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Expert witness says most popular Hotfile downloads are open source apps
- Kylekramer 15y agoIf we are comparing by the files with the most downloads, should this be surprising at all? Legit, popular, non-infringing software/content has the major advantage of actually being able to capture the long tail. The stolen stuff tends to get yanked post haste. I'd be much more interested in the overall volume of stolen vs. legit. But I suppose that helpful information isn't going to come out of a expert witness at a trial.
- jasonlotito 15y agoIf the stolen stuff gets yanked post haste, wouldn't that suggest the system is being active in removing copyright infringing material? That a system allows you to post copyrighted material should not matter. I can easily post copyrighted material here on HN that I don't have permission to post.
- Kylekramer 15y agoWell, to rephrase, the popular stolen stuff gets yanked. Basically, the closer an infringing file gets to competing with the top downloads, the more likely it is to be removed from the competition.
- lucian1900 15y agoI don't think it really matters. It's enough to show that hotfile has significant legitimate use.
- casca 15y agoSadly this article does not provide the actual numbers that the expert witness presented. All it really says is that sn0wbreeze and iReb (for iPhone jailbreaking) were downloaded a lot which might change the statistics a lot. It's good that Hotfile is fighting this and always interesting to get an insight to how these kind of services are being used, but we're not getting much here.