- Oct 23, 2012
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Life is not easy if you are running a web hosting service that users from all over the world can use to host files on. While you certainly get your fair share of users who upload private files to the servers, or files that they make available to a limited audience, others use cloud hosting services like Mediafire to spread copyright infringing files.
Most file hosts react to these downloads when they receive DMCA requests to take down those files. Recently, file hosting sites have started to become pro-active. Mega for instance runs scripts to automatically invalidate links it finds on sharing sites. According to Mega, this is done to protect the privacy of its users.
Mediafire, another popular file hosting website, recently began to become pro-active as well. The site scans its public downloads for copyright infringing materials and if it finds any, makes them either unavailable or replaces the public download with a buy it now button that leads to online shopping sites like Amazon.[...]
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Most file hosts react to these downloads when they receive DMCA requests to take down those files. Recently, file hosting sites have started to become pro-active. Mega for instance runs scripts to automatically invalidate links it finds on sharing sites. According to Mega, this is done to protect the privacy of its users.
Mediafire, another popular file hosting website, recently began to become pro-active as well. The site scans its public downloads for copyright infringing materials and if it finds any, makes them either unavailable or replaces the public download with a buy it now button that leads to online shopping sites like Amazon.[...]
Read More Here