Following the international takedown of Hong Kong-based Megaupload.com on Thursday, it seems its effect has continued on.
FileSonic has disabled all file-sharing, while Uploaded.to has severed all access that comes from the United States.
A notice that run on FileSonic’s front page says, “All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.”
Uploaded.to, on the other hand, may have dropped the US, but continues to provide file-sharing service to other countries.
It is currently available in Malaysia.
By Mike on Jan 24, 2012
This is a very difficult topic, as I know that some people do use these sites legally. Unfortunately the large share of illegal uses is threatening the rights of everybody. Human rights must be defended, to include the rights of privacy, legal searches, and most important – free speech.
By Rooms101 on Jan 27, 2012
I agree with Mike that this is a difficult topic. I hate to see products that have legal uses, have their providers at risk of criminal charges. There should be a policing body of government that mediates the intricacies and lays down future legislature and regulation to allow the services for legal use to continue. This same fight has been raging in the FTA (free to air) satellite market for a few years now, and I was one of the end retailers that was pressured out of a legal business.
By Monique on Jan 31, 2012
Oh my, will it still be possible to share files in any single way? Okay, we’re fighting piracy, but why should we fight, for example, education? My classmates used to share school papers via Megaupload, so did many of my acquaintances.. What now?.. Maybe it is more sensible to minimize the scale and just filter the uploaded files, rather than to close everything at once? By the way, one of my friends wrote a post about this problem.. Maybe it will seem interesting to you, try out please :)