Ours is not to try and figure out WHY just to traverse the abyss
I've been reading recently that rapidshare is on a mediafire type purge of BIG accounts
That this coincides with the relaxing of the free user downloader speeds makes me and many others suspicious that they are actually looking for us to lead them to the copyright material through simple volume of hits to any account.
While this sounds like a conspiracy its actually smart on their part as they will be able to reach a certain figure quicker that satisfies their efforts to the courts to be combatting violations...its cat and mouse and only a fool would think its going to get better
Re-upping of takedowns has been par for the course for years but whats changed is occasionally they'll close your account today.
Anyone familiar with the cliche of putting all their eggs in one basket really needs to think wisely and spread the risk especially if your a free registered user
I lost 2 accounts on 2 filehosts in 1 day not that long ago
It can happen so make contingency plans - become familiar with remote uploading
(as i am not as I'm a small uploader at best) and make sure every host you use has it....worth its weight in gold because its so much quicker.....its like with megaupload - you uploaded a file expecting it to take a long time and it happened in seconds - because someone else had it on file - remote uploading takes your initial upload and sends it elsewhere
Its the sole reason why those who get a lot of DMCA notices ad nauseum
dont throw in the towel
From what little i've read over the journey rapidshare & media fire are almost bullet proof
but only if they keep purging accounts and removing X amount of copyright violations.
The curious thing that the industry that keeps asking for takedowns when they search google is actually ignorant to which hosts have already been removed
Hence the story on torrent freak of the heavy weights wasting valuable time by sending DMCA notices for megaupload & others well after they were dead...
to call them inept would be pretty accurate but even the inept backed by money(tube sites etc)can be dangerous.
Anti-Piracy Outfits Think Megaupload, Demonoid & BTjunkie Are Still Alive
http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-...-alive-120907/