First was Megaupload. Now Filesonic and Uploaded.to have been taken down.

First was Megaupload the biggest file sharing site on the net. As you all know the feds had the owner and 6 others arrested and brought to the united states and are facing up to 20 years of jail.

Just after the SOPA/PIPA bill got put on hold. Which means it failed (not before Bill H.R. 1981 was pushed out of hiding, read my other post here)

Now the people over at Filesonic.com and Uploaded.to have taken down their own services in the United States most likely in fear of unjust prosecution like with what happened to Megaupload.

Go check for yourself. While not much can be found online yet, try to visit Filesonic or Uploaded.

Now why is this a problem? A lot of people actually pay for these services and now they lose out because of the feds and their crusade against the Internet.

Sure people pirate shit online but so what? If I go kidnap a person and use the road to drive them to a field to kill, should we ban roads? Lol..no.

I knew this would happen a while back. Cant wait to see what else goes down either by the hand of the government or the by the owners themselves from fear.



UPDATE:

MegaUpload (check out their website, big warning)
Closed.

FileServe
Deleting multiple files. Closed affiliate program.

FileJungle
(Owned by FileServe) Deleting multiple files. Testing out blocking some USA IP addresses.

UploadStation
(Owned by FileServe) Deleting multiple files. Testing out blocking some USA IP addresses.

FileSonic
Sharing disabled. Closed affiliate program. Deleting files and accounts.

VideoBB
Closed affiliate program.

Uploaded.to
Banned USA IP addresses.

FilePost
Started suspending accounts with infringing material (doing what Hotfile did)

VideoZer
Closed affiliate program.

4shared
Deleting multiple files.