Megaupload Shut Down - Filesonic stops filesharing - latest news about filehosting
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this European servers are still surviving.
i will buy premium.
http://turbobit.net
http://www.crocko.com
http://uploaded.to
http://depositfiles.com
http://www.share-online.biz
i dont know which is the best.
and i want to follow majority.
i will buy premium.
http://turbobit.net
http://www.crocko.com
http://uploaded.to
http://depositfiles.com
http://www.share-online.biz
i dont know which is the best.
and i want to follow majority.
I wouldn't buy any premium account for the time beeing, nobody can say for sure which filehosts will suivive.
To complete you list there is of hosts that are not based in the US and still have an affilite programm:
www.netload.in
www.letibit.net
www.rapidgator.net
www.megashare.net
www.oron.com
www.shareflare.net
megaupload was hosting in the US.
There's a firefox add-on called Flagfox that lets you know where servers are really based.
megaupload -> US
filesonic ... Netherlands
fileserve ... US
filejungle... US
mediafire .. US
oron .. Netherlands
wupload .. Netherlands
uploaded.to .. Netherlands
Uploadstation .. USA
filepost.net .. Russia (and still alive)
rapidshare .. Germany (and still business as usual) .. for the moment.
If all of the major remaining filehosts go down (Hotfile, Wupload and Rapidshare), then it's bye bye for downloading JAV... I'm sure as hell not going to download from filepost etc. and I refuse to use torrents (too risky). It's been a good couple of years, but f*ck it!
uzzled:
trackerless torrents are the next big thing .. anyone noticed how pirate bay is pushing magnet links now ?
Anyway for direct downloads, we'll probably have to wait until China develops its telco infrastructure more.
The Chinese regard the western idea of patents and copyright with contempt.
once they start building server farms Obama and the MAFIAA will be screwed.
... beggars (US) won't harass their bankers (China) to shut down hosting
Anyway for direct downloads, we'll probably have to wait until China develops its telco infrastructure more.
The Chinese regard the western idea of patents and copyright with contempt.
once they start building server farms Obama and the MAFIAA will be screwed.
... beggars (US) won't harass their bankers (China) to shut down hosting
perhaps there's another way to look at what happened . . .
megaupload versus SOPA
megaupload was closed down - while the US Congress was still considering SOPA - there was alot of political pressure to stop SOPA because it went way too far - in fact at this point consideration of SOPA in the US Senate is tabled indefinitely because of that political pressure
the claim of media industry and many others was that the FBI and the Courts lacked sufficient tools to combat the "copyright pirates" and that SOPA was needed to enhance current law enforcement vis-a-vie patent rights
so what happens? the FBI and other enforcement agencies, using current law, close down megaupload - that in turn has a ripple effect through the file hosting community
huuhh? seems like the FBI and other enforcement agencies actually have sufficient enforcement authority when they use it - the megaupload example will inevitably be used by those who want to stop SOPA as the best example that US law really does not need changed
what does this say about the US? it signals that everyone, including forces within law enforcement, was not on board the SOPA juggernauting train
i am not suggesting SOPA, and its ilk, are not something to fear - it definitely is - and it should definitely be combated - but what happened to megaupload - is probably part of the combat against SOPA, as weird as that sounds
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why are other filehosts bailing?
i personally have used the "chickened out" expletive to describe what filesonic has done to limit file useage and other filehosts denying US patronage and other similar actions by filehosts
the full 72 page indictment against megaupload is here: hXXp://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment
lets assume that what is described in the indictment is factually correct and illegal
maybe the filehosts who are bailing have engaged in similar conduct? - maybe they have ties to megaupload? - maybe they are taking remedial actions to cover their respective buttox? it could be any of the above or all or none
just remember to be completely skeptical about what any of them say because they are attempting to cover alot of money!
megaupload versus SOPA
megaupload was closed down - while the US Congress was still considering SOPA - there was alot of political pressure to stop SOPA because it went way too far - in fact at this point consideration of SOPA in the US Senate is tabled indefinitely because of that political pressure
the claim of media industry and many others was that the FBI and the Courts lacked sufficient tools to combat the "copyright pirates" and that SOPA was needed to enhance current law enforcement vis-a-vie patent rights
so what happens? the FBI and other enforcement agencies, using current law, close down megaupload - that in turn has a ripple effect through the file hosting community
huuhh? seems like the FBI and other enforcement agencies actually have sufficient enforcement authority when they use it - the megaupload example will inevitably be used by those who want to stop SOPA as the best example that US law really does not need changed
what does this say about the US? it signals that everyone, including forces within law enforcement, was not on board the SOPA juggernauting train
i am not suggesting SOPA, and its ilk, are not something to fear - it definitely is - and it should definitely be combated - but what happened to megaupload - is probably part of the combat against SOPA, as weird as that sounds
*********
why are other filehosts bailing?
i personally have used the "chickened out" expletive to describe what filesonic has done to limit file useage and other filehosts denying US patronage and other similar actions by filehosts
the full 72 page indictment against megaupload is here: hXXp://www.scribd.com/doc/78786408/Mega-Indictment
lets assume that what is described in the indictment is factually correct and illegal
maybe the filehosts who are bailing have engaged in similar conduct? - maybe they have ties to megaupload? - maybe they are taking remedial actions to cover their respective buttox? it could be any of the above or all or none
just remember to be completely skeptical about what any of them say because they are attempting to cover alot of money!
I suspect SOPA/PIPA and other similar things are an attempt to expand their power.Kind of like when the US government claimed they need to tighten down on gun sellers because the Mexican cartel were getting their guns from American stores and then few months later we find that the government gave the cartels in Mexico the firearms.