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Then why did Filesonic shut down their file sharing service?
Also, it's in reality very hard to prove that one doesn't know about the illegal content on their server, and most importantly, if the plaintiff can prove/claim that Filesonic financially benefited from distribution of the illegal content then the site wouldn't be eligible for the safe harbour protection.
My guess: Because they thought they would go bankrupt if a court case came, despite the law being on their side.
It's not about "proving" they don't know. "Service providers" like them get guaranteed protection as long as they take down files when notified. Obviously they should keep track of ad revenue and refund anything that gets taken down, to not be on the financial benefit side.
Again, why is Youtube not liable when they put ads on videos with unlicensed copyrighted content?
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Youtube IS LIABLE, see the earlier youtube link provided where JeepersMedia explains how Youtube is able to "escape" w/o being sued (They are not, Youtube, is being sued by VIACOM in court).
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Well, we kind of live in a time where everyone is used to get all their media for free. When I tell my friends that I still buy physical copies of albums their reaction generally is: "who the hell still pays for music/dvds?" Well, I do and I'm a dying breed.
Agreed, mediafire and the likes are useful to download albums before they're actually on the shelves, but when they're good, I go buy them on release day (case in point: Aborted's and Lamb of God's latest albums). When the music doesn't meet my (rather high) standard, I just delete it from my hard drive. No point in keeping music I won't listen to in the first place.
I know a lot of people, generally students, who've got 1-2TB hard drives full of illegal movies. The sole reason hard drives of that size exist is for people like that (and professional photographers and video editors, but those are few and far between. I personally struggle to use half of the 250GB hard disc in my laptop.
On the other hand, we've got cinemas getting away with charging €10-11 for a ticket...
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So are they also gonna send my money back for the premium account? Since now they offer services that i'm not interested in, nor payed for...
Any1 tried to get a refund for their premium account?
//runs off checking to see if this is true//
edit: filed a paypal claim, doubt that will do anything tho
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Since my topic has been closed, ill share this here.... http://anonyupload.com/
dont know if its true or scam, but its good to know it exists
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On January 23 2012 23:30 reisada wrote:Since my topic has been closed, ill share this here.... http://anonyupload.com/dont know if its true or scam, but its good to know it exists
Don't support crap like that tbh... for all you know it's just some guy laughing his ass off by all the donations he's getting.
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LOL are we gonna be forced to burn dvd and meet at night in a basement to exchange files? Let's go back to stone age.
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On January 23 2012 21:32 bLah. wrote:Show nested quote +On January 23 2012 19:19 KainiT wrote:
This is becomming to get interesting.
I personally think that this is a fight only the pirates can win, since there will always be countries where they can host servers without getting in troubles with any laws and in some years the generation, that actually has experience with filesharing websites will run the world. So finally copyright on whatever can be digitized in general will be a thing of the past in two or three decades.
I hope you heard it here first;) Thing is, they can host their servers on planet Mars, but you will still be accountable in your country for downloading something illegaly. your ISPs can easily get all the information about what you've downloaded and if this is just a start, what if they pass laws that ISPs will have to report that information to authorities? EU is also pretty rigid about copyright infrigment so people shouldn't be so neutral while looking what's happening in USA etc
There are SEVERAL countries in which downloading isn't a crime.
Sharing is.
This makes using sites like Megavideo 100% legal as long as you don't upload copyrighted material.
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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! would disappear soon.
Uploaded - Banned U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
FilePost - Deleting all material (so 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 SOUP / PIPA
Shienko Box - 100% working china / korea will not join the SOUP / PIPA
ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOUP / PIPA
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On January 23 2012 23:53 bLah. wrote:
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! would disappear soon.
Uploaded - Banned U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
FilePost - Deleting all material (so 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 SOUP / PIPA
Shienko Box - 100% working china / korea will not join the SOUP / PIPA
ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOUP / PIPA
source?
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So i guess Chinese/Japanese file share services are the future? 
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On January 24 2012 00:05 Technique wrote:So i guess Chinese/Japanese file share services are the future?
Thank god for progress heh ? (more like regress)
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Wow, this is bigger then I thougt. It is sad for I used some of those sites from time to time  . But even so I must say that I don't think that USA is in the wrong with it. The sites ARE afterall mostly used for piracy and very little else. That said it will not really stop piracy and I think this will be a bigger hit to SOPA and it's equal then anything else.
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On January 24 2012 00:05 kyarisan wrote:Show nested quote +On January 23 2012 23:53 bLah. wrote:
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! would disappear soon.
Uploaded - Banned U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
FilePost - Deleting all material (so 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 SOUP / PIPA
Shienko Box - 100% working china / korea will not join the SOUP / PIPA
ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOUP / PIPA source?
Yeah Id really like to know where you got this from too.
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damn. Fileserve please stay alive. rapidshare too.
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The companies should just stop being stupid and move from the US. Pretty much any other country is perfectly fine with this kind of file sharing, so just move the servers and reregister your company and the US can't touch you. Might block US traffic, sure, but that's about it.
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Seriously, fuck this timing attack. :/
Nerf please Blizzard.
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On January 24 2012 00:17 theBALLS wrote:
damn. Fileserve please stay alive. rapidshare too.
it's already down. Hopefully they just move their servers to china and open back up tho.
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On January 24 2012 00:22 Nizaris wrote:Show nested quote +On January 24 2012 00:17 theBALLS wrote:
damn. Fileserve please stay alive. rapidshare too. it's already down. Hopefully they just move their servers to china and open back up tho.
whats already down?
both sites seem fine to me
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On January 24 2012 00:29 theBALLS wrote:Show nested quote +On January 24 2012 00:22 Nizaris wrote:On January 24 2012 00:17 theBALLS wrote:
damn. Fileserve please stay alive. rapidshare too. it's already down. Hopefully they just move their servers to china and open back up tho. whats already down? both sites seem fine to me
did you try to download something ? I can't say i have, i'm at work but this guy did...
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=13252983
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You're right it's not down. But for all intends and purposes it might aswell be.
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