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Originally Posted by Nautilus
Thanks for clarifications.
What type of piracy sites do you think will be affected? Will they cut off filesonic and hotfile?
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I'm guessing it's mostly for Megaupload (they were singled out) and the mainstream file sharing services. There are a ton of e-book sharing sites now out. They popped up over the last 2-3 months. According to Google's blog, they are in the process of removing links to these types of sites. (Is it a coincidence that Google is now trying to make money with electronic books? No. Google is the biggest pirate on the planet, until there's money for them in stopping it.)
Oron, Hotfile, all those aren't following DMCA anyway, which says to enjoy the safe harbor provisions they can't directly benefit financially from the infringement. All of them try to get you to give them money if you want faster downloads, and at least Oron puts up roadblocks (not allowed in the DMCA) when you give them valid takedown notices. They'll be out of business once the card associations and PayPal cut off their funding streams, but I'm sure others with different business models will be there to pick up the slack.