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Originally Posted by adultmobile
To clear up those misconceptions, I suggest you make a list of whitelisted, approved file locker sites. Dropbox , Google Drive, and?
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We're not going to publish a whitelist. What we will say is that if you have no affiliate program related to downloads, ban links to files on warez sites and piracy forums, have a properly enforced repeat offender policy, co-operate with anti-piracy organisations such as Copy Control and legitimately try to mitigate piracy on your service then you'll be pretty safe.
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Originally Posted by Pseudonymous
RapidGator claims they block files with md5 hash which they have completely lied about. I have submitted takedowns every 24 hours (after everytime theyre taken down and put back up) for files that share the exact same md5 hash string. I dont believe they've banned the user either.
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We believe that RapidGator do not actually delete content, we have fairly compelling evidence to indicate that up-loaders can simply re-instate content without fear of losing their account and files.
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Originally Posted by dgraves
I got the same email today. I sent out several DMCA's to RapidGator and their host NetVillage last week and they pulled the links but a few days later the exact same links were back up. They sent me an email saying if I put "Md5 hash" in the subject line they will block those files from future uploads. I sent them all the same links so we'll see how effective it is.
The monkeys are already on a thread asking for this weeks GHS update that hasn't been released yet. What a fuck'n joke.
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Rapidgator are making a serious error of judgement if they think that this behaviour is without consequences. Watch this space.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Who cares about "approved" file lockers?
The point of this is to help stop piracy.
Why would anyone "approve" a file locker? Who gives a fuck about file lockers other than the ones who are making a fortune off of pirated content?
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I agree. We have our hands full dealing with infringing file lockers. We're not going into the business of approving sites. If you're legitimately legal then you have nothing to fear from the Stop File Lockers project.
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Originally Posted by adultmobile
Well if there's no one file locker that is considered as implementing proper DMCA and so could be taken as example by others, then you are assuming every file locker is illegal and so no any file locker function it can be implemented in any way ever, that is legal. It needs some legal examples so you can write: "dear filelocker X, you should implement the takedown notice same as whitelisted filelocker Y and Z, or you are illegal".
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Sites which monetize infringing content without a serious effort in place to mitigate this are likely to be targeted. It's really not that difficult for a business to know whether or not it's operating within the law.
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Originally Posted by Pseudonymous
Its not effective. They don't even attempt to do so, atleast not with the pirates that are bringing in premium memberships like clockwork.
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No, it's not effective when a business has set itself up as an online fence for stolen digital content. Sites like Rapidgator are not serious cloud storage services, they're specifically designed to profit from infringing content. They're criminal operations and need to be addressed as such.