Updates on file sharing sites

[karadinart]

MegaUpload - Closed.
FileServe - Closing, does not sell premium.
FileJungle - Deleting files. Locked in the U.S..
UploadStation - Locked in the U.S..
FileSonic - the news is arbitrary (under FBI investigation).
VideoBB - Closed! Will disappear soon.
Uploaded - Banned in the U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.
FilePost - Deleting all material (will leave executables, pdfs, txts)
Videoz - Closed and locked in the countries affiliated with the USA.
4shared - Deleting files with copyright and waits in line at the FBI.
MediaFire - Called to testify in the next 90 days and it will open doors. Pro FBI
Org Torrent - Could vanish with everything within 30 days “he is under criminal investigation”
Network Share mIRC - Awaiting the decision of the case to continue or terminate Torrente everything.
Koshiki - Operating 100% Japan will not join the SOPA / PIPA
Shienko Box - 100% working China / Korea will not join the SOPA / PIPA
ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOPA / PIPA

Comments

[stupid-drawings.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I leave for a few days and the internet breaks. This makes me very sad as it was one of my main ways of seeing most tv.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

this is why you SHOULD NOT LEAVE IT! haha, no actually somedays I wonder if my life would be better if I took a week or month or year off.

[stupid-drawings.livejournal.com]

I hope this all blows over, I hate torrenting. Half the time it's a crap file or a virus.

[lunarising.livejournal.com]

Phew, don't see any torrent sites that I use up there yet. I got all the Sherlock eps off torrents (even got Reichenbach Fall before BBC put it on iPlayer!).

I really hope this gets stopped and soon. I do believe in artists getting paid for their work, but I think this is more about studio profits than artists' payment and recognition.

I remember Nick saying he didn't mind people passing around cassettes of Duran's albums, because it helped spread their music around. I think the same could be said of file sharing sites...