The website in itself is not illegal, even in the US. However, the copyright cartel have strong influence and pressure hosting providers to ban you. The Netherl

The website in itself is not illegal, even in the US. However, the copyright cartel have strong influence and pressure hosting providers to ban you. The Netherlands is okay for some websites (file hosting) but bad for other similar sites (file sharing). You're in a new niche, so it's hard to know how you're provider will reach under pressure from BREIN and other anti-piracy units. It's something you'll have to learn from experience. In addition to my previous comment, it's also worth noting that Romania is very good for your type of website and they offer very cheap, high quality and fast bandwidth - Voxility.com and M247.ro come to mind. From my assumption, you should be fine in the netherlands but it is known that the MPAA is currently planning to sue Leaseweb for hosting cyberlockers in the Netherlands. So that might pose a risk to you in the future. I would be amazed if Adsense didn't suspend your account when you get popular. Once they do so, your biggest challange will be finding a way to generate revenue for your website. File hosts/sharing sites all use low paying ad networks, that's why you see installer adware mixed with popunders and a dozen ad banners on those sites. I recommend using two ad networks at a time so if one suspends you, you'll not be drained of funds. Video ads are the highest paying when you're unable to use adsense. AOL's Be-On network is fantastic (you can earn the same amount as Adsense with that network).