Dropbox is not the huge powerhouse of money that would be able to just act as if the law doesn't apply to them. They are scared that they will get in trouble, a

Dropbox is not the huge powerhouse of money that would be able to just act as if the law doesn't apply to them. They are scared that they will get in trouble, and the biggest reason for them to do this in my honest opinion is simple... Traffic, dropbox servers were acting up recently, right when boxopus got big, chances are they can't keep up the kind of traffic that torrents require. Is it a shame that I can't use a legit tool to download me some open stuff? Yeah a bit. But, guess what. I found 5 open source dropbox clones within minutes of a google search. It really wasn't that hard. If boxopus could have stayed, I promise I would have been getting a paid dropbox account. With dropbox not letting these guys continue, there's a good chance I'll invest my time in one of the open source projects. I really like debugging stuff anyways so it'll be fun. TL;DR - Dropbox is a private company, I can take my money elsewhere if I want, or pick one of the many open source alternatives.