The End is Near: Major File Sharing Sites Begin to Fall - Polidicks

[IMG]http://heroeswiki.com/images/thumb/a/a1/Real_FBI.JPG/250px-Real_FBI.JPG[/IMG][URL="http://www.Megaupload.com"] www.megaupload.com[/URL] - Closed by the FBI [URL="http://www.Filesonic.com"]www.filesonic.com[/URL] - Filesharing disabled/FBI investigation [URL="http://www.fileserve.com"]www.fileserve.com[/URL] - Files are being removed/FBI investigation [URL="http://www.uploaded.to"]www.uploaded.to[/URL] - Blocked in US [URL="http://www.rapidshare.com"]www.rapidshare.com[/URL] - Fate unknown [URL="http://www.mediafire.com"]www.mediafire.com[/URL] - Fate unknown/rumor of FBI hearing in 90 days [quote] In the wake of the U.S. government’s shutdown of the file-sharing site Megaupload, another file-sharing and storage service has decided to make the “sharing” part of its service a thing of the past.FileSonic — a cloud locker that grants users 10 GB of free storage for 30 days — didn’t mention Megaupload in a statement on its Web site that announced the changes over the weekend. But it was clear that the company is worried about its users sharing things they shouldn’t. “All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally,” says a red banner on the site’s main page.Web services that allow customers to share and upload files should be spooked, Eric Goldman, a professor of intellectual property law at Santa Clara University told The Washington Post’s [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/megaupload-shutdown-raises-new-internet-sharing-fears/2012/01/20/gIQATHRtEQ_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop"]Cecilia Kang [/URL]on Friday. “They will wonder if they have done anything different from Megaupload, and does that mean the Feds will come through their door,” he said.For it’s part, FileSonic has changed the slogans and description of its service on its main page, though clicking through for more information on its premium plan does pull up a logo with the tag*line, “Upload. Store. Download. Share. We don’t believe in limits.”FileSonic did not immediately reply to a request for comment.On Monday, the Associated Press[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/megaupload-founder-kim-dotcom-denies-piracy-new-zealand-judge-to-rule-on-bail/2012/01/23/gIQAK46iKQ_story.html"] reported[/URL]that Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (who officially changed his last name from Schmitz) said that he is innocent and is not a flight risk at a hearing in New Zealand. A judge is expected to rule this week on whether Dotcom will be granted bail, the report said. [/quote][URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/filesonic-cuts-file-sharing-after-megaupload-case/2012/01/23/gIQAvVS3KQ_story.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/megaupload-effect-filesonic-drops-file-sharing-uploaded-to-drops-the-us/[/URL] [URL]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399193,00.asp[/URL] [URL]http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/mediafire-megaupload-business-model-piracy/[/URL]

[b]IT BEGINS[/b] Good bye internet, it was nice while it lasted.

The American government certainly feels that they need to find other ways to piss the world/internet off after the dismiss of SOPA and PIPA

[QUOTE=Cmx;34358169][b]IT BEGINS[/b] Good bye internet, it was nice while it lasted.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;_JUCfX1P1ik]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JUCfX1P1ik[/video]

Uh, MediaFire still seems to be working. And MegaUpload was genuinely paying people to do illegal things, so I'm not at all surprised it was taken down. Though I haven't heard of these other sites, so it isn't my place to say whether we should be worried at their "deaths".

[QUOTE=Cmx;34358169][b]IT BEGINS[/b] Good bye internet, it was nice while it lasted.[/QUOTE] So we switch back to torrents, or set up new sites, or generally do workarounds.

Dropbox - completely ignored

Dear American government, FUCK YOU! Yours sincerely, Everyone else in the world.

I swear to god if they take down mediafire... I'll bitch on the internet.

Stop panicking, megaupload was about as shady as most of what you'd find on the tor network and deserved to get taken down. And it only makes sense investigations are carried out into similar sites. This is a GOOD thing. Unless they touch dropbox, I'll go jihad on their asses.

I hope they leave FileSmelt alone. I very rarely need to share files, but when I do, I use that.

[B]"Justice."[/B]

20 more will pop up to replace them. Too bad about all the old links though.

There goes the Internet my friends, download as much as you can. We will probably end up in the Dark Ages where we share USBs, CDs and DVDs with content or watch movies together instead of by ourselves in our rooms. Or start spending actual money for once. 2012 has given us a large turn of events on the Internet, MegaUpload was ripped off the Internet, other file-sharing sites are removing their services, and what will happen in the future is unknown, but can be predicted. I predict that file-hosting sites will no longer exist. We will go back to torrenting stuff, and sharing files not over the Internet, but with actual, physical mediums. This might allow us to talk about the stuff we share a bit more than the usual, "Thanks for uploading/sharing!" comments. Either way, 2012 is truly, a dark time for the Internet.

leave mediafire alone!

OPs avatar fits

[QUOTE=Clavus;34358263]20 more will pop up to replace them. Too bad about all the old links though.[/QUOTE] Which will also be shut down. It will never end.

[QUOTE=Cone;34358210]Uh, MediaFire still seems to be working. And MegaUpload was genuinely paying people to do illegal things, so I'm not at all surprised it was taken down. Though I haven't heard of these other sites, so it isn't my place to say whether we should be worried at their "deaths".[/QUOTE] It really seems like people aren't informing themselves.

So sensationalist. All these filesharing sites temporarily pulling their services as absolutely nothing to do with the FBI.

>Protest SOPA because government shouldn't control the internet >FBI starts investigating and taking down websites (though MU seemed to have it coming) This can't end well.

I agree that these file sharing websites need to be sorted out to remove copyrighted materials, but hurting legal customers is a step too far. Not to mention that they are destroying completely legal material that cannot be found anywhere else (Mods, pictures, user made music, etc), inadvertently going against anti-wiping laws they set up themselves.

The Mayans were right. 2012 is the beginning of a new era, the dark age of the internet.

I blame the lack of services. Sure, I can watch TV episodes on my actual TV, on the actual channel, but I can't do it my way. My way is watching it OFFLINE, save Internet, and I can't be on the computer all of the time, so I copy it on my phone and watch it elsewhere. If such a service existed, and it worked well, people wouldn't torrent as much. A Also, I don't have WiFi either.

[QUOTE=Combin0wnage;34358341]I agree that these file sharing websites need to be sorted out to remove copyrighted materials, but hurting legal customers is a step too far. Not to mention that they are destroying completely legal material that cannot be found anywhere else (Mods, pictures, user made music, etc), inadvertently going against anti-wiping laws they set up themselves.[/QUOTE] Isn't this true for all anti-piracy though? We see it with TAGES and SecuROM, they're invasive and easy to get rid of for the pirates. So instead of stopping pirates, they set them back 24 hours and the paying customers get fucked. I don't think anyone who manages antipiracy methods actually UNDERSTANDS how to counter it. [sp]hint: it's not anything they're doing =[/sp]

[QUOTE=Lucinice;34358288]It really seems like people aren't informing themselves.[/QUOTE] Now I know what the guys who normally say different things feel like I r n outcast nao

Remember when you were in middle school/high school, and you would have to look for brand new Proxy override websites to get through to Facebook or Youtube? That's what this is gonna end up like.

Shit like this is going to encourage more piracy, all it does it justify what they already do.

it certainly isn't the united states jurisdiction, no one owns the internet, damn this appalling news.

don't panic we still have gyazo

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