Now Hollywood wants Hotfile taken offline

sehcure · 8 Mar 2012 at 17:08

It's kinda' pointless, there'll just be more and more..

Eh.

DazQ87 · 8 Mar 2012 at 17:10

It's just like fighting a hyda, cut off 1 head and 2 more pop up to take its place. Based on that theory eventually there will be so many websites team america wont know what to do.

LizardKing · 8 Mar 2012 at 22:31

With every site they close down brings us one step closer to decentralised networks.

Chasing short term gains are going to really come back and bite the likes of MPAA and RIAA so hard.

I'm curious to see how they would tackle the likes of freenet etc should they ever become popular.

Philtor · 8 Mar 2012 at 22:39

Rapidshare is a sitting duck as well I would say.

Nitefly · 8 Mar 2012 at 22:43

Come on... As if even 1% of mega upload users used it for legitimate reasons...

RomanNose · 8 Mar 2012 at 22:49

Don't think it will happen, it seems like they do it by the book.

Tombo · 8 Mar 2012 at 22:50

Hotfile links are usually the first to go down.

trigger-happy · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:07

Still waiting for rapidshare to go LOL

Martini1991 · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:13

They may's well just make file hosting illegal.

Squark · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:16

Why not ban cars, I've heard some people use them for criminal activities

Macky · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:22

Squark said:
Why not ban cars, I've heard some people use them for criminal activities

Too much money made from them. Ridiculous tax's on petrol and actual road tax. I do realize you weren't being serious by the way.

Martini1991 · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:26

Surprised they haven't banned camcorders, THEY'RE A PIRACY TOOL!

Mr Krugga · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:31

Tombo said:
Hotfile links are usually the first to go down.

Yup, it's getting ridiculous now, to the point where any file-sharing becomes illegal by definition.

I say ban google for linking to everything. Take on someone that is known to the wide public, see what happens then.

spudbynight · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:35

Skillmister said:
Better shut down dropbox aswell considering plenty of pirated material is shared through that!

Google as well!

Kosmiche · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:36

Ah had a scan earlier and thought it was HOTMAIL, never even heard of this hotfile.

Mr Krugga · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:40

Eames said:
Ah had a scan earlier and thought it was HOTMAIL, never even heard of this hotfile.

Never been to a website that doesn't host their own files?

Kosmiche · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:49

Yes, just never come across this hotfile.

I can only think of two off hand anyway.

labcoattech · 8 Mar 2012 at 23:59

If you want to see what it will be like in 10 years time then watch the film equilibrium

Martini1991 · 9 Mar 2012 at 00:08

Mr Krugga said:
Yup, it's getting ridiculous now, to the point where any file-sharing becomes illegal by definition.

I say ban google for linking to everything. Take on someone that is known to the wide public, see what happens then.

Google has had a lot of search results blocked recently.
I had a page that was more blocked results than results.

Fr0dders · 9 Mar 2012 at 00:15

This one will be interesting.

Everybody knew they were after Mega Upload due to piracy, but the claims in court only stuck because of all his other illegal activities.

So faced with another file host that isn't up to their necks in dodgy business, does removing violating content and proactively attempting to block the upload of copyright files get you off the hook ?

That remains to be seen. Personally i hope the courts tell them where to get off. Its time Hollywood recognized piracy is a problem of their own creation, and shutting down every website you can find is not the solution to their problems. Much as banning the sale of VHS recorders was not the solution to the problem of 20th century film piracy.