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Should Dropbox fear to also get the MegaUpload treatment?

• deleted 15y ago
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• mrkmcknz 15y ago
  I don't think so, total different use cases for the product. Maybe if Dropbox let you mass share a single file/folder with a link. I see it as burning a CD and giving that to your friend rather then torrenting the file for your whole school.
  • dholowiski 15y ago
    You can mass share a file with a link on dropbox. There are some bandwidth limitations, but we use this feature every day.
• chris_dcosta 15y ago
  Posted a similar comment here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3489356 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3489356 @mrkmckz I agree it's a different use case, but any sharing of illegal content by one or more users, might cause the feds to over-react, rather than just looking at individuals involved.
• devs1010 15y ago
  The reality of this, I believe, is that Megaupload was a bit of an "outlier" in that the company wasn't based, for the most part, in the U.S. and they were overall rather secretive it seems. Dropbox is a Silicon Valley company and I would think has support from the community as a whole to where I think there would be a major uproar if they tried to do something like this to them.