Filesonic Kills File-Sharing Service After MegaUpload Arrests

[Ceyfer √]

Filesonic isn’t just some also-ran in the world of cyberlockers. The site is among the top 10 file-sharing sites on the Internet, with a quarter billion page views a month.

Filesonic, one of the Internet’s leading cyberlocker services, has taken some drastic measures following the Megaupload shutdown and arrests last week. In addition to discontinuing its affiliates rewards program and not yet paying accrued money to members, the site has disabled all sharing functionality, leaving users only with access to their own files.

According to a shock announcement by the site, all file-sharing functionality has now been disabled, leaving current users only with access to files that they have personally uploaded. Many hundreds of thousands (probably millions) of links all around the web have now been rendered useless, at least temporarily.

But the bad news for the site’s users doesn’t end there. In the last few hours, before file-sharing was disabled, Filesonic also ended its rewards program, meaning that uploaders to the site no longer earn money when people download their files. A moot point perhaps, since no-one will be downloading files anyway

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[Neo]

This is disappointing. Why shut the whole site instead of deleting pirated content.

MU,FSC,FS are all gone. what is left now

I just want MF to be there ... I dont think it would long last seeing current circumstance.

[Raymond]

The good thing about Filesonic's decision is my lifetime account is here to stay.
The bad news is there uploaders will no longer upload "stuff" there.

[Networx]

Torrents, it is always there.

[ginzon]

The good thing about Filesonic's decision is my lifetime account is here to stay.
The bad news is there uploaders will no longer upload "stuff" there.

Till sites like demonoid and owners are not arrested....

[Networx]

Unlike direct hosting, torrents are hard to fight. TPB uses magnet link now, no trackers. Owner of TPB is already convicted but not caught yet. It is not that it is good or bad, the feasibility is the factor. We all know how bad drugs are, every government oppose it, still they sell in plenty in all countries.

[Ceyfer √]

This is disappointing. Why shit the whole site instead of deleting pirated content.

That would be great thing to do but it requires vast user's support too. They can't just delete files in massive stockpiles. they don't have the blacklisting capabilities yet, that detect and destroy pirate-wares. Locking down and downsizing to personal-only file hosting site is a more practical and convenient option for them.

[Bluedot]

i hope thepiratebay.org doesnn't fall. because it would mean the end of torrents.

[Ceyfer √]

Update: Smaller host UploadBox calls it quits. “All files will be deleted on January 30th. Feel free to download the files you store with UploadBox until this date.”

Update2: Another host, x7.to, shuts down.

Update 3: TorrentFreak has seen evidence that on request PayPal is refunding cash paid to Filesonic over the weekend.

Update 4: FileJungle and UploadStation have disabled all 3rd party downloads.

Update 5: 4shared cancels affiilate program.

Here's another updates | TorrentFreak

[paradisebird007]

v sad...........