Mediafire - Page 3

**buttsie** · January 23rd, 2012, 08:47 PM

A side note

Was just trawling through a few sites about the spate of filehost closures and came across this list of the top 10 most used sites

Far be it for me to scare monger but mediafire being more widely used than any of the others who have taken a hit recently being based in Texas USA is probably a short term bet at best

I know mediafire has oodles of links on blogs to recent dvd rips of full films & album music on levels that will make it a target at some stage

i4004 · January 23rd, 2012, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by exfarmer

Just an update i just found this in thier knowledge base.

Why can't I upload password protected archives?
Posted by Mark on 29 August 2008 12:06 AM
For free users, MediaFire does not allow uploads of password protected archives because of continued abuse from users who were using them to hide content that violated our Acceptable Use Policy and/or Terms of Service.

For MediaPro subscribers, MediaFire allows password protected archives as long as they comply with our Acceptable Use Policy and Terms of Service.

Does this meen that when spotted my zip files will be deleted? Do i need to go pro or are password protected archives different from pp zip files?

perhaps they just check rars for password, but not zip.
if so , you just found a workaround...which probably won't last much if they spot it...heh...

i know i was uploading rars with passwords and it never worked!
it hangs on "verifying" part of upload.

Quote:

I know mediafire has oodles of links on blogs to recent dvd rips of full films & album music on levels that will make it a target at some stage

thsi means they need to work fast to remove such content.

**buttsie** · January 24th, 2012, 07:21 AM

I dont know where it came from but theres a few sites reporting mediafire will be testifying within the next 90s days and will full co-operate with the FBI

Sounds pretty likely there will be mass deletions at some stage of the game

**exfarmer** · January 24th, 2012, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buttsie

I dont where it came from but theres a few sites reporting mediafire will be testifying within the next 90s days and will full co-operate with the FBI

Sounds pretty likely there will be mass deletions at some stage of the game

Looks like it's going to have to be rapid then. I want to continue sharing but it's getting harder all the time.

**G-Type** · January 24th, 2012, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buttsie

I dont where it came from but theres a few sites reporting mediafire will be testifying within the next 90s days and will full co-operate with the FBI

Sounds pretty likely there will be mass deletions at some stage of the game

Guys, I really think that things are turning into a hysteria at the moment

It is an absolute normal reaction of every clever filehoster to avoid a situation that major competitors were facing recently.

They therefore comply and try to co-operate with authorities.

As I have said earlier, it won´t depend where the hoster is located.

Things are getting mixed up a bit a.t.m. MegaUpload and the others were caught because copyrighted material was hosted on a big scale and moreover paid for that.

We all know: sharing copyrighted material unauthrorized is an offence by law. This has ever been like that.

The new dimension is that filehosters made money and paid money to the offenders.

It´s absolutely natural that sooner or later these offences were going to be stopped.

This is done actually. Nobody knows how it all will develop. So there is no good advice to be made.

We shouldn´t be too hypocrite. All what we share here as depicted material (pics, movies or scans) is originally copyrighted.

Always been, ever will.

No need to change our posting pattern. Just use a hoster whom you can trust.

There are still some.

**exfarmer** · January 24th, 2012, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeorgeMcSoon

Guys, I really think that things are turning into a hysteria at the moment

It is an absolute normal reaction of every clever filehoster to avoid a situation that major competitors were facing recently.

They therefore comply and try to co-operate with authorities.

You are right of course, I can see that, It's just this whole MU takedown thing has made a lot of people (me included) very nervous. Also reading this post:

Quote:

Originally Posted by buttsie

I dint where it came from but theres a few sites reporting mediafire will be testifying within the next 90s days and will full co-operate with the FBI

Sounds pretty likely there will be mass deletions at some stage of the game

Makes it a little worse. Of course it was reported on a few but that doesn't mean it's true. It could just be someone trying to stir up trouble. My worries at the moment are that having lost everything on MU, then having lost a lot of stuff on MF, due to my own mistake, I don't want to up it all to MF again only to lose it all if the above post is correct. It's a tough one because no one could know whats likely to happen in the coming months, so it really is pot lick on whether you pick the right host. Also it's the kind of thing where no-one could really advise just give an opinion on. My feelings at the moment are that for me it may be best to go with RS and wait and see what happens.
Then when the dust settles a little bit mirror the links on MF if they come out of this ok.

**G-Type** · January 24th, 2012, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by exfarmer

...My feelings at the moment are that for me it may be best to go with RS and wait and see what happens.
Then when the dust settles a little bit mirror the links on MF if they come out of this ok.

Yep, certainly a wise decision a.t.m.

Most important is that you feel comfortable with it and that it´s within Forum-Rules

No worries

**Threadbanger** · January 25th, 2012, 06:58 PM

Upgraded to FF 9.0.1 and Mediafire is still doing it’s refusing to remember my un & pw thing - apart from that it's working fine for me and I have no complaints. One interesting thing that I discovered is that if I forget to logout of Mediafire and just close Firefox and shut down the PC, next time I restart Firefox – if I use the Restore Previous Session function then Mediafire opens up again in the exact same place I left it. But it doesn’t ask me for my un or pw and I am logged on and straight inside my account. Not very secure that, but it's one way around the un & pw issue. Ok, I know it’s not good practice to switch off the PC without closing everything down properly and without using Clear Recent History. But if I am reasonably confident that I am going to be the only person in the house between now and the next time I go online, plus I am the only one who can log on to my user profile on the PC, then I can live with it.

This new concern about Mediafire is a nuisance. Have used Mediafire to re-UL quite a few links that were lost with MU, but maybe should have gone for RS instead. Then I remembered that I briefly had an RS premium account last summer when I first joined VEF. I just went and checked and not only does the account still exist, but the files which I UL’d last June/July are still there – they haven’t been deleted despite the numerous mails they sent saying that my files were going to be deleted. I guess maybe people are still DL’ing them.
Maybe I will have a go at UL’ing the rest of the lost MU links using RS instead and see how that goes.

LOL! Maybe all we’ll be left with in the end will be Oron.

**buttsie** · February 6th, 2012, 07:42 PM

Nothing online is ever guaranteed and when you consider mediafires paying customers
are primarily the bulk of fortune 500 companies its risky business using them because their not going to protect us sharers/customers rights if it threatens their existence.

"When asked about the Googling issue, Labian said that MediaFire is a “private service” and the only reason Google indexes a MediaFire page is when it has been shared by a user on a third-party site. He said MediaFire isn’t at fault for this and said Google should look into the issue.

“We try to steer clear of things that would attract scrutiny,” Labian said. “If people are pirating on our service, we don’t want those people to use it.”

Hence all the dead music & movie blogs with mediafire specific links in recent times
easily found on google

source

Anonym zu venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/mediafire-megaupload-business-model-piracy/

Mediafire article from 22/1/2012

MediaFire CEO: Unlike Megaupload, our business model isn’t built on piracy
January 22, 2012 | Sean Ludwig

MediaFireAs the strange case of file-sharing site Megaupload continues to unfold, many wonder if the federal government will begin to clamp down on similar sites that function like Megaupload, with easy sharing and hosting of copyrighted files.

Already, two well-known file-sharing services, Up and Filesonic have disabled several features of their sites this weekend because of the Megaupload scandal. Others are sure to follow.

But Derek Labian, CEO of popular cloud-based file-hosting site MediaFire, told VentureBeat in an interview today that he isn’t too concerned about the government going after his company because, unlike Megaupload, MediaFire doesn’t incentivize piracy.

“We don’t have a business built on copyright infringement.” Labain said. “Like many other cloud-based sharing services like Box.net and Dropbox, we’re a legitimate business targeting professionals.”

When it comes to Megaupload, Labian described Kim Dotcom and his organization as “shady” and said the $175 million in revenues the company made should give people pause. He noted that Megaupload’s structure gave users monetary rewards for uploading pirated content. Users of the service could upload without a cap but users who want to download a large file (or download it faster) would have to pay for it. Those who uploaded the best files would be given free account upgrades or even cash.

“Megaupload was making a ridiculous amount of money with a ridiculously bad service,” Labian said. “We frankly don’t see ourselves in the same space.”

A little more background on MediaFire: The privately funded company out of Woodlands, Tex. was founded in 2006 and has steadily offered better ways to host and share large files. Because it offers an incredibly easy to way to share 200MB files for free with other people, the company has attracted employees at 86 percent of the Fortune 500 for sending files that are too large for e-mail. It offers unlimited downloads and file storage, and if you want to upload larger files with long-term storage, you can pay $9 a month for a Pro account or $49 a month for a Business account.

But the company’s free file-sharing solution can also be used easily for sharing copyrighted files, especially music, with friends, relatives or anyone on the web. A Google search for a song name, an artist name and “MediaFire,” for example, will likely bring you to a copy of that file that can easily be downloaded from a MediaFire page.

Labian said he wasn’t worried about the government stepping in is because the company maintains a “good relationship” with various government bodies, including “Homeland Security, ICE, and the FBI.” Following DMCA protocols, whenever MediaFire is notified of a copyrighted file being shared inappropriately, the company immediately takes it down.

As for the future, MediaFire is optimistic about what’s to come. Labian said the company has been working for a year on its next set of products, which will emphasize collaboration and focus on business users. He teased what was coming by saying that cloud storage providers Box.net and Dropbox significantly disrupted the cloud storage space, but MediaFire would do it next.

“This is a tough market to be in, but we’re constantly looking to innovate,” Labian said. “Sharing will always be important, but it’s not the only important aspect for our customers.”

**mitchspur** · February 6th, 2012, 11:07 PM

Hi Guys,
I'm sure you all know me. I changed my Broadband today to a Virgin Home Hub. To accommodate my daughter's laptop. Sod's law I converted a load more videos but when I try to load to Mediafire it takes an eternity and slows down my computer and Browser. Is it just Mediafire are slow today 'cos of the weather, or have i got a problem now with my Broadband speed. I seem to be okay when I'm not uploading to Mediafire.
Down be too technical 'cos I'm not too clever with technical data
Yours Mitchspur

January 24th, 2012, 07:21 AM	#23
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,299 Times in 12,746 Posts	I dont know where it came from but theres a few sites reporting mediafire will be testifying within the next 90s days and will full co-operate with the FBI Sounds pretty likely there will be mass deletions at some stage of the game Last edited by buttsie; January 24th, 2012 at 11:45 AM..

February 6th, 2012, 07:42 PM	#29
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,299 Times in 12,746 Posts	Media fire Nothing online is ever guaranteed and when you consider mediafires paying customers are primarily the bulk of fortune 500 companies its risky business using them because their not going to protect us sharers/customers rights if it threatens their existence. "When asked about the Googling issue, Labian said that MediaFire is a “private service” and the only reason Google indexes a MediaFire page is when it has been shared by a user on a third-party site. He said MediaFire isn’t at fault for this and said Google should look into the issue. “We try to steer clear of things that would attract scrutiny,” Labian said. “If people are pirating on our service, we don’t want those people to use it.” Hence all the dead music & movie blogs with mediafire specific links in recent times easily found on google source Anonym zu venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/mediafire-megaupload-business-model-piracy/ Mediafire article from 22/1/2012 MediaFire CEO: Unlike Megaupload, our business model isn’t built on piracy January 22, 2012 \| Sean Ludwig MediaFireAs the strange case of file-sharing site Megaupload continues to unfold, many wonder if the federal government will begin to clamp down on similar sites that function like Megaupload, with easy sharing and hosting of copyrighted files. Already, two well-known file-sharing services, Up and Filesonic have disabled several features of their sites this weekend because of the Megaupload scandal. Others are sure to follow. But Derek Labian, CEO of popular cloud-based file-hosting site MediaFire, told VentureBeat in an interview today that he isn’t too concerned about the government going after his company because, unlike Megaupload, MediaFire doesn’t incentivize piracy. “We don’t have a business built on copyright infringement.” Labain said. “Like many other cloud-based sharing services like Box.net and Dropbox, we’re a legitimate business targeting professionals.” When it comes to Megaupload, Labian described Kim Dotcom and his organization as “shady” and said the $175 million in revenues the company made should give people pause. He noted that Megaupload’s structure gave users monetary rewards for uploading pirated content. Users of the service could upload without a cap but users who want to download a large file (or download it faster) would have to pay for it. Those who uploaded the best files would be given free account upgrades or even cash. “Megaupload was making a ridiculous amount of money with a ridiculously bad service,” Labian said. “We frankly don’t see ourselves in the same space.” A little more background on MediaFire: The privately funded company out of Woodlands, Tex. was founded in 2006 and has steadily offered better ways to host and share large files. Because it offers an incredibly easy to way to share 200MB files for free with other people, the company has attracted employees at 86 percent of the Fortune 500 for sending files that are too large for e-mail. It offers unlimited downloads and file storage, and if you want to upload larger files with long-term storage, you can pay $9 a month for a Pro account or $49 a month for a Business account. But the company’s free file-sharing solution can also be used easily for sharing copyrighted files, especially music, with friends, relatives or anyone on the web. A Google search for a song name, an artist name and “MediaFire,” for example, will likely bring you to a copy of that file that can easily be downloaded from a MediaFire page. Labian said he wasn’t worried about the government stepping in is because the company maintains a “good relationship” with various government bodies, including “Homeland Security, ICE, and the FBI.” Following DMCA protocols, whenever MediaFire is notified of a copyrighted file being shared inappropriately, the company immediately takes it down. As for the future, MediaFire is optimistic about what’s to come. Labian said the company has been working for a year on its next set of products, which will emphasize collaboration and focus on business users. He teased what was coming by saying that cloud storage providers Box.net and Dropbox significantly disrupted the cloud storage space, but MediaFire would do it next. “This is a tough market to be in, but we’re constantly looking to innovate,” Labian said. “Sharing will always be important, but it’s not the only important aspect for our customers.” Last edited by buttsie; February 9th, 2012 at 10:21 PM.. Reason: comment

February 6th, 2012, 11:07 PM	#30
mitchspur Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,659 Thanks: 10,164 Thanked 87,379 Times in 5,774 Posts	Slow Mediafire Hi Guys, I'm sure you all know me. I changed my Broadband today to a Virgin Home Hub. To accommodate my daughter's laptop. Sod's law I converted a load more videos but when I try to load to Mediafire it takes an eternity and slows down my computer and Browser. Is it just Mediafire are slow today 'cos of the weather, or have i got a problem now with my Broadband speed. I seem to be okay when I'm not uploading to Mediafire. Down be too technical 'cos I'm not too clever with technical data Yours Mitchspur

January 23rd, 2012, 08:47 PM	#21
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,299 Times in 12,746 Posts	A side note Was just trawling through a few sites about the spate of filehost closures and came across this list of the top 10 most used sites Far be it for me to scare monger but mediafire being more widely used than any of the others who have taken a hit recently being based in Texas USA is probably a short term bet at best I know mediafire has oodles of links on blogs to recent dvd rips of full films & album music on levels that will make it a target at some stage

January 25th, 2012, 06:58 PM	#28
Threadbanger Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 539 Thanks: 552 Thanked 12,481 Times in 527 Posts	Upgraded to FF 9.0.1 and Mediafire is still doing it’s refusing to remember my un & pw thing - apart from that it's working fine for me and I have no complaints. One interesting thing that I discovered is that if I forget to logout of Mediafire and just close Firefox and shut down the PC, next time I restart Firefox – if I use the Restore Previous Session function then Mediafire opens up again in the exact same place I left it. But it doesn’t ask me for my un or pw and I am logged on and straight inside my account. Not very secure that, but it's one way around the un & pw issue. Ok, I know it’s not good practice to switch off the PC without closing everything down properly and without using Clear Recent History. But if I am reasonably confident that I am going to be the only person in the house between now and the next time I go online, plus I am the only one who can log on to my user profile on the PC, then I can live with it. This new concern about Mediafire is a nuisance. Have used Mediafire to re-UL quite a few links that were lost with MU, but maybe should have gone for RS instead. Then I remembered that I briefly had an RS premium account last summer when I first joined VEF. I just went and checked and not only does the account still exist, but the files which I UL’d last June/July are still there – they haven’t been deleted despite the numerous mails they sent saying that my files were going to be deleted. I guess maybe people are still DL’ing them. Maybe I will have a go at UL’ing the rest of the lost MU links using RS instead and see how that goes. LOL! Maybe all we’ll be left with in the end will be Oron.