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I didn't know about FileVo. I just read up on their situation and curiously, it's another issue involving UK2 (in this case their MidPhase brand) and SoftLayer
by jbyers 16y ago
I didn't know about FileVo. I just read up on their situation and curiously, it's another issue involving UK2 (in this case their MidPhase brand) and SoftLayer.
Both the SimpleCDN and FileVo shutdowns do look bad. But I'm not relying on courage, I'm relying on experience. Over four years I personally have had hundreds of phone, email, and forum interactions with SoftLayer at every level from their CEO to first level support. And countless DMCA requests. If I believed based on those experiences I was at risk hosting my company and my livelihood there, you better believe I would beat a path to the door.
- duskwuff 16y agoFrom what I understand of FileVo, they were running a file upload service, not retaining any identifying information on uploaders, and not taking any steps to prevent copyrighted files from being uploaded. Softlayer's decision to terminate their hosting was no different from what any other hosting company would do (and, in fact, what they would be legally required to do!).