Hotfile, 1000 Users and PayPal Named In Piracy Lawsuit

[viruz99]

FIleserve , FIlesonic & More Will Follow

Started with Rapidshare , Now Hotfile

[barcodenation]

What the hell!! Should i delete all my files off their server and not upload to them anymore or what??

[DLow]

Better hide barcode, You could be one of the 1000 members

[barcodenation]

http://ia700405.us.archive.org/32/it...371547.1.0.pdf

[Mr.WT]

ohh nice news anyways i hate hotfile there sucking rank systems.

Agree with him

[DeLeTeD]

ranking system has nothing to do with it. bar you could be poart of top 1000

[george101]

i was sure this was gonna happen soon.. sad news for uploaders and file hosts

i hope hotfile hires a very efficient lawyer and win the case

[krazeek]

Glad I don't upload to Hotfile and if I did I think I would have been ok as I only upload TV Episodes.

barcode, sorry mate I'm sure you'll be fine. There's bigger fish in the sea to fry than you

[Jesse]

No chance HF would survive as being more legit like RS. MU/RS are the only two that could do it. MU has proved themselves as their rewards program is awful.

[Lifetalk]

I wholeheartedly agree with this comment on the source page:

Hotfile added remote uploading functionality to have their content leeched from rapidshare to their site.

They blocked remote uploads from hotfile to other cyberlockers under the pretext of preventing more than one person from using their accounts.
i.e. cyberlockers with servers in another country that have a different IP can be blocked

It’s strange that they offer no support for hacked user accounts, lol.

All this happened when rapidshare was in trouble, facing lawsuits and had just removed its rewards program.

Hotfile also offered slightly more money than other cyberlockers.

This is how hotfile became popular. They had excellent timing and no ethics.

Fuck you money grabbing crooks.

So, well, I for one am looking forward to Hotfile going down. For a site their size, they most certainly have zero ethics and are money hungry. Sites like Fileserve are way better in terms of business ethics.