File Sharing Services Panic

In the wake of the shutdown of Megaupload, the seizure of its servers and the arrest of its principals and several employees, other file-sharing services have either diminished their services or shut down completely. Here is a brief rundown of such services and their reactions:

Fileserve – Stopped filesharing. You can only download your own files. Deleting multiple files. Banning Premium accounts. Closed Affiliate Program.

Changed server location Jan 22, 2012. Has taken down its Facebook page. Now using Digital fingerprinting. Files are being deleted as soon as uploaded (as Hotfile did).




FileSonic – A red banner on the site's main page now informs visitors that "All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally."




VideoBB – Closed Affiliate Program.




Filepost – Started suspending accounts with infringing material (as Hotfile did).




Uploaded.to – Blocked U.S. access.




Videozer – Closed Affiliate Program.




Filejungle – Owned by Fileserve (same as above). Testing USA IP addresses blocking.




Uploadstation – Owned by Fileserve (same as above). Testing USA IP addresses blocking.




4Shared – Deleting multiple files.




EnterUpload - Down (Redirect).

Arthur