MPAA Targets Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles

Source for this article from torrentfreak.com/

It is no secret that the MPAA was a main facilitators of the criminal investigation against Megaupload. But while the movie studios have praised the actions of the US Government, they are not satisfied yet. Paramount Pictures’ vice president for worldwide content protection identified Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles as prime targets that should be shuttered next.

The file-hosting business has been in a permanent state of chaos since the Megaupload shutdown in January. Many sites were quick to remove their affiliate programs and some went as far as blocking visitors from the US entirely.

It’s clear that site owners are concerned that their business might become a target, and if it’s up to the major movie studios this fear is justified. “We continue to make criminal referrals,” Paramount Pictures’ Alfred Perry said during the On Copyright conference in New York yesterday.

CNET reports that the Paramount Pictures produced a list of five “rogue” file-hosters, presented in a fancy graphic where Megaupload is crossed out. The prime targets on this shutdown list are Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles.

The movie studio claims that these “rogue” cyberlockers receive 41 billion page views a year, which translates to five views for every person on the planet.

In recent months the MPAA has criticized the business models of these and other cyberlockers on many occasions.

Last November, for example, we got our hands on an MPAA fact sheet titled“It’s All About the Money: The ‘Business’ Model of Rogue Cyberlockers” with an overview of the several affiliate programs some cyberlockers have in place. According to the MPAA these programs motivate users to share copyrighted material, thereby promoting piracy.

“Rogue cyberlockers aren’t just distribution hubs for stolen movies and TV shows – both the users who upload content and the operators who run the sites can earn money from doing so. As Internet video traffic grows, the threat from rogue cyberlockers that profit from stolen content is rising rapidly,” the MPAA explains in the document.

This fact sheet will most likely be forwarded to the Department of Justice with every new “rogue” cyberlocker that the MPAA reports.

Whether the Department of Justice will act on new referrals from the movie studios has yet to be seen. For now they have their hands full on Megaupload, whose founder told TorrentFreak that his defense teams is working on a killer motion in response to the “nonsense” US indictment.

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It sucks, right? Now I don't know where I can upload files to. 115.com is now closing sharing NEW uploaded files for checking their system and user accounts... I have just tried wupload and now they turn off sharing function. I don't want to risk with mediafire when a lot of my accounts were suspended, and it's on the list as well.

Something needed to be said!
First I want to thank you to all of you who supported me by commenting, sharing files and helping me with stuff I need. ^^

And as you can see, file hosting is now a really annoying problem. I'm the one who don't want files got deleted the most so I tried to give you the best I have but some of you just don't understand or don't want to understand. I don't want to put it here, but if you keep pushing me too much, I think one day when I can't take it anymore I might close this site.

P/s: About links I uploaded to wupload yesterday, I knew this problem already, I will put them to other sites, so you don't have to ask for it.

Kent