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Filesonic Removes Ability To Share Files

Posted by samzenpus on from the closing-shop dept.

Ihmhi writes "In the wake of the Megaupload takedown, Filesonic has elected to take preventative measures against a similar fate. The front page and all files now carry the following message: 'All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.' Whether or not this will actually deter the U.S. government from taking action remains to be seen."

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  1. good old ftp.. by ardiri · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    want to share files? host your own server - thats how we used to do it back in the day.

    i also have projects i work on where i need to share "legal" files (artwork, music et al) for various things - why would i want to upload it to a public service where anyone can access this stuff? with my own ftp server, heck, can even expose it via http with htaccess - my clients can upload/download files as they need.

    it is the pirates (stealing music, videos) who use these public services.. maybe we will see a few more of these sites drop, it is where all of our software that we have written ends up for kiddies to pirate. i say this is a step in the right direction. for p2p file sharing, bittorrent is always the way to go.. but, depends on the community as another poster has said.