that fill up the page.

Image 5: A sent text reading: "I followed you here from Reddit, where I was made aware of the truly awesome work your project Copyknight has been doing. I just discovered the website/app word-stream.com today-it's a site that's seemingly scraped thousands of works off ao3 and offers audiobook versions of them, presumably for a fee. It looks like it only went live in October, and I don't see much chatter about it (or contact information) anywhere. I was wondering if you'd heard from it/could offer advice on how to go about getting our works taken down?"

Image 6: A screenshot of a contact form being filled out. The form is on transformativeworks.org and appears to be a contact form. The subject is "New app committing grand-scale copyright infringement of works hosted on Ao3". The message reads: "Hello, A new website/app hosted on https://word-stream.com/ has scraped hundreds (thousands?) of works off Ao3 without permission, mine among them. Is there anything Ao3 can do to help us getting our works taken down? Thank you for your response! Easter."

Image 7: A series of interspersed text and screenshots. Text reads: "If you try to click on any of the sites, you get a link to the AppStore app, which is called "WordStream - Audiobooks". There is a screenshot of the app in the app store. The creator's name is Ofek Weitzman. Text reads: "Who is Ofek Weitzman? Apparently he's also known as Cliff Weitzman, the CEO of Speechify, an AI Voice generator app famous for its partnership with Snoop. Also, Cliff Weitzman is named as the copyright holder at the bottom:" A screenshot showing the copyright holder as Cliff Weitzman. Text reads: "If you search for Ofek/Cliff Weitzman, you find his name in the terms and conditions for Speechify." A screenshot showing the terms and conditions including the name Ofek Weitzman as the individual to address a notice of dispute to. Text reads: "Strange that someone with a legitimate company with a partnership with Brandon Sanderson would put their name behind a shady company stealing works from fanfic writers, but it may be worth reaching out to him on X. Best case scenario is that someone has stolen the name for an app, but in that case, it would be good for him to know. Otherwise, it would be good to start a dialogue about how authors can get their works taken down from this site!"

Image 8: A screenshot of a Tumblr post from user fazedlight (Fazed Light). It shows an image of domain registry data for Word-Stream. Text reads: Some investigation so far: 1. I don't see a way to contact them directly. This is probably by design, since they are clearly shamelessly committing copyright infringement. 2. I ran "Who is Word-Stream" in the terminal and this is some of the information that came up. The domain was registered via Go Daddy.com and their nameservers are run by CloudFlare.com. 3. I am NOT a lawyer. My basic understanding is that fanfic authors own copyright on their own fics, and are therefore entitled to register DMCA notices, but I do not understand what the risks are. That said, GoDaddy links how to go about filing a copyright infringement, and so does CloudFlare. My understanding is that DMCA notice information (Your personal information) gets shared with the offender, so please do your research/get actual legal guidance first! It's worth noting: I see no buzz about this website - not on Twitter, or Tumblr, or Reddit, etc. So I'm hoping that very few people are using it. The site itself is pretty new (The screenshot shows it was registered in June this year).

Image 9: An anonymous Tumblr asks that reads: "Re: word-stream - Check out the listing on the Apple App Store which will list the App Developer - Cliff Weitzman. The privacy policy lists the email support[at]word-stream[dot]com. The seller (Weitzman) is associated with a speech to text AI company called Speechify. The domain is hosted by GoDaddy. I have no idea what complaints can be filed. It may be possible to file something with GoDaddy or Apple about the app/site breaking their TOS in some way. The Organization for Transformative Works who have legit lawyers who may be a better resource. Anyway, what a huge insult to writers everywhere. Damn.

Image 10: An email from Rebecca Tushnet to easter.kingston. The subject is "Your message about WordStream". The email reads: "Thank you for reaching out. The Archive of Our Own does not claim copyright in any works posted to AO3 so authors have to submit their own takedown notices to sites reposting their works without authorization. The AO3 does not allow commercial reuse, so we do attempt to prevent large scale scraping, but techical measures are not foolproof. We will look into the site and see if there are further measures we can take. Yours, Rebecca Tushnet."

Image 11: A screenshot showing three subscription plans to choose from: A month long for 93 cents per day or a discounted price of 39 cents, a three month long for 53 cents per day or a discounted price of 19 cents, and a six month long for 55 cents per day or a discounted price of 15 cents. The three month plan is listed as most popular.

Image 12: A Tumblr post by user ekingston. It reads: "Christ". A screenshot of a Tumblr reply by user cliffweitzman (Cliff Weitzman) is below. It reads: "Hey everybody, the person behind word stream here. Please email me if we have a peace of work that is yours you don't want up there and I will take it down immediately [email protected] I am dyslexic and built word stream to help other students like me who have dyslexia, adhd, low vision, concussions, anxiety, who are second language learners, or who also love listening to fan fiction but have a job that makes their hands/eyes busy but ears free. Word Stream is free for anyone to use. The next iteration will also include free text to speech, we have a paid tier for ppl who want to use high quality text to speech which is priced at the minimum amount we can to cover server/gpu costs to power the text to speech." The same user has replied to the original comment. Their reply reads: "I apologize to anyone who saw this and was upset this in no way is our intention. We support all valid take down notices and will always make it right if you reach out to us with the name of your work. support@word- stream.com". Text in the original Tumblr post reads: "This man is asking us to do the work for him, all of us, individually. My man. You had an Al scrape THE ENTIRETY OF ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN to take works without our permission. This is ON YOU. friends, if you feel like spending your day sending individual notices to this man, please go ahead. I do NOT advise you sharing personal information that you wouldn't usually share online though. Also, as a person with a learning disability of her own, and the wife of an elementary teacher who accommodates kids with disabilities like these, using your dyslexia as an excuse to steal people's work without permission is DETESTABLE."

Image 13: Text reads: "cliffweitzman (Cliff Weitzman) replied to your text post." The reply reads: "Hey everybody, the person behind word stream here: I am dyslexic and built word stream to help other students like me who have dyslexia, ADHD, vision challenges, concussions, or anxiety to access fan-fiction, because for us, reading with our eyes can be very challenging and there are no audiobooks for fan fiction typically. Word Stream is free for anyone to use. There is a paid plan for ppl who want to use high quality text to speech which is priced at the minimum amount we can to cover server/gpu costs to power the text to speech. The next iteration will also include free text to speech but with a lower quality bar. I apologize to anyone who saw this and was upset this in no way is our intention. We support all valid take down notices an d will always make it right if you reach out to us with the name of your work. [email protected] Please email me if we have a peace of work that is yours you don't want up there and I will take it down immediately [email protected]. A future release will also add the ability to tip authors so writers can make money not from selling the works but via tips from grateful readers, the ability for authors to build and communicate with an email list of readers, ability for authors to see retention graphs of where users drop off during reading, and abilities to authors to easily manage their works. We are strong supporters of second language learners (non native speakers of English), and of users who love fan fiction but who have a job that makes their hands/eyes busy but ears free. Once again I apologize for a beta product that got more attention that it ha d any right to before it was complete and for the clearly tone deaf wording which we are fixing to make sure communication is better about take down notices. Warmly, Cliff If you can, pl ease upvote or comment on the post so others can see the e mail they should message to have anything they don't want posted taken down immediately Word Stream."

Image 14: A Reddit comment on r/Ao3 by user word-stream. It reads: "Hey everybody, the person behind word stream here: I am dyslexic and built word stream to help other students like me who have dyslexia, ADHD, vision challenges, concussions, or anxiety to access fan-fiction, because for us, reading with our eyes can be very challenging and there are no audiobooks for fan fiction typically. Word Stream is free for anyone to use. There is a paid plan for ppl who want to use high quality text to speech which is priced at the minimum amount we can to cover server/gpu costs to power the text to speech. The next iteration will also include free text to speech but with a lower quality bar, I apologize to anyone who saw this and was upset this in no way is our intention. We support all valid take down notices and will always make it right if you reach out to us with the name of your work, [email protected] Please email me if we have a peace of work that is yours you don't want up there and I will take it down immediately support@@word-stream.com A future release will also add the ability to tip authors so writers can make money not from selling the works but via tips from grateful readers, the ability for authors to build and communicate with an email list of readers, ability for authors to see retention graphs of where users drop off during reading, and abilities to authors to easily manage their works. We are strong supporters of second language learners (non native speakers of English), and of users who love fan fiction but who have a job that makes their hands/eyes busy but ears free. Once again I apologize for a beta product that got more attention that it had any right to before it was complete and for the clearly tone deaf wording which we are fixing to make sure communication is better about take down notices. Warmly, Cliff."

Image 15: A Reddit comment from user Electronic_Dog_9526. It reads: "Word Stream's team have apologize for a beta product that got more attention that it had any right to before it was complete and for the clearly tone deaf wording which they are fixing to make sure communication is better about take down notices. They are trying to make the internet including fan fiction accessible to students with dyslexia, ADHD, and vision challenges, and it is free to use. Anyone can read on word stream for free. There is a paid tier that enables audio mode: this pays for the expensive GPUs needed for making the audio. They share they support all valid take down notices and will make it right if you reach out with the name of your work to [email protected]." The comment has two downvotes.

Image 16: A partial screenshot of a Reddit post. It has 3800 upvotes, 500 comments, and 7 awards. It reads: "FINAL EDIT: I'm turning off notifications for this post, because it doesn't look like many people are reading to the end and I keep getting comments from people who are unable to find their fic or expressing how relieved they are their works 'aren't important enough to be stolen'. I did see reports that the fanwork doesn't seem to be removed, just hidden, which is pretty much what I expected; obviously a guy who would rather make money letting Al and fanfic writers do the work for him wouldn't want to undo the little effort he put in putting the database together in the first place (all those wonderfully disfigured Al-generated covers would go to waste!) so I'll reiterate what I said in one of my comments: I'll be keeping my eye on this, and I think you should too. I hate that we need this kind of constant vigilance but let's face it, tech bros have been looking at fanfic with an envious eye for some time now and even if it isn't this guy, someone else will inevitably pop up with the same new & brilliant idea to make money off of fanwork creators. We'll just have to keep not letting them get away with it. For today, I'm counting the fanwork being made inaccessible as a collective win."

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[Plain Text: Text in red reads: "***Fan fiction appears to have been made (largely) inaccessible on word-stream at this time, but I’m hearing from several authors that their original, independently published work, which is listed at places like Kindle Unlimited, DOES still appear in word-stream’s search engine. This obviously hurts writers, especially independent ones, who depend on these works for income and, as a rule, don’t have a huge budget or a legal team with oceans of time to fight these battles for them. If you consider yourself an author in the broader sense, beyond merely existing online as a fandom author, beyond concerns that your own work is immediately at risk, DO NOT STOP MAKING NOISE ABOUT THIS."]

SO HERE IS THE WHOLE STORY (SO FAR).

I am on my knees begging you to reblog this post and to stop reblogging the original ones I sent out yesterday. This is the complete account with all the most recent info; the other one is just sending people down senselessly panicked avenues that no longer lead anywhere.

IN SHORT

Cliff Weitzman, CEO of Speechify and (aspiring?) voice actor, used AI to scrape thousands of popular, finished works off AO3 to list them on his own for-profit website and in his attached app. He did this without getting any kind of permission from the authors of said work or informing AO3. Obviously.

When fandom at large was made aware of his theft and started pushing back, Weitzman issued a non-apology on the original social media posts—using

his dyslexia;

his intent to implement a tip-system for the plagiarized authors; and

a sudden willingness to take down the work of every author who saw my original social media posts and emailed him individually with a ‘valid’ claim,

as reasons we should allow him to continue monetizing fanwork for his own financial gain.

When we less-than-kindly refused, he took down his ‘apologies’ as well as his website (allegedly—it’s possible that our complaints to his web host, the deluge of emails he received or the unanticipated traffic brought it down, since there wasn’t any sort of official statement made about it), and when it came back up several hours later, all of the work formerly listed in the fan fiction category was no longer there.

THE TAKEAWAYS

1. Cliff Weitzman (aka Ofek Weitzman) is a scumbag with no qualms about taking fanwork without permission, feeding it to AI and monetizing it for his own financial gain;

2. Fandom can really get things done when it wants to, and

3. Our fanworks appear to be hidden, but they’re NOT DELETED from Weitzman’s servers, and independently published, original works are still listed without the authors' permission. We need to hold this man responsible for his theft, keep an eye on both his current and future endeavors, and take action immediately when he crosses the line again.

THE TIMELINE, THE DETAILS, THE SCREENSHOTS (behind the cut)

Sunday night, December 22nd 2024, I noticed an influx in visitors to my fic You & Me & Holiday Wine. When I searched the title online, hoping to find out where they came from, a new listing popped up (third one down, no less):

This listing is still up today, by the way, though now when you follow the link to word-stream, it just brings you to the main site. (Also, to be clear, this was not the cause for the influx of traffic to my fic; word-stream did not link back to the original work anywhere.)

I followed the link to word-stream, where to my horror Y&M&HW was listed in its entirety—though, beyond the first half of the first chapter, behind a paywall—along with a link promising to take me—through an app downloadable on the Apple Store—to an AI-narrated audiobook version. When I searched word-stream itself for my ao3 handle I found both of my multi-chapter fics were listed this way:

Because the tags on my fics (which included genres* and characters, but never the original IPs**) weren’t working, I put ‘Kara Danvers’ into the search bar and discovered that many more supercorp fics (Supergirl TV fandom, Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor pairing) were listed.

I went looking online for any mention of word-stream and AI plagiarism (the covers—as well as the ridiculously inflated number of reviews and ratings—made it immediately obvious that AI fuckery was involved), but found almost nothing: only one single Reddit post had been made, and it received (at that time) only a handful of upvotes and no advice.

I decided to make a tumblr post to bring the supercorp fandom up to speed about the theft. I draw as well as write for fandom and I’ve only ever had to deal with art theft—which has a clear set of steps to take depending on where said art was reposted—and I was at a loss regarding where to start in this situation.

After my post went up I remembered Project Copy Knight, which is worth commending for the work they’ve done to get fic stolen from AO3 taken down from monetized AI 'audiobook’ YouTube accounts. I reached out to @echoekhi, asking if they’d heard of this site and whether they could advise me on how to get our works taken down.

While waiting for a reply I looked into Copy Knight’s methods and decided to contact OTW’s legal department:

And then I went to bed.

By morning, tumblr friends @makicarn and @fazedlight as well as a very helpful tumblr anon had seen my post and done some very productive sleuthing:

@echoekhi had also gotten back to me, advising me, as expected, to contact the OTW. So I decided to sit tight until I got a response from them.

That response came only an hour or so later:

Which was 100% understandable, but still disappointing—I doubted a handful of individual takedown requests would accomplish much, and I wasn’t eager to share my given name and personal information with Cliff Weitzman himself, which is unavoidable if you want to file a DMCA.

I decided to take it to Reddit, hoping it would gain traction in the wider fanfic community, considering so many fandoms were affected. My Reddit posts (with the updates at the bottom as they were emerging) can be found here and here.

A helpful Reddit user posted a guide on how users could go about filing a DMCA against word-stream here (to wobbly-at-best results)

A different helpful Reddit user signed up to access insight into word-streams pricing. Comment is here.

Smells unbelievably scammy, right? In addition to those audacious prices—though in all fairness any amount of money would be audacious considering every work listed is accessible elsewhere for free—my dyscalculia is screaming silently at the sight of that completely unnecessary amount of intentionally obscured numbers.

Speaking of which! As soon as the post on r/AO3—and, as a result, my original tumblr post—began taking off properly, sometime around 1 pm, jumpscare! A notification that a tumblr account named @cliffweitzman had commented on my post, and I got a bit mad about the gist of his message :

Fortunately he caught plenty of flack in the comments from other users (truly you should check out the comment section, it is extremely gratifying and people are making tremendously good points), in response to which, of course, he first tried to both reiterate and renegotiate his point in a second, longer comment (which I didn’t screenshot in time so I’m sorry for the crappy notification email formatting):

which he then proceeded to also post to Reddit (this is another Reddit user’s screenshot, I didn’t see it at all, the notifications were moving too fast for me to follow by then)

... where he got a roughly equal amount of righteously furious replies. (Check downthread, they're still there, all the way at the bottom.)

After which Cliff went ahead & deleted his messages altogether.

It’s not entirely clear whether his account was suspended by Reddit soon after or whether he deleted it himself, but considering his tumblr account is still intact, I assume it’s the former. He made a handful of sock puppet accounts to play around with for a while, both on Reddit and Tumblr, only one of which I have a screenshot of, but since they all say roughly the same thing, you’re not missing much:

And then word-stream started throwing a DNS error.

That lasted for a good number of hours, which was unfortunately right around the time that a lot of authors first heard about the situation and started asking me individually how to find out whether their work was stolen too. I do not have that information and I am unclear on the perimeters Weitzman set for his AI scraper, so this is all conjecture: it LOOKS like the fics that were lifted had three things in common:

They were completed works;

They had over several thousand kudos on AO3; and

They were written by authors who had actively posted or updated work over the past year.

If anyone knows more about these perimeters or has info that counters my observation, please let me know!

I finally thought to check/alert evil Twitter during this time, and found out that the news was doing the rounds there already. I made a quick thread summarizing everything that had happened just in case. You can find it here.

I went to Bluesky too, where fandom was doing all the heavy lifting for me already, so I just reskeeted, as you do, and carried on.

Sometime in the very early evening, word-stream went back up—but the fan fiction category was nowhere to be seen. Tentative joy and celebration!***

That’s when several users—the ones who had signed up for accounts to gain intel and had accessed their own fics that way—reported that their work could still be accessed through their history. Relevant Reddit post here.

Sooo—

We’re obviously not done. The fanwork that was stolen by Weitzman may be inaccessible through his website right now, but they aren’t actually gone. And the fact that Weitzman wasn’t willing to get rid of them altogether means he still has plans for them.

This was my final edit on my Reddit post before turning off notifications, and it's pretty much where my head will be at for at least the foreseeable future:

Please feel free to add info in the comments, make your own posts, take whatever action you want to take to protect your work. I only beg you—seriously, I’m on my knees here—to not give up like I saw a handful of people express the urge to do. Keep sharing your creative work and remain vigilant and stay active to make sure we can continue to do so freely. Visit your favorite fics, and the ones you’ve kept in your ‘marked for later’ lists but never made time to read, and leave kudos, leave comments, support your fandom creatives, celebrate podficcers and support AO3. We created this place and it’s our responsibility to keep it alive and thriving for as long as we possibly can.

Also FUCK generative AI. It has NO place in fandom spaces.

THE 'SMALL' PRINT (some of it in all caps):

*Weitzman knew what he was doing and can NOT claim ignorance. One, it’s pretty basic kindergarten stuff that you don’t steal some other kid’s art project and present it as your own only to act surprised when they protest and then tell the victim that they should have told you sooner that they didn’t want their project stolen. And two, he was very careful never to list the IPs these fanworks were based on, so it’s clear he was at least familiar enough with the legalities to not get himself in hot water with corporate lawyers. Fucking over fans, though, he figured he could get away with that.

**A note about the AI that Weitzman used to steal our work: it’s even greasier than it looks at first glance. It’s not just the method he used to lift works off AO3 and then regurgitate onto his own website and app. Looking beyond the untold horrors of his AI-generated cover ‘art’, in many cases these covers attempt to depict something from the fics in question that can’t be gleaned from their summaries alone. In addition, my fics (and I assume the others, as well) were listed with generated genres; tags that did not appear anywhere in or on my fic on AO3 and were sometimes scarily accurate and sometimes way off the mark. I remember You & Me & Holiday Wine had ‘found family’ (100% correct, but not tagged by me as such) and I believe The Shape of Soup was listed as, among others, ‘enemies to friends to lovers’ and ‘love triangle’ (both wildly inaccurate). Even worse, not all the fic listed (as authors on Reddit pointed out) came with their original summaries at all. Often the entire summary was AI-generated. All of these things make it very clear that it was an all-encompassing scrape—not only were our fics stolen, they were also fed word-for-word into the AI Weitzman used and then analyzed to suit Weitzman’s needs. This means our work was literally fed to this AI to basically do with whatever its other users want, including (one assumes) text generation.

***Fan fiction appears to have been made (largely) inaccessible on word-stream at this time, but I’m hearing from several authors that their original, independently published work, which is listed at places like Kindle Unlimited, DOES still appear in word-stream’s search engine. This obviously hurts writers, especially independent ones, who depend on these works for income and, as a rule, don’t have a huge budget or a legal team with oceans of time to fight these battles for them. If you consider yourself an author in the broader sense, beyond merely existing online as a fandom author, beyond concerns that your own work is immediately at risk, DO NOT STOP MAKING NOISE ABOUT THIS.

PLEASE check my later versions of this post via my main page to make sure you have the latest version of this post before you reblog. All the information I’ve been able to gather is in my reblogs below, and it's frustrating to see the old version getting passed around, sending people on wild goose chases.

Thank you all so much!

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To optimize private proxies, regularly rotate IPs to avoid detection, choose residential proxies for region-specific tasks and data center proxies for speed, and monitor bandwidth to maintain performance. Use trusted providers with strong encryption, verify compatibility with your tools, enable authentication for security, and keep settings updated for smooth operation.

How to Choose the Best Private Proxy Provider?

Choose a provider that offers fast, reliable connections, global server coverage, strong encryption with a no-logs policy, flexible pricing plans, and responsive customer support for a seamless and secure experience.

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techgeek001 · 7 months ago

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Python: Unlocking Possibilities Beyond Code

Python has earned its place as one of the most powerful and versatile programming languages in the world. While it is celebrated for its simple syntax and robust capabilities, the true magic of Python lies in its ability to empower innovation across a variety of domains. From data science to artificial intelligence, Python's influence extends far beyond the world of coding itself.

In this blog, we will explore the non-technical aspects of Python—its versatility, applications, community, and impact on industries—showcasing why Python is the backbone of the modern digital era.

Why Python Stands Out

Python’s widespread adoption is not just due to its technical features but also its accessibility and adaptability. Let’s examine the key factors that set Python apart:

Ease of Learning Python’s clean and readable syntax makes it beginner-friendly, attracting newcomers to the world of programming. This ease of use also enables non-programmers, such as researchers and analysts, to leverage Python effectively.

Community Support Python boasts one of the largest and most active communities. This global network of developers continuously contributes to its growth by creating libraries, frameworks, and tools that address evolving industry needs.

Cross-Domain Applications Python isn’t limited to a single industry. Its versatility spans across web development, automation, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and even creative fields like game design and music.

Integration with Other Technologies Python plays well with other languages and tools, making it a preferred choice for integrating systems and technologies.

Real-World Applications of Python

Python’s influence is evident in its diverse applications, which make it indispensable for businesses and industries.

Data Science and Analytics Python is the go-to language for data scientists. Its libraries like Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib simplify data manipulation, visualization, and analysis. Organizations rely on Python to extract insights from massive datasets, driving informed decision-making.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Frameworks like TensorFlow and Scikit-learn have made Python a leader in AI and ML development. Companies use these technologies to create smart applications, from chatbots to recommendation systems.

Web Development Python-powered frameworks like Django and Flask have revolutionized web development. These tools enable developers to create secure, scalable, and feature-rich web applications quickly.

Automation Python’s simplicity makes it ideal for automating repetitive tasks. From scraping web data to managing workflows, Python helps businesses save time and resources.

Education Python’s intuitive nature has made it a staple in educational institutions. It’s often used to introduce students to programming concepts due to its simplicity and relevance.

Creative Industries Python has found its place in game development, music production, and even digital art. Tools like Blender and PyGame rely on Python to create immersive experiences.

Python's Role in Shaping Industries

Python’s impact extends to transforming industries by enabling innovation and improving efficiency:

Healthcare Python is used in medical research for analyzing complex datasets, developing diagnostic tools, and even managing hospital systems.

Finance Financial institutions use Python for risk analysis, fraud detection, and algorithmic trading, leveraging its precision and scalability.

E-commerce Platforms like Amazon and Shopify use Python to enhance user experience, optimize search algorithms, and manage large inventories.

Entertainment Streaming giants like Netflix rely on Python for recommendation algorithms and managing content delivery networks.

Manufacturing Python’s role in IoT and predictive maintenance ensures smooth operations and reduces downtime in factories.

The Human Element: Python’s Community

The heart of Python lies in its community. Developers, educators, and enthusiasts worldwide contribute to Python’s success by sharing knowledge, creating resources, and supporting newcomers. The open-source nature of Python ensures its continuous growth and adaptation to new challenges.

Whether through meetups, forums, or conferences like PyCon, Python’s community fosters collaboration and innovation, ensuring the language remains relevant for years to come.

The Future of Python

Python’s journey is far from over. With advancements in technology, Python is set to play a pivotal role in areas such as:

Quantum Computing Python libraries like Cirq and Qiskit are paving the way for quantum computing, unlocking new possibilities in problem-solving.

Sustainability Python’s analytical capabilities can address environmental challenges by optimizing resource use and analyzing climate data.

Education Python will continue to democratize coding education, empowering learners from diverse backgrounds to enter the tech world.

Ethical AI Development Python’s frameworks will contribute to creating transparent and ethical AI systems that align with societal values.

Conclusion

Python is more than just a programming language; it’s a catalyst for innovation and collaboration. Its adaptability, extensive community support, and applications across industries make it a cornerstone of modern technology.

Whether you’re a business aiming to innovate or an individual looking to build a career, Python offers endless opportunities. Its simplicity and versatility ensure that it remains a language not just for coders but for thinkers and creators across the globe.

If you’re ready to embark on this exciting journey, consider learning Python to unlock its full potential and stay ahead in the digital age.

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711proxy · 10 months ago

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What are the application scenarios of SOCKS5 proxy?

SOCKS5 proxy, as an advanced proxy protocol, has stronger privacy protection and network performance optimization capabilities, so it is widely used in various scenarios. Next, we will introduce the common application scenarios of SOCKS5 proxy.

1. Data Scraping and Web Crawling

For users engaged in data crawling and web crawling, SOCKS5 proxy has excellent performance advantages. It is able to bypass IP blocking of websites and simulate multiple IP accesses to the target site, thus preventing crawlers from being blocked due to frequent visits. In addition, SOCKS5 supports a variety of protocols (TCP/UDP), so it can handle the diverse needs of data flow and network requests, ensuring smoother data crawling tasks.

2. Enhanced Network Privacy

The SOCKS5 proxy is able to hide the user's real IP address and forward network requests through a proxy server, allowing users to access the network with a higher degree of anonymity. This is especially important for users who want to protect their privacy and avoid being tracked. Especially when transferring sensitive data or accessing geo-restricted websites, the SOCKS5 proxy can provide users with additional privacy protection.

3. Bypassing geo-restrictions

Many websites, content and services have restrictions on access to certain countries or regions, such as streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, etc.) or game servers. By using a SOCKS5 proxy, users can select IP addresses from other countries or regions, thus bypassing these geographical restrictions and accessing otherwise unavailable content or services, and enjoying a globalized online experience.

4. Online Gaming

For online gamers, especially when participating in multiplayer games on cross-region or global servers, network latency (ping) is a key factor affecting the gaming experience, and the SOCKS5 proxy can help gamers reduce latency and optimize connection speeds, especially when using games with servers located overseas, the SOCKS5 proxy can provide a smoother gaming experience.

5. File Transfer

The SOCKS5 proxy performs particularly well with file transfer protocols (such as FTP, BitTorrent, etc.). Because it supports the UDP protocol, this enables the SOCKS5 proxy to provide faster transfer speeds and more stable connections when dealing with large file transfers or P2P connections. Especially in peer-to-peer networks, the SOCKS5 proxy allows users to avoid attacks due to IP exposure.

6. Enterprise telecommuting

With the popularity of remote office, more and more enterprises adopt SOCKS5 proxy to provide secure and stable remote access for their employees. With SOCKS5 proxy, employees can access the company's internal network and applications in a secure environment, ensuring the safety of company data and communications. In addition, the fast connectivity and flexibility of SOCKS5 proxy enhances the efficiency of remote work.

7. Download Acceleration

Using SOCKS5 proxy can increase the speed of downloading large files or bulk data, especially when multiple servers are involved. Its ability to handle a large number of concurrent requests at the same time improves the efficiency of downloads through distributed connectivity, making it particularly suitable for users who need to obtain files from multiple data sources around the world.

With its support for multiple protocols, strong privacy protection, and superior network performance, the SOCKS5 proxy is an all-in-one tool for enhancing network experience and efficiency. Whether in scenarios such as data capture, network privacy, bypassing geographical restrictions, online gaming, file transfer, remote office or download acceleration, the SOCKS5 proxy has demonstrated its strong practical value.

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The Many Applications of Residential Proxy Servers

Residential proxy servers are a powerful tool that can enable a wide variety of use cases across different industries. Unlike datacenter proxies that use IP addresses assigned to servers, residential proxies leverage IP addresses belonging to real internet users and their home devices. This provides several key advantages that make residential proxies invaluable for many applications.

Web Scraping and Data Extraction

One of the primary use cases for residential proxies is web scraping and large-scale data extraction. When scraping websites, using residential IPs can significantly reduce the chances of getting blocked or banned. Websites are much more likely to trust and allow requests coming from residential IP addresses versus those from known data centerIP ranges.

This makes residential proxies essential for price comparison, market research, lead generation, and competitive analysis. A market researcher, for example, can use residential proxies to gather sales intelligence data from various e-commerce sites without revealing their actual location or IP address.

Similarly, an e-commerce business can leverage residential IPs to monitor product listings, prices, and reviews across competitor websites. This provides valuable insights to inform their own pricing and product strategies.

Content Access and Geo-Targeting

Residential proxies also enable users to access online content that is restricted or only available in certain geographic regions. This is particularly useful for streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, or BBC iPlayer, which often impose geo-restrictions on their content libraries.

By connecting through a residential proxy in the target location, users can bypass these restrictions and access the local content catalog. This is valuable not just for individual consumers, but also for businesses that need to test their apps and websites from different locations.

Residential proxies can also help businesses deliver more personalized, location-based experiences to their customers. An e-commerce store, for instance, can use residential IPs to show users products, pricing, and promotions tailored to their apparent geographic region.

Ad Verification and Brand Protection

Residential proxy networks are crucial for verifying the delivery and performance of online advertising campaigns. Ad verification providers can use residential IPs to monitor the visibility, placement, and engagement of ads across various websites, apps, and platforms without being detected or blocked.

This helps identify ad fraud, such as bot traffic or competitor interference and ensures brands get the full value from their advertising spend. Residential proxies are also vital for brand protection use cases, where businesses need to constantly monitor the web for copyright infringement, trademark abuse, and other malicious activities.

Application and Website Testing

Residential proxy servers play a key role in testing the functionality, usability, and performance of apps and websites across different locations, devices, and network conditions. Developers and QA teams can use residential IPs to simulate real-world user experiences from various geographic regions.

Fintech and Financial Services

In the financial sector, residential proxies are used for a range of applications, from fraud detection to market data aggregation. Banks and fintech firms can leverage residential IPs to monitor online transactions, identify suspicious activities, and prevent financial crimes like money laundering.

Residential proxies are also crucial for collecting real-time market data, such as stock prices and currency exchange rates, from various sources without being blocked or rate-limited. This data can then be used to power trading algorithms, investment research, and other financial services.

Residential Proxy Advantages

The key advantages that make residential proxies so valuable across these diverse use cases include:

Increased Trust and Reduced Blocking: Websites and online services are generally more trusting of requests from residential IP addresses, as they are less likely to be associated with bots, scrapers, or other malicious activities. This significantly reduces the chances of getting blocked or banned.

Improved Geo-Targeting: Residential proxies allow users to appear as if they are accessing the internet from different geographic locations, enabling more accurate location-based content, pricing, and experiences.

Enhanced Privacy and Anonymity: By masking the user’s actual IP address and location, residential proxies provide an extra layer of privacy and anonymity, which is crucial for sensitive applications like financial services and brand protection.

Scalability and Reliability: Residential proxy networks, such as those offered by providers like NetNut, can offer unlimited concurrent sessions and high availability, ensuring consistent performance and reliability even under heavy load.

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Scrape Streaming App Data | Amazon Prime | Netflix | Disney+ Hotstar

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Scrape Netflix Most Watched TV Show And Movies To Keep Track Of Content Availability

Scrape Netflix Most Watched TV Show And Movies To Keep Track Of Content Availability?

Introduction: In the era of Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming platforms, where content is king, data plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital entertainment. OTT platform data scraping has emerged as a dynamic practice, offering businesses and analysts unprecedented access to valuable insights. This innovative process involves extracting raw data from OTT platforms like Netflix, Hulu, or Disney+, unveiling a wealth of information, including viewer preferences, content trends, and platform dynamics. As the battle for viewer attention intensifies, OTT platform data scraping becomes a strategic tool, empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions, refine content strategies, and stay ahead in the competitive landscape of online streaming.

Netflix data scraping opens a gateway to the streaming giant's treasure trove, revealing intricate details about TV shows, movies, and viewer interactions. Extracting information like user ratings, genres, release dates, and reviews unveils invaluable insights. This raw data shapes personalized recommendations and guides content creation strategies. However, ethical considerations are crucial, respecting Netflix's terms and user privacy. As technology evolves, responsible scraping practices ensure a symbiotic relationship between data analysts and the streaming giant, elevating the understanding of viewer preferences and trends in the ever-evolving world of digital entertainment.

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