R.I.P. Filesonic
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- ukit20
In a statement, RapidShare's CEO Alexandra Zwingli enumerated the ways in which RapidShare is different from Megaupload, pointing out first that RapidShare is set up in a much more transparent way than the Mega empire, and under the actual names of its founders. "RapidShare AG was founded in Switzerland and in fact, it was always located at the address given in the company details and was always run under real names without any anonymous intermediate businesses. The radical measures against Megaupload were apparently required since the situation there had been totally different."
Zwingli said RapidShare is "an absolutely legal service—like Swisscom or YouTube", with services comparable to Dropbox, and doesn't offer a rewards system like Megaupload did for frequently downloaded files. "We act rigidly against copyright infringement," Zwingli asserted, and added that the company has "established a constructive dialogue with politics and society in the United States and in other countries."
Raimer said the MegaUpload raid wasn't about file sharing itself, but the alleged criminal actions of the company's staff. "As far as I can tell, the allegations are based on their closed eyes to the pirate scene, and that they financially supported (pirates) and uploaded infringing content themselves. If they turn out to be true, then law enforcement had to go this way."
- ukit20
@monolith
If you look at the stuff they accused Megaupload of, it's not as simple as "file sharing." Part of the issue was that they operated an affiliate program which according to the government's case was incentivizing people to drive traffic to illegal links. Filesonic and Fileserve both had affiliate programs like this too, while Mediafire and Rapidshare didn't.
I'm not saying they are 100% safe but the line has to drawn somewhere. I don't see how the government can make all file upload services illegal. That's a basic function of the web.
- BusterBoy0
Where the hell am I going to download all my porn from now?
- feel0
gfxworld.ws is down too =s
- panacea0
beginning of the end of these.
- pillhead0
That 1% are starting to get annoying.
- differenz0
Filesonic, one of the Internet’s 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.
- prophetone0
they were forced to disable sharing, clever