Hotfile has been deleting files by the 1,000s per day because of the lawsuit below. Hotfile has servers in the US (in Texas) so it is in trouble.
Note that Fileserve also is a US company (Bellevue, Washington), so if the lawsuit against Hotfile is successful, Fileserve will be next ...
The 1,000 "John Does" being also sued seem to be the uploaders of these files, which is probably no one in this forum (?):
Liberty Media Holdings Lawsuit: January 2011
On 6th January 2011, US Media conglomerate Liberty Media Corproration filed suit against Hotfile, Paypal and 1,000 Hotfile 'John Doe' account holders. Liberty Media's case states that; the defendants “jointly and severally, with actual or constructive knowledge of or with willful blindness, reproduced and distributed certain LIBERTY-owned works through Hotfile.com.”
Liberty are asking the court to seize Hotfile's domain address.
Liberty's case goes onto describe Hotfile Corps as; ...."a Panamanian company with no physical presence there and one that takes steps to “obfuscate the facts of its location, address, and principals.” It also states that; "...Hotfile’s owner is a Russian named Anton Titov, who may or may not be a resident of Bulgaria and/or The Netherlands, and who also may have a residence in Florida."
A company called Lemuria Communications is also listed as a defendant. The company is claimed by Liberty to be Hotfile’s webhost and an alter ego of Anton Titov. Hotfile is said to operate servers in Dallas, Texas and Florida. PayPal is also named as a defendant on the basis that it offers financial services to Hotfile, Titov and Lemuria. Liberty demands that the court freezes defendants’ assets held by PayPal pending the outcome of the case.
Furthermore, Liberty's states that "...(Hotfile's) aim is “to profit from the illegal sharing of copyrighted materials, many of which are the intellectual property of LIBERTY,” material which the studio says is placed there by “an army of assistants.” Liberty describes Hotfile as a massive copyright infringer which encourages affiliates to upload copyright material in order to attract further visitors to its website from which both the company and affiliates profit. With demands for a jury trial, Liberty Media claims Hotfile is guilty of inducing, contributory and vicarious infringement and wants statutory damages of $150,000 per infringed work.
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Note that Fileserve also is a US company (Bellevue, Washington), so if the lawsuit against Hotfile is successful, Fileserve will be next ...
The 1,000 "John Does" being also sued seem to be the uploaders of these files, which is probably no one in this forum (?):
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Wild Wild WestLiberty Media Holdings Lawsuit: January 2011
On 6th January 2011, US Media conglomerate Liberty Media Corproration filed suit against Hotfile, Paypal and 1,000 Hotfile 'John Doe' account holders. Liberty Media's case states that; the defendants “jointly and severally, with actual or constructive knowledge of or with willful blindness, reproduced and distributed certain LIBERTY-owned works through Hotfile.com.”
Liberty are asking the court to seize Hotfile's domain address.
Liberty's case goes onto describe Hotfile Corps as; ...."a Panamanian company with no physical presence there and one that takes steps to “obfuscate the facts of its location, address, and principals.” It also states that; "...Hotfile’s owner is a Russian named Anton Titov, who may or may not be a resident of Bulgaria and/or The Netherlands, and who also may have a residence in Florida."
A company called Lemuria Communications is also listed as a defendant. The company is claimed by Liberty to be Hotfile’s webhost and an alter ego of Anton Titov. Hotfile is said to operate servers in Dallas, Texas and Florida. PayPal is also named as a defendant on the basis that it offers financial services to Hotfile, Titov and Lemuria. Liberty demands that the court freezes defendants’ assets held by PayPal pending the outcome of the case.
Furthermore, Liberty's states that "...(Hotfile's) aim is “to profit from the illegal sharing of copyrighted materials, many of which are the intellectual property of LIBERTY,” material which the studio says is placed there by “an army of assistants.” Liberty describes Hotfile as a massive copyright infringer which encourages affiliates to upload copyright material in order to attract further visitors to its website from which both the company and affiliates profit. With demands for a jury trial, Liberty Media claims Hotfile is guilty of inducing, contributory and vicarious infringement and wants statutory damages of $150,000 per infringed work.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/thr-esq/read-mpaas-big-lawsuit-cyberlocking-97400