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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
These sites hit the critical mass needed to explode YEARS ago. You will not keep up with them, you will not win by suing surfers (yes you Steve). Everyone is going to have to figure out how to coexist or start a lobbying group and lobby Congress to change the laws / take them down hard.
The cat is out of the bag, even if the USA / Canada / Europe got hardcore they'd pop up in China, Russia and wherever else they could get away with it.
Surfers are well aware of what a tube is now. 50 million DMCA's later you will be in the same place you are now, needing to adjust your business models.
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You have a point but I know of a few niche sites who actually do a fairly good job of getting their content off these places (Not sure if done in house or using a service like RYC). At least all the ones seen by Google anyway. It is possible but you have to continually do it.
Nothing beats typing '<site name> rapidshare' in Google and finding all the links to the pirated content on the surfer forums and elsewhere are dead. That helps to frustrate the surfer trying to pirate your stuff. Hopefully they give up and just buy it.
Being defeatist about it only makes it worse.