Post subject: FBI File share investigation Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:48 am
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MegaUpload - Closed. FileServe - Closing, does not sell premium. FileJungle - Deleting files. Locked in the U.S.. UploadStation - Locked in the U.S.. FileSonic - the news is arbitrary (under FBI investigation). VideoBB - Closed! Will disappear soon. Uploaded - Banned in the U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone. FilePost - Deleting all material (will leave executables, pdfs, txts) Videoz - Closed and locked in the countries affiliated with the USA. 4shared - Deleting files with copyright and waits in line at the FBI. MediaFire - Called to testify in the next 90 days and it will open doors. Pro FBI Org Torrent - Could vanish with everything within 30 days "he is under criminal investigation" Network Share mIRC - Awaiting the decision of the case to continue or terminate Torrente everything. Koshiki - Operating 100% Japan will not join the SOPA / PIPA Shienko Box - 100% working China / Korea will not join the SOPA / PIPA ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOPA / PIPA Read: MediaFire - Called to testify in the next 90 days and it will open doors. Pro FBI It's over; file sharing is finished
Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:38 am
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People will find ways around anything. For example, I created an online storage account with Adrive for sharing (work-related, legal) files with my coworkers that were too large to email. Everybody knows the login and password. It's a little more complex than using a file-sharing site, but it works.
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Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:56 pm
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I think it's merely a mild annoyance that those file sharing websites are being shut down. If one site gets shut down though, another website will just take its place. An example of this would be the legendary suprnova which was shutdown in 2004. Despite the fall of suprnova, dozens of new sites were created to take its place.
Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:42 pm
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Filesharing will never stop, even if some really important guys wish it would... Some hosters will be closed, but new ones will pop up, it's just a matter of time.
Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:43 pm
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I don't think file sharing is finished because there is another important filehoster called rapidshare. The headquarters of rapidshare is located in Switzerland. In Switzerland there are no restrictive laws against illegal downloading for home use.
Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:00 pm
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Last time I checked filesharing will never be over as long as bit torrenting is not going any where at all. Besides people still have private forums and sharing sites so ya I'm not that very concerned. However I did use these sites to get music when I wanted to. I don't like this but it won't be the end of file sharing.
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Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:05 am
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People will find ways around it, new sites will pop up. After Napster got shut down, Limewire came around, but now it is gone. If they were somehow able to completely stop illegal file sharing on the internet, people would go back to physical media. This was somewhat common before high speed internet. Think of Don't Copy That Floppy, only it would be burnt DVDs and Blu-Ray discs.
Post subject: Re: FBI File share investigation Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:08 am
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I'll admit, the loss of a huge amount of content on HTTP links has forced me on to torrents.
So the copyright industry have made me go from a medium where I was willing to spend money and where I wasn't reuploading copyrighted content, to a free medium where reuploading is a necessity and I'm doing it with a certain 100MBit/s connection.
Something tells me that's not the direction the industry was hoping for.
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