Hotfile seized by United States Federal Government!

[Cifre]

Hotfile, a leading file hosting site has been banned by United State federal court. Website has been charged for violation of Copyright Law.

Before this another file hosting site megaupload.com was banned by federal government for the same reason.

Hotfile has been ordered to pay $80m to movie studios, and shut down unless it starts using filtering technology to prevent copyright infringement of their works. The settlement came just before a court case triggered by a lawsuit against the online storage service, led by industry body the MPAA – its second such victory in a matter of months, following the shutdown of BitTorrent search engine IsoHunt in October.

The studios had claimed that more than 90% of Hotfile’s daily downloads were of copyrighted content, although the company had argued that it was merely an online storage service that was not responsible for its users’ behavior.

File-sharing site Hotfile agrees to pay $80 million in damages

File-hosting website Hotfile has agreed to pay $80 million in damages and was also ordered to stop operations unless it uses copyright filtering technologies that prevent infringement of the works of studios, the Motion Picture Association of America said Tuesday.

The entry of the judgment against Hotfile marks the end of the studios’ litigation against the cyberlocker and its principal, Anton Titov, the movie industry body said. The jury trial of the case was scheduled for Monday.

Five U.S. movie studios filed a copyright infringement suit against Hotfile in 2011, alleging that the company paid incentives to users for uploading popular files to the system, that were widely shared. The scheme hence provided incentives to users to upload popular copyright infringing content to attract users who would pay for premium accounts to access and download the files, according to the complaint by the studios.

The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida found in August that Hotfile was liable for copyright infringement, and Titov was personally liable for Hotfile’s infringement.

Details of the Tuesday judgement were not immediately available on online court records.

In an earlier filing, Hotfile said it and Titov ran a business that was in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other U.S. copyright laws. The website said it removes access when notified about files that allegedly infringe copyright and also has provided copyright holders, including the five studios, the ability to block infringing files on Hotfile’s servers through “special rightsholder accounts.”

Hotfile in Panama could not be immediately reached for comment. MPAA CEO Chris Dodd said in a statement that the judgment was another step “toward protecting an Internet that works for everyone.”

[Silviu]

E de 2 luni stirea.

[Bleah]

E de 2 luni stirea.

Ajunge mai greu la el, doar este cod portocaliu afara !

[Guest Kovalski]

mai terminati in sange cu comentariile aiurea, e o stire, pe care multi nu o stiau, mai devreme sau mai tarziu bine ca a fost postata sa stie tot prostu.

[Cifre]

Eu cum nu folosesc de fel hotfile sincer sa fiu nu am stiut ca e seized pana astazi, astazi din intamplare am intrat si am vazut ca seized am dat un search pe forum am vazut ca nu e nimic de tip stire si am zis sa postez. Cui nu ii convine sa nu citeasca.

Peace!