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I would recommend http://www.mediafire.com http://www.mediafire.com Isn't that replacing one dubious service with another though? Right now, I'd imagine that

I would recommend http://www.mediafire.com http://www.mediafire.com Isn't that replacing one dubious service with another though? Right now, I'd imagine that something akin to Amazon S3 is the only reliable solution, and even then I bet they have their fair share of infringing material stored. It's quite the rabbit hole the FBI have gone down with this action.

Zirro 15y ago
They don't have the shady history that Megaupload did, and appear to actually comply with DMCA-requests. That will hopefully keep them safe for a while. If it doesn't, hosting files for "everyone" is a doomed business.
- cdr 15y ago
  Megaupload complied extremely quickly with DCMA requests by all reports. The non-compliance cited in the indictment appears to be somewhat of a technicality - at worst, only removing links instead of the file. Are you sure Mediafire complies more zealously than Megaupload did?
  - matale 15y ago
    Mediafire also don't give incentives for people to put popular files on their system as far as I can tell. With most services like MegaUpload/Rapidshare you get paid when people download your files, hence their popularity, its a business for a lot of uploaders.
  - kevinh 15y ago
    I don't understand why you view removing the links and not the content as a technicality and not the crux of the issue. If you're ordered to remove content from your servers and do not do so, it's unsurprising that you aren't really complying with the DMCA. Removing links isn't the same as removing content.
    - dangrossman 15y ago
      Re-reading the DMCA yesterday was the first time I realized that it actually does require a service like Dropbox to remove every user's copy of a file upon receiving a notice of infringement even if only one of those copies is not allowed and the rest are entirely legal.

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I would recommend http://www.mediafire.com http://www.mediafire.com Isn't that replacing one dubious service with another though? Right now, I'd imagine that

by mootothemax 15y ago

Zirro 15y ago
They don't have the shady history that Megaupload did, and appear to actually comply with DMCA-requests. That will hopefully keep them safe for a while. If it doesn't, hosting files for "everyone" is a doomed business.
- cdr 15y ago
  Megaupload complied extremely quickly with DCMA requests by all reports. The non-compliance cited in the indictment appears to be somewhat of a technicality - at worst, only removing links instead of the file. Are you sure Mediafire complies more zealously than Megaupload did?
  - matale 15y ago
    Mediafire also don't give incentives for people to put popular files on their system as far as I can tell. With most services like MegaUpload/Rapidshare you get paid when people download your files, hence their popularity, its a business for a lot of uploaders.
  - kevinh 15y ago
    I don't understand why you view removing the links and not the content as a technicality and not the crux of the issue. If you're ordered to remove content from your servers and do not do so, it's unsurprising that you aren't really complying with the DMCA. Removing links isn't the same as removing content.
    - dangrossman 15y ago
      Re-reading the DMCA yesterday was the first time I realized that it actually does require a service like Dropbox to remove every user's copy of a file upon receiving a notice of infringement even if only one of those copies is not allowed and the rest are entirely legal.