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[NEWS_IMG=Megaupload.com: Κατέβασε ρολά η γνωστή ιστοσελίδα!]http://www.hwbox.gr/images/imagehosting/1354b7ee9c46d586.jpg[/NEWS_IMG]Ως συνέπεια των νέων νόμων που θέλει να περάσει η Αμερικάνικη Κυβέρνηση σχετικά με το censorship διαφόρων ιστοσελίδων, προκειμένου να προστατευθούν τα πνευματικά δικαιώματα των αρχικών εταιρειών και να καταπολεμηθεί η πειρατεία (SOPA/PIPA), άρχισαν να έρχονται σιγά-σιγά στο προσκήνιο οι αναπόφευκτες συνέπειες. Μια από τις μεγαλύτερες σελίδες ανταλλαγής αρχείων, το Megaupload.com, έκλεισε από τις αμερικάνικες αρχές. Ο ιδρυτής της και πολλοί διευθυντές της εταιρίας κατηγορούνται για παραβίαση νόμων εναντίον της ηλεκτρονικής πειρατείας.

Το κατηγορητήριο αναφέρει ότι η σελίδα Megaupload.com κοστίζει στους ιδιοκτήτες των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων πάνω από 500 εκ δολ χαμένα έσοδα από αντιγραμμένα έργα, μουσική κ.τ.λ. Το κλείσιμο έγινε μόλις μια μέρα μετά τη διαμαρτυρία πολλών σελίδων για τις δύο προτάσεις νόμου στις ΗΠΑ. Μάλιστα σύμφωνα με το κατηγορητήριο, ο Dotcom έβγαλε 42 εκατομμύρια δολάρια μονάχα για το έτος 2010.

Το υπουργείο δικαιοσύνης ανακοίνωσε ότι ο Kim Dotcom (του οποίου το επίσημο όνομα είναι Kim Schmitz) και 3 άλλοι, συνελήφθησαν την Πέμπτη στη Νέα Ζηλανδία μετά από αίτημα των αμερικάνικων αρχών, ενώ καταζητούνται ακόμη δύο κατηγορούμενοι. Το Megaupload ήταν μοναδικό όχι μόνο επειδή περιείχε τεράστιο όγκο δεδομένων αλλά επειδή είχε την υποστήριξη πολλών διασημοτήτων (Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys και Kanye West) που συνήθως είναι θύματα της ηλεκτρονικής πειρατείας.

Οι χρήστες μπορούσαν να ανεβάσουν και να μεταφέρουν αρχεία που είναι μεγάλα για να σταλούν με email. Τέτοιες σελίδες είναι κατά βάση νόμιμες αλλά η Motion Picture Association of America, που εκπροσωπεί τη βιομηχανία του κινηματογράφου, θεωρεί ότι η πλειοψηφία των αρχείων που διακινούνται μέσω Megaupload είναι προϊόν πειρατείας και παραβιάζει τους σχετικούς νόμους. Από την πλευρά της η ιστοσελίδα επέτρεπε στους χρήστες να κατεβάζουν ψηφιακά αρχεία και κέρδιζε χρήματα από όσους ήθελαν να έχουν πρόσβαση σε μεγαλύτερες ταχύτητες downloading, ενώ παράλληλα είχε και διαφημίσεις.

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Filesonic Kills File-Sharing Service After MegaUpload Arrests

Filesonic, one of the Internetʼs leading cyberlocker services, has taken some drastic measures following the Megaupload shutdown and arrests last week. In addition to discontinuing its affiliates rewards program and not yet paying accrued money to members, the site has disabled all sharing functionality, leaving users only with access to their own files.

filesonicTo users of systems like BitTorrent, file-sharing means just that – the sharing of files with others. But this weekend users of Filesonic, one of the Internetʼs leading cyberlocker services, sharing files is currently a thing of the past.

According to a shock announcement by the site, all file-sharing functionality has now been disabled, leaving current users only with access to files that they have personally uploaded. Many hundreds of thousands (probably millions) of links all around the web have now been rendered useless, at least temporarily.

But the bad news for the siteʼs users doesnʼt end there. In the last few hours, before file-sharing was disabled, Filesonic also ended its rewards program, meaning that uploaders to the site no longer earn money when people download their files. A moot point perhaps, since no-one will be downloading files anyway.

However, there is the matter of what will happen to the reward money that was sitting in uploaderʼs accounts before the rewards program was discontinued. Will it be paid out, or will it simply disappear? Many users fear the latter.

No File-Sharing at Filesonic

This combination of news all adds up to a pretty big deal. Filesonic isnʼt just some also-ran in the world of cyberlockers. The site is among the top 10 file-sharing sites on the Internet, with a quarter billion page views a month.

While there has been no official explanation from the site as to why the above actions were taken, all eyes are turned towards events of the last week – the closure of Megaupload and the arrest of its founder and management team.

Like Megaupload, Filesonic appears to be based in Hong Kong and itʼs clear that the authorities there already worked with the US government to shut down Kim Dotcomʼs operations and seize his assets there. Filesonic is also believed to have some US-based servers.

In December, Filesonic announced it had partnered with Vobile, a provider of content identification services. All uploads to the service were said to be being checked for copyright infringement before users were able to share them publicly, although it is unclear if this system was ever implemented by the site.

The events of the last week have turned the cyberlocker world upside down and there is quite literally panic among users and site operators. Stay tuned for our detailed report tomorrow – the Megaupload takedown appears to be a game-changer.

Filesonic Kills File-Sharing Service After MegaUpload Arrests | TorrentFreak

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Παει και το Fileserve καθως και αλλα πιο μικρα

Cyberlocker Ecosystem Shocked As Big Players Take Drastic Action

In the wake of last weekʼs Megaupload shutdown, some of the biggest names in the market are taking drastic action. During the last 48 hours many sites have completely withdrawn their systems for paying uploaders when their files are shared with others, but one of the most dramatic moves came first from Filesonic and today Fileserve. Both services now forbid people from downloading any files they didnʼt upload themselves.

While the shutdown last week of Megaupload and the arrest of its founder and management team was certainly dramatic, a situation of perhaps even greater gravity is beginning to emerge.

Over the past 48 to 72 hours, the operators of many prominent cyberlocker services have been taking unprecedented actions that can not simply be explained away by mere coincidence. The details in the Megaupload indictment clearly have some players in the file-hosting world spooked.

One of the key allegations is that between 2005 and mid 2011, Megaupload ran a program that rewarded users for uploading infringing material. A cited internal email allegedly shows staff members discussing cash payments going to people uploading “full popular DVD rips” and “software with keygenerators (Warez)”.

Although Megaupload stopped paying out rewards in July 2011, that didnʼt stop the site from getting raided. Other cyberlocker services are clearly hoping they will be more lucky.

Last evening Filesonic, a top 10 player in the file-sharing world with a billion pageviews a month, not only withdrew its affiliate rewards program, but also banned any third parties downloading files. Simply put, users can now only download files from the service that they uploaded themselves.

But according to reports, thereʼs no guarantee of that. Account owners report that their files are being mass deleted, thatʼs if their entire account has been banned already.

Fileserve, another leading player, also ended its affiliate program this weekend. Additionally, this morning TorrentFreak received news that Fileserve has now joined Filesonic in banning all 3rd party downloads.

Fileserve Nuke

“I just paid for a premium account and can now only download my own fucking files an unlimited number of times,” said one angry user. “What use is that?”

Other users of Fileserve are experiencing an even further degraded level of service. Reports describe mass deletion of their uploads and the banning of accounts on apparent ʽTerms of Serviceʼ violations.

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But the changes at these two services appears to be just the tip of a very big and very complex iceberg. Developments at other file-hosting services are widespread.

As previously reported, Uploaded.to banned all US IP addresses in what appears to be an effort to distance itself from US jurisdiction. Its affiliate program is still listed as operational but the same cannot be said about those run by some of its competitors.

VideoBB and VideoZer have both reportedly closed their rewards program and according to reports have also been mass deleting accounts and huge numbers of files.

Other sites closing their affiliate programs and/or deleting accounts/files include FileJungle, UploadStation and FilePost.

FileJungle

UploadStation

Another interesting development involves so-called ʽrelease blogsʼ, sites that report on leaked material but either provide links to the material on cyberlockers or allow their users to do the same. The number of overall releases hasnʼt changed much but the links currently being posted on some of these sites show less variety and volume than they did this time last week.

Do you know of other file-hosts/cyberlockers taking similar action? Send us your stories and screenshots to the usual address.

Update: Smaller host UploadBox calls it quits. “All files will be deleted on January 30th. Feel free to download the files you store with UploadBox until this date.”

Update2: Another host, x7.to, shuts down.

Update 3: TorrentFreak has seen evidence that on request PayPal is refunding cash paid to Filesonic over the weekend.

Update 4: FileJungle and UploadStation have disabled all 3rd party downloads.

Update 5: 4shared cancels affiilate program.

http://torrentfreak.com/cyberlocker-ecosystem-shocked-as-big-players-take-drastic-action-120123/

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rapidshare και mediafire κρατανε γερα

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Κάποιος πρέπει να μείνει και να βγάλει φράγκα...

Αν και η πιτα ειναι μεγαλη

Αρκετα εχασε το rapidshare απο fileserve και filesonic

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