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Originally Posted by freakfiles
Yeah, right.
How about Crocko.com and Hotfile.com? Still got PayPal.
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Hotfile are currently before the courts and any action will be pending the outcome of that case. Crocko.com is being worked on.
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Originally Posted by freakfiles
Nautilus, your continuous spamming of paid representation frankly is very annoying. Did Manwin stop paying your bills? The lists of dead hosts you submit in the beginning of every page are ridiculous. nzbload.com - Alexa rank 886,384. WTF? Who even cares about it? If it is dead, even its owner doesn't give a shit.
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Small file lockers can become very large file lockers in a matter of a few months. UltraMegaBit started earlier this year and is now a huge problem, especially for adult content.
By killing off small hosts we ensure they don't become big hosts.
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Originally Posted by freakfiles
I see that people keep asking the same questions and expressing same doubts over and over again which AK simply ignores. Judging from your previous "tube fight" AK, I suggest you start getting those $10 large together ASAP.
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There are a number of people on this forum who appear to have a vested interest in ensuring we fail. You're one of them.
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Originally Posted by Dirty F
AK when are you gonna do something about the filelockers that actually matter? It's kinda odd that you aren't touching the biggest lockers since as far as i know your mission is to stop filelockers. Correct me if i got that wrong.
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I'll correct you because you have got it wrong. We have had payment options removed from some of the largest file lockers there are - ExtaBit, Netload, DespositFiles just to name three. Some come back with new options, but every time we force them to switch they lose money. Keep the pressure up and eventually they will run out of cashflow to keep operating.
As for file lockers that matter, they all matter. A small file locker can become a huge file locker in just a few months. UltraMegaBit.com is proof of that with a vast amount of piracy.
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Originally Posted by notjoe
It's all about the spin they put on it...The list looks impressive until you do your homework and see those sites mean absolutely nothing and amount to a drop of water in the ocean.
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Every site matters. A small file locker can become a big file locker in a matter of months.
However this isn't your real argument is it ? What you want is for us to stop what we are doing because somewhere down the line it's going to affect you if we succeed.
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I'm sorry. He isn't allowed to discus ongoing operational statuses nor tactics  |
Rightly so. It would be counterproductive to provide any insight into our operational strategies on this forum or anywhere else. The fact that people keep salivating for new information is proof positive that there are worried people who are just hoping they're not next.
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Originally Posted by davethedope
He's asking for people's money.
What he's doing is necessary, but what it's sounding like is that it's a job rights owners need to do themselves.
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We are asking for money because what we do costs money.
Single rights holders can have very little influence over behemoth organisations like Paypal, Mastercard, Visa etc. However a large number of rights holders being represented by one organisation can be very effective in influencing outcomes. This is why we are asking rights holders to become represented by us.
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Originally Posted by davethedope
Save that, what really seems to cause controversy (although it's sounding a bit staged now) is the idea of AK profiting from piracy, albeit indirectly, regardless if he claims he isn't.
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Considering as of now we are running at a deficit, I'd love to know where the profit component is.
The people complaining are those who are themselves profiting from piracy by being involved in one or more of the piracy ecosystems, again and again we have outed people in this thread as being directly or indirectly involved in piracy.
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Maybe it sounds to them like he's trying manuever himself into a position to hold rights holders hostage by forcing payment to have content removed (when it's really their own responsibility to keep track of their own content)
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We don't remove content, we're not a content removal service. Rights holders should keep their existing content removal arrangements in place.
What we do is shut down sites, or disrupt them with the aim of terminally damaging them.
We work at a higher level than content removal services, working with payment processors, web hosts, law enforcement and other organisations to disrupt pirate activities and force the closure of sites.
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Originally Posted by davethedope
I guess what it comes down to is if rights holders want to attempt to take down these big sites they need to join together.
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Absolutely correct. As individuals, rights holders don't have a lot of clout with the huge organisations that can affect positive outcomes. However as a pool, they have huge influence and we know how to wield that influence in the most effective manner.