MPAA Targets Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles - Polidicks

[IMG]http://puu.sh/nmOp[/IMG] [IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/down-cyberlockers.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE][B]It is no secret that the MPAA was a main facilitators of the criminal investigation against Megaupload. But while the movie studios have praised the actions of the US Government, they are not satisfied yet. Paramount Pictures’ vice president for worldwide content protection identified Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles as prime targets that should be shuttered next. [/B] The file-hosting business has been in a permanent state of chaos since the Megaupload shutdown in January. Many sites were quick to remove their affiliate programs and some went as far as blocking visitors from the US entirely. It’s clear that site owners are concerned that their business might become a target, and if it’s up to the major movie studios this fear is justified. “We continue to make criminal referrals,” Paramount Pictures’ Alfred Perry said during the On Copyright conference in New York yesterday. CNET reports that the Paramount Pictures produced a list of five “rogue” file-hosters, presented in a fancy graphic where Megaupload is crossed out. The prime targets on this shutdown list are Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles. The movie studio claims that these “rogue” cyberlockers receive 41 billion page views a year, which translates to five views for every person on the planet. In recent months the MPAA has criticized the business models of these and other cyberlockers on many occasions. Last November, for example, we got our hands on an MPAA fact sheet titled“It’s All About the Money: The ‘Business’ Model of Rogue Cyberlockers” with an overview of the several affiliate programs some cyberlockers have in place. According to the MPAA these programs motivate users to share copyrighted material, thereby promoting piracy. “Rogue cyberlockers aren’t just distribution hubs for stolen movies and TV shows – both the users who upload content and the operators who run the sites can earn money from doing so. As Internet video traffic grows, the threat from rogue cyberlockers that profit from stolen content is rising rapidly,” the MPAA explains in the document. This fact sheet will most likely be forwarded to the Department of Justice with every new “rogue” cyberlocker that the MPAA reports. Whether the Department of Justice will act on new referrals from the movie studios has yet to be seen. For now they have their hands full on Megaupload, whose founder told TorrentFreak that his defense teams is working on a killer motion in response to the “nonsense” US indictment.[/QUOTE] [url]http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-targets-fileserve-mediafire-wupload-putlocker-and-depositfiles-120331/[/url]

They're really trying to piss of ALOT of people.

This won't fare well.

What amazes me about all of this is that it is going to happen without anyone organizing or reacting at all because the major news corporations will glean over it.

Wait, just realised the date.

Still haven't bought a single movie or watched one since a long time ago. They make such shit movies nowadays.

Why MediaFire? They're pretty much the last really good one out there nowadays :saddowns:

[QUOTE=Jackald;35382187]April Fools![/QUOTE] It's still ridiculous enough to believe it because the MPAA really would do such a thing.

The vast majority of people using those sites will be using them legitimately. Piracy is mostly through TPB and such. Ah well, there's always filesmelt to upload stuff to.

Once they tackle these big ones, and god forbid they get taken down, where will it end? How far will the government allow organizations like this to go for the sake of keeping their campaign donations flowing? If this gets traction and they start taking down lots of sites because of stupid copyright laws... then I fear what will become of the internet...

[QUOTE=Jackald;35382187]April Fools![/QUOTE] I started writing an angry letter to MPAA when the title mentioned MediaFire until I read your post. MPAA is still a dick company.

oh right it's april 1st fuck

[QUOTE=Shibbey;35382198]The vast majority of people using those sites will be using them legitimately. Piracy is mostly through TPB and such. [B]Ah well, there's always filesmelt to upload stuff to.[/B][/QUOTE] Question is, for how long?

[QUOTE=FreakyMe;35382175]What amazes me about all of this is that it is going to happen without anyone organizing or reacting at all because the major news corporations will glean over it.[/QUOTE] If I created a news agency then I would focus on topics like this that get overlooked. Or at least include them instead of talking about celebrities. Could you imagine how worked up people would get if say, CNN ran stories about the MPAA trying to take our rights away? I don't care if it would be biased, because this type of bias IS THE RIGHT KIND OF BIAS.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;35382231]Question is, for how long?[/QUOTE] They haven't noticed it yet, and it's mostly used as an image uploading site anyway, they likely don't know or don't care about it. Or maybe it's the lack of account system.

Please tell me this was a joke. [editline]cripe[/editline] Shisa it's real isn't it?

Sometimes, I think the MPAA is doing this to specifically piss people off. At this point, Im not sure whether its an April Fools Joke or not because the MPAA would actually do this regardless.

Noooooo mediafiiiiiiireeee now I can't download my hard to find albums

Might wanna get anything off them if you've got stuff backed up, it wouldn't surprise me if it just happened like with megaupload.

[quote=Val67;35382157][img]http://puu.sh/nmOp[/img][/quote] This is the best stock photo I've seen since the cyber woman stroking a cob of corn.

[QUOTE=Pocket Medic;35382493]This is the best stock photo I've seen since the cyber woman stroking a cob of corn.[/QUOTE] [img]http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/nejron/nejron0912/nejron091200133/6088410-attractive-cyber-woman-with-different-vegetables.jpg[/img] "each and every one of these is going up my ass"

April Fools?

we wanna delete your content whether its illegal or not

oh god oh man oh god oh man.

[QUOTE=Shibbey;35382198]The vast majority of people using those sites will be using them legitimately. Piracy is mostly through TPB and such. Ah well, there's always filesmelt to upload stuff to.[/QUOTE] Nah, lets fuck the people who don't deserve it instead.

This is more then likely an April Fool's joke. But in the event it isn't... [I][B][U]FUCK.[/U][/B][/I]

I can't actually tell if this is a joke or not, is there another source for this?

MPAA are such assholes I have trouble believing this is just an April Fool's joke.

Not mediafire, fuck! I host all of my model releases there.

So basically the MPAA thinks nobody should be able to have websites that host files for others to download, because the MPAA is under the impression they own everything that could ever be uploaded.