R.I.P. FileSonic & Uploaded.to ?

reply to post by zorgon


Well then, it's like arresting the apartment owner for what the tenants were doing in there... drugs, murder, whatever.

They can't know everything their tenants are doing 24/7. Nor should they.

The owners of the apartment building is making money off rent. Just like megaupload was doing off the membership to pay for their servers and bandwidth.

What the FBI should have done is ask megaupload to take down the pirated files OR ELSE... and go after those who uploaded them in the first place, not megaupload.

It just sank in for me...

If they don't restore "file sharing links" I will have to completely redo my sites. Makes me sad. **cry**

Originally posted by 3xil3
filesonic isn't completely down but stopped all file sharing
hopefully not permanently

www.filesonic.com...

uploaded.to... Seems to be only down in USA

edit on 22-1-2012 by 3xil3 because: (no reason given)

edit on 22-1-2012 by 3xil3 because: (no reason given)

Some Filesonic users already experiencing files being deleted for so-called copyright infringement.

Rapidshare has a history of plethora of lawsuits but Rapidshare won against all in Germany.

Any suggestion on Crocko, Filejungle, Filesmonster, Oron, Filefactory, Rapidshare or Mediafire?

Originally posted by wisdomnotemotion
Any suggestion on Crocko, Filejungle, Filesmonster, Oron, Filefactory, Rapidshare or Mediafire?

Crocko looks like a good alternative. However, who knows how long they will be available. Last thing I want to do is transfer everything, only to have them pull links down the next day or something. Have to wait and see how they respond to an email I just sent them. But thats looks like a very good substitute/alternative.

Megaupload - Closed, domain ceased by FBI Jan 19, 2012

Fileserve - Account deletion and affiliation program terminating Jan 20, 2012

File Jungle - (Owned by Fileserve) Deleting multiple files. Testing out blocking some USA IP addresses. Jan 21, 2012

Upload Station - (Owned by Fileserve) Deleting multiple files. Testing out blocking some USA IP addresses. Jan 21, 2012

VideoBB - Closed affiliate program Jan 21, 2012

4shared - Deleting files left and right Jan 21, 2012

VideoZer - closed affiliate program Jan 21, 2012

Uploaded - Blocked in the USA Jan 22, 2012

Filesonic - No Filesharing, strictly private for the time being Jan 22, 2012

Filepost - Started suspending accounts with infringing material Jan 22, 2012

Videobb - Closed affiliate program. Jan 22, 2012

reply to post by Hellas


Seems like oron is still on. Hope it will be...

I would die without ALL THIS PORN!

Originally posted by gigaherc
reply to post by Hellas

 

Seems like oron is still on. Hope it will be...

I would die without ALL THIS PORN!

Wrong. I just found out from porn webmaster that "Oron will be shutting down Monday Jan 23 2012".

Don't tell me you didn't archive all your favorite porn?

reply to post by wisdomnotemotion


But of course all was properly archived, however...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

What do now?

What hosts shall survive in your opinion?

Poor America.
Hope you guys have all the important e-books and vice verse ready on USB.
Because you are entering dictatorship.

GL HF.

reply to post by FejkNick


Exactly!

Hide your copy of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 - soon they shall be forbidden and their owners surely will go to jail!

Originally posted by gigaherc
reply to post by FejkNick

 

Exactly!

Hide your copy of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 - soon they shall be forbidden and their owners surely will go to jail!

The list need to be longer.
Behold a pale horse for one.
Report from iron mountain for second.

Originally posted by Grifter81
My point would be where does this end.

That's the biggest problem.

Those that make a living from selling or distributing pirated material will find a way to do so, but what will it cost to those that never used any of those sites?

If I'm going to be labelled I'd rather be a Buccaneer.

Buccaneers, as other privateers, had a license from a country to attack ships and cities from enemy countries, so I guess some of the Internet pirates are really privateers.

reply to post by 3xil3


Oh well, Id rather them do it this way then censor the entire internet.

I think it's awesome. One big step in fighting pirates and fighting against the people behind those Hosters who make excessive amounts of money through it.

I wonder if and when Rapidshare gets killed, that's the biggest and most used One Click Hoster.

All the crying from the pirates is funny though und then they start blabbering about 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 because they think stealing media is their god-given right Idiots...

reply to post by ShadowAngel85


More like one little step, you can't beat us so you might as well join us.

I think it's time for the arrival of the Virtual Jesus...so as to resurrect our sites of sharing.

Just my opinion, of course. But I think it falls in line with everyone's thoughts right now.

Disappointing,

It seems the concept of net neutrality may be on it's way out with all of this. The internet will soon have a gatekeeper and this gatekeeper will be the lawman for the corporate millionaire scumbags(RIAA MPAA etc) who want more money then they already have. Bittorrent and P2P sharing will live on through encrypted networks, but even TPB will go down eventually I'm sure, with SOPA and PIPA gone the pimps in congress and house will write up some other 1984 like legislation. I can only hope with the recent uproar about these two bills and the raised awareness from it that WE the people will take a real stand about this kind of stuff.

Originally posted by Vitchilo

Shady? Filesonic had 250 million pages loaded/day. It was in the top 10 on the entire internet.

So yeah.

MU had 4 percent of the total traffic on the Internet, popularity doesn't equal legality.

Obviously, they don't need pipa and sopa. They win lawlessly. They never really need the laws. Recently, they just passed the law on discretion arrests of people, denying them right to defend themselves. What's this pipa and sopa anyway? A distraction from the real thing...