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Live Rogue Valley music, wineries, Clayfolk Show & Sale and more: Nov. 18 – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Mugs are a perennial favorite at the annual Clayfolk Show & Sale. See listing. Courtesy photo

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Friday, Nov. 18

Clayfolk Show & Sale: The 47th annual Fall Clayfolk Show and Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18-19, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Medford Armory, 1701 S. Pacific Highway, Medford. Look for everything from functional housewares to jewelry and sculpture created by more than 60 artists from throughout the Pacific Northwest. Also look for day demonstrations by ceramic artists. Admission is free. A portion of sales go towards annual scholarships for ceramics artists enrolled at a college or art school, as well as ceramics books and videos donated to Jackson and Josephine county libraries. See clayfolk.org.

Spanish Language Group: English speakers with at least an intermediate knowledge of Spanish can meet at 11 a.m. Fridays, at the Santos Community Center, 701 N. Columbus Ave., Medford. Look for casual, supportive conversation and interpretation. Native speakers are welcome to help. Call 541-499-6646.

Medford Garden Club: The club will meet at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at Ascension Lutheran Church, 675 Black Oak Drive, Medford. The guest speaker will be Marsha Waite, local Master Garden Association expert and Plant Clinic leader, who will present “Controlling Your Least Favorite Garden Pests.” This presentation will review a few of the worst garden insect pests in our area and how to control them, using mechanical and organic means. See Medford Oregon Garden Club on Facebook or call 541-773-6884.

Adult Crafternoon: Adults 18 and older can meet to learn how to personalize a set of cloth napkins for fall with a leaf print, using locally-gathered leaves at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the Talent library, 101 Home St. All materials will be provided. For further details see jcls.org and click on Programs & Events and then JCLS Calendar or call 541-535-4163.

Gold Hill Book Club: The Gold Hill Library Book Club…

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Hacker who stole Ed Sheeran’s unreleased music to sell for crypto gets 18-month jail term in the UK

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A hacker who illegally accessed cloud-based accounts of 89 artists — including Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert — and sold their unreleased music on the dark web in exchange for cryptocurrency was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Adrian Kwiatkowski of Hampton Road, Ipswich, was found guilty of obtaining unreleased and unfinished material from the said accounts and made £131,000 ($148,000), according to the City of London Police on Friday (October 21).

The 23-year-old hacker pleaded guilty to 14 copyright offenses, three counts of computer misuse and three offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act at the Ipswich Magistrates Court on August 27.

Most recently, he was sentenced to 18 months in jail at Ipswich Crown Court.

“Kwiatkowski was a highly skilled individual who unfortunately saw potential in using his abilities unlawfully. Not only did he cause several artists and their production companies significant financial harm, he deprived them of the ability to release their own work,” Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt from City of London Police’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) said.

Added Detective Constable Fryatt: “This investigation is an excellent example of the way PIPCU and its partner agencies work across international borders to identify those involved in criminal activity. Kwiatkowski will now face the consequences of his actions, and I hope this result will also make his customers refrain from purchasing illegal content again.”

The sentence marks the culmination of a yearslong investigation into Kwiatkowski, which began when the management companies of several musicians reported that the hacker, known online as Spirdark, gained access to a series of accounts and sold unreleased music online.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office launched the investigation in 2019. The probe managed to track Spirdark’s cryptocurrency account, as well as the IP address of the device used to hack one of the accounts as his home address.

Kwiatkowski was then arrested on September 12, 2019 following further investigation and seven of his devices including a hard drive containing 1,263 unreleased songs by 89 artists were uncovered. About £64,000 worth of Bitcoin was also…

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Of Carnatic music, devotion and tech 

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Ominous thunderclouds are gathering as we wend our way through the verdant campus of IIT Madras, slowing to let the occasional deer pass. The skies will come crashing down soon but before that we have to make it to the Bose Einstein guest house for a luncheon meeting with V. Kamakoti, Director.      

  He’s the first academic we are featuring in the Table Talk series but then Kamakoti is no ordinary academic. A PhD in computer science, 54-year-old Kamakoti’s life has been governed by music and religion. His father N Veezhinathan, a renowned Sanskrit scholar of Madras University, is an ardent devotee of the Kanchi Periyava, Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi Swamigal, the erstwhile Sankaracharya of the Kanchi Mutt, and it was he who directed that Kamakoti study CS at the Kanchi Mutt-incubated Venkateswara Engineering college and also said that he should not go abroad but study in India only.    

A trained Carnatic violinist, Kamakoti’s passion is evident as our conversation, in a free mix of Tamil and English , segues often into music and musicians.    

Violin love

As we settle for lunch, we ask Kamakoti how much time he spends for IIT, considering that he doesn’t stay on the campus. “7 am to 10 pm; the institute demands that much time,” he says, with his trademark grin. His father, he says, has a large library, and shifting to the Director’s house on campus would take two years, so he prefers to continue in the house his father built years ago.     

Lunch is sumptuous: chapattis with channa,  arbi fry, a mixed vegetable  poriyal, steamed broccoli, slices of tandoori paneer. For Kamakoti, it’s no onions or garlic so he gets separate portions of each. The conversation veers to Carnatic music and his violin playing.    

The violin came into his life, Kamakoti says, because of cricket. Veezhinathan was never happy with his only child’s obsession with (street) cricket, but once Kamakoti broke his glasses in a match, the elder threw the cricket bat into a well, and practically thrust a violin into the boy’s hands. Very well, said Kamakoti, who was equally charmed by Carnatic music. Favourite raga? …

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Cybersecurity for musicians and the music industry

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Cybersecurity for musicians and the music industry

Musicians have a lot on their plates, from writing songs, branding, marketing, preparing for performances, and much more. However, you are likely on your phone and computer, but you haven’t thought much about cybersecurity.

This may be an innocent mistake that can be costly no matter if you have an individual Youtube channel or have content hosted on well-known streaming websites that are believed to be safe. So, improving your cybersecurity should be an important consideration as you cannot afford to overlook it.

What is cybersecurity, and why is it essential to musicians?

Cybersecurity is the act of protecting internet-enabled systems like software, hardware, and data from unauthorized access and digital attacks.

Technology is advancing rapidly, and data has become the new gold. Therefore, cybercriminals are devising new ways to steal your work, personal and financial information to sell to third parties. An attack can be devastating to your career, especially if you store your music data on your phone or computer.

Your name will become more prominent as your popularity rises as a musician. As a result, hackers will be aware of your existence and may target you more than an average citizen. So, you should pay attention to cybersecurity to safeguard yourself, the music business, and your career.

The importance of awareness

Hackers and other malicious actors may specifically target you because of the increased public attention. Therefore, it is vital to know the common social engineering tactics cybercriminals use.

Social engineering manipulation exists in many forms to make you fall into the scheme. For example, a fraudster can email you claiming to represent a government agency like the IRS. This is meant to convince you to act promptly to what they are asking for without questioning the validity. Also, they can create a fake celebrity profile on social media platforms such as Facebook and friend request you.

Knowing the existing cyber threats will help you prepare better and avoid them. Here are some of the most common attacks that can affect your music career.

1. Phishing

This is one of the most common cyberattacks where the criminal…

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