by Editor on January 21, 2013
Today Paypal took action to terminate it’s relationship with Hotfile.
Hotfile is one of the largest sites on the Internet. A site which has attracted criticism from numerous anti-piracy groups, rights holder associations and rights holders. Having been embroiled in litigation over allegations it encouraged and facilitated copyright infringement it should have expected this day to come.
Unfortunately it is too often the case that where we find a blatant disregard of copyrights we also find a blatant disregard of human rights.
Recently a young woman was raped in the presence of her partner on a bus in India, a crime which took the life of an innocent victim. The case sent shockwaves around the world as it was noted for it’s savagery and ferociousness. At the same time as the world condemned the mistreatment of women, Hotfile was busy allowing people to share content purporting to depict rape, torture, incest and bestiality.
While the MPAA was taking Hotfile to task for breaches of copyright, we took a holistic view of the systemic problems with the Hotfile service. After substantial examination and research we came up with one simple conclusion. Hotfile is a haven for the sharing of copyright and illegal content.
Paypal took the appropriate action against Hotfile and we would encourage any other payment processor considering doing business with this site to think twice before allowing Hotfile to continue.
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by Editor on January 3, 2013
As a great start to the new year, Crocko.com lost their Paypal payment processing.
Crocko has been a high profile distributor of illegal and copyright infringing content and as a result, there was no other outcome possible than for the site to lose Paypal payment processing.
Now that we have successfully restricted the ability of Crocko to accept payments we will begin working on shutting down payment processing options at all Crocko.com resellers.
As time goes forward we will keep putting pressure on Crocko until such time as this illegitimate business fails.
by Editor on October 23, 2012
The following sites have lost payment processing accounts since the 10th of October.
bitshare.com
freakshare.com
venusfile.com
filenet.ws
fileb.ag
almmyz.com
almmyz.com
filesk2.com
filegig.com
sharedbit.net
fileuplo.de
filestrum.com
megaload.it
uploadcore.com
filehostfree.com
1st-files.com
wowebook.be
gxcandals.com
zkito.com
unrestrict.li
gbmeister.com
247upload.com
mafiastorage.com
fileprohost.com
files2upload.net
megacache.net
sube.me
uploo.net
slingfile.com
It should be noted that both freakshare.com and bitshare.com have backup payment processing with Digital River and are currently using Avangate.
Avangate has become the new go to payment processor for infringing file lockers. The number of file lockers they process payments for increases every week. This is no doubt going to attract the interest of other parties with whom Avangate have relationships.
Avangate’s decision to harbour the infringing file locker industry raises it’s risk profile to a very high level and shows absolute contempt for it’s existing software publisher customer base who have their products pirated on file lockers that Avangate process payments for.
NOTES Copy Control does not claim responsibility for these or any other Paypal terminations. Many organisations work to deal with infringing sites. Some of these sites may have been reported earlier then re-reported as they continued to process with Paypal. This information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.
by Editor on October 4, 2012
A whole bunch of sites have lost their Paypal, 2Checkout, Moneybookers/Skrill and Payza/Alertpay accounts since our last update on 14th September.
videozer.com
jumbo files.org
linksnappy.com
2leech.com
videokrone.com
fileupload.pro
tinyshare.us
amonshare.com
earnupload.eu
mygigabyte.com
boltsharing.net
upload.org
fireloading.com
busyfile.com
asdfshare.com
jpfileshare.com
filerose.com (again)
firerapid.net
upmorefiles.com
igetfile.com
premium-key999.blogspot.com
justcloud.com
filesline.com
rapidrar.com
1-upload.com
flashdrive.it
fileuplo.de
fookem.com
mafiastorage.com
filejumbo.com
blitzfiles.com
zixshare.com
spicyfile.com
ultramegabit.com
Of particular interest in this list is JustCloud.com and UltraMegaBit.com
Don’t think that dressing your site up to look like a professional cloud storage site will protect you from action, if you’re hosting a large amount of infringing content without adequate measures in place to mitigate that then we’re going to take a close look at your business.
UltraMegaBit.com is of particular interest, this site can expect some very close attention going forward and we’ll have a lot more about to say about them over time.
NOTES Copy Control does not claim responsibility for these or any other Paypal terminations. Many organisations work to deal with infringing sites. Some of these sites may have been reported earlier then re-reported as they continued to process with Paypal. This information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.
by Editor on September 14, 2012
The following sites lost Paypal payment processing on Friday 14th September 2012.
file4safe.com
ortofiles.com
orangefiles.me
yourcellular.net
gigsfile.com
xurcun.info
divxbase.com
tishare.com
kupload.org
unlimitshare.com
migaload.com
tishare.com
thexyz.net
brontofile.com
datei.to
d-h.st
remixshare.com
videozer.com
file-bit.net
limelinx.com
netuploaded.com
auexport.com
carrier.so
ydownload.org
zedupload.com
midupload.com
boosterking.com
xfilesharing.ca
DynaUpload.com
Neoxfiles.com
filesega.com
bigupload.com
Uploader.pl
uploadur.com
NOTES Copy Control does not claim responsibility for these or any other Paypal terminations. Many organisations work to deal with infringing sites. Some of these sites may have been reported earlier then re-reported as they continued to process with Paypal. This information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.
by Editor on August 16, 2012
We have compiled a huge list of Paypal takedowns against File Locker, Image Hosting and Piracy support sites that can be announced. Effective 16th August 2012. Of particular note is the appearance of video streaming and music sharing sites on this list.
We believe the following sites have had their relationships terminated by Paypal. With Paypal terminations it’s common practice for funds to be frozen for 180 days, no withdrawals or transfers of funds allowed.
The following sites lost Paypal payment processing between 2nd August and 16th August 2012.
gigapeta.com
digitadiko.gr
premium.mmowned.pl
securelocker.biz
premiumnoktasi.com
premiumcarsi.com
agenpremium.com
premium-account.org
jualpremium.com
vdown.cn
premium-keys.de
premiumpazari.com
24instant.com
skleprs.pl
rapidshop.eu
oyunbayisi.com
contapremium.com
aigoostore.com
keysonic.ru
rapidkonta.pl
keyandplay.pl
businessthai2012.tarad.com
premiuminrupees.com
resellpremium.com
microdeluxe.com
premiumdukkan.com
premiumbayisi.com
sbjg.com
turbobitindonesia.blogspot.com
downloadnolimit.com
payforpremium.com
shareandplay.com
rapidpars.com
premiumissuer.com
cuentaspremium.mx
resetpremium.pl
way2premium.com
vioomax.com
resselerkont.pl
rapidearth.com
premium-online24.pl
takrapid.com
premiumsale.pl
vip-keys.com
premiumaccounts-seller.blogspot.com
turbobit.com.es
scalibux.com
am4share.com
allmyvideos.net
4savefile.com
24upload.net
1hostclick.com
filestay.com
bigshareshop.com
mydownloader.net
imageporter.com
jafiles.net
kickload.com
midupload.com
mojofile.com
muchshare.net
nosupload.com
queenshare.com
relink.us
sharefiles.me
sharebees.com
sharecash.org
sharpfile.com
sms4file.com
tgf-services.com
unibytes.com
uploadboost.com
zpag.es
ilix.in
i-filez.com
henchfile.com
grupload.com
fooget.com
filevelocity.com
filetechnology.com
filesin.com
filereactor.com
filemac.com
filekom.com
fibreupload.com
ddlstorage.com
eyesfile.com
edoc.com
easybytez.com
billionuploads.com
fileserving.com
files-king.com
filedino.com
fastshare.cz
aa.vg
247upload.com
bonmuzon.com
filedropper.com
melodycenta.com
ligamusic.com
justmusicdoor.com
allofmp3tunes.com
isound.be
allmuzz.com
lavamus.com
jbsharing.com
4shared-china.com
4sync.com
4s.io
4shared.com
videoveeb.com
filekeen.com
filerio.com
uploadspace.pl
basicupload.com
movie2k.com
grab8.com
rapid8.com
sounddump.com
shareflare.net
luckyshare.net
filezpro.com
bananashare.org
modovideo.com
cloudtorrent.net
fileuplo.de
monsteruploads.eu
allbox4.com
ihostia.com
jumbofiles.org
premiumcarsi.com
premium-keys.de
eshtrakat.com
premiumreseller.us
cheapaccounts.net
We believe that all these sites have been terminated by Paypal in the last week. We do not believe any of them may process through Paypal again, however Paypal always deals with these matters on a case by case basis.
NOTES Copy Control does not claim responsibility for these or any other Paypal terminations. Many organisations work to deal with infringing sites. Some of these sites may have been reported earlier then re-reported as they continued to process with Paypal. This information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.
by Editor on August 2, 2012
We have compiled a brand new list of Paypal takedowns against File Locker, Image Hosting and Piracy support sites that can be announced. Effective 2nd August 2012.
We believe the following sites have had their relationships terminated by Paypal. With Paypal terminations it’s common practice for funds to be frozen for 180 days, no withdrawals or transfers of funds allowed.
The following sites lost Paypal payment processing between 28th July and 2nd August 2012.
sharebee.com
filevelocity.com
giftshop24.net
premium4.me
bzlink.us
fileduct.net
>multi-debrid.com
jumbofiles.org
We believe that all these sites have been terminated by Paypal in the last week. We do not believe any of them may process through Paypal again, however Paypal always deals with these matters on a case by case basis.
NOTES Copy Control does not claim responsibility for these or any other Paypal terminations. Many organisations work to deal with infringing sites. Some of these sites may have been reported earlier then re-reported as they continued to process with Paypal. This information is current at the time of publication and is subject to change.