Bump for the cause, this should be sticky 4 life or something.

I love these Upload Monkeys/Cashwhores:

http://i.imgur.com/wD26e0d.png


Nothing says dumb-ass quite like a person trying to sue another over an illegal act both participated in. I would love to meet this alleged lawyer mentioned in the post. I bet he chases ambulances, not to file lawsuits but to push them when they get stuck in the mud and muck.

It should be noted the person posting the above threats also owns an image host called imagecorn.com. No honor among thieves!

What a retarded wanker

tru dat :2 cents:

DaringHost out of West Haven, CT seems to be hosting a large number of pirate sites from there cloud infrastructure which is provided by LeaseWeb.

I would think as an American Citizen and Resident Nick wold be more cautious, all those posts on WJunction by him admitting to allow copyright infringement links and unlicensed software platforms can be very damaging to those choosing to pursue him in court. Is aiding/allowing Pirates in the use of unlicensed software and the distribution of infringing content infringement itself?

These guys just live in a world of their own until we start blowing down their house.

They become so engaged in piracy as a business that all other values go out the window.

I've lost count of the number of abusive emails threatening to sue the SFL project or Copy Control or myself.

I've been developing a network map of all these Leaseweb based hosts. As my work on Leaseweb continues I intend to flood certain agencies with so much paper based evidence that things should come tumbling down for quite a number of people.

Slowly, slowly catchee monkey

Great work AK! Any news on the setup of the recurring option yet?

A person featured Twice on CashWhore.net for his involvement in piracy and other crimes and a convicted sex offender has started a "News" site to denounce Anti-Piracy efforts like AKs and the CashWhore/NukePiracy group.

He promotes his new piracy site and 1 of a close friend and associate as well.


More Pirate Data available soon.

It should be coming very soon.

Since restarting this effort my day has been up at 4.30am, straight into the office, finish the day at between 8pm and 9pm, home dinner then sleep and repeat.

It's Saturday morning and I'm heading in now to work on the fundraising stuff amongst other things. So I expect to have something available over the weekend.

You should sue these guys too Jimmy. If they are lying and making false statements about you, you could win big time :2 cents:

http://opexposure.blogspot.com/2013/...ans-story.html

Many long hours under sometimes Thankless conditions, I know the drill.

Your dedication and drive deserves admiration AK.

http://www.wjunction.com/142-google/...ml#post1904140

Here it is just posted, a file host that did not pay his affiliates, got banned on WJ, returns (Wonder how much he had to pay to get back on the site) to do it again from his new file host MaskFile.com.

He must have the Admins blessing because his profile was viewed by a site supermod.

He states openly he made $600 to $1200 a day last year from just AdSense.

That is $18K to $36K a month, just from AdSense ads.

No Money To Be Made There Huh????!!!!!

Yes, knowingly contributing in a profit making manner in the infringement conducted by others is something a party can be held liable for.

http://torrentfreak.com/isohunt-shut...e-mpaa-131017/

A recent Google Adsense account we terminated (file locker) had $12088.39 due to be paid for the month at the time of closure. Remarkably we were told that the account had been less active than usual at the time we reported it.

There are a multitude of way file lockers monetize, some not as obvious as others.

It's also very easy to see that what we are doing hurts them a lot, the vehemence expressed in emails, phone calls, faxes and comments on the Stop File Lockers blog just re-inforces the fact that we are interrupting huge cash flows and people are pissed about it.

Just a reminder,
its not just a fight to get people who truly want your content, to pay you for it.
Its also a fight to make sure no one else makes money off your hard work without your consent.

If removing file lockers doesn't improve paysite sales, surely there is no argument to let them keep stealing and make money when you dont....

Exactly what I was referring to. That is a judgement that will never be fully paid, there may also be other terms not posted in the settlement agreement.

You're doing all the work for me buddy

A very damn good point.

anafile.com, a re-incarnation of several other failed file hosts, now has no payment methods.

ShareSix.com have now been through several payment options, they've just lost their last one and it seems they can't get a merchant facility. I predict this site will just die now.

http://sharesix.com/?op=news

Busy on a Sunday AK??!! Hope all is well on your end.

Big news coming this week in the rumor mill.

Some fun before the EOM.

Might be an interesting week then, because I am sitting on something too which I'll announce when more people are reading after the weekend.

We can now accept one off and recurring subscription contributions via Paypal.

https://copycontrol.org/contribute/

Please make sure that you return to the Copy Control website from Paypal after making a contribution so that it's recorded properly.

You will notice on the form that contact information is requested, this is optional and does not need to be filled in, however we would like records of who has been contributing so that we maintain maximum transparency. It's up to you if you fill out those details.

You can choose to make a weekly, monthly, yearly donation and you can also choose to contribute once or recurring.

If you wish to make contributions via Paxum then please do so at [email protected]

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far and to everyone who intends to contribute in the future.

We need to hire an office administration trainee to handle the increased workload that we are now facing in creating necessary report and data streams to speed up our efforts.

The cost to us of hiring a trainee for a year is $350 per 35 hour week, plus 9% loading for Superannuation and $390 per year for workers compensation insurance.

It's already expensive to do this work. We pay for offices, servers, legal fees, cloud services such as our project management system, accounting and databases. We also have courier, postage, photocopying, teleconferencing and office expenses to cover.

This project will not be able to continue without support from the industry. We would appreciate any assistance that people can provide so that we can make an even bigger impact than we already have on the file locker ecosystem.

If you believe this project is worthwhile then please contribute via https://copycontrol.org/contribute

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed and those who will contribute in the future.

Just subscribed for $100 a month. I hope others make due on some of the donation numbers they were talking about. :)

Just a heads up, we have changed our international phone number which is now amended on the Copy Control website. The local 1300 number remains the same.

On another note, I put in $4000 today to boost our finances.

I hope some more people can support our effort.

The link for contributions is https://copycontrol.org/contribute

I have added to the Report Piracy form some extra options.

Even if you think we should already know about a site please report it.

https://copycontrol.org/report-piracy

We are particularly interested in forums, torrent sites, file locker linking blogs, link lists or file search engines.

AK : https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=1123955

It's not much, but I signed up for a monthly contribution. Hope it helps you keep up the good work mate.
-B

Thanks.

Thanks also.

Hey AK, when you fill out the form and submit, it spits back an error from the app software its run on/by.

Just an FYI.

It should only do that if the site is already in our database, if you look at the form after an error it will highlight the URL field and say that the item is a duplicate.

Could you try it again and check that's the error ?

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Sure, just filled out another offender. Got this error.

"An error has occurred. It has been reported to Zoho Creator support. We will look into this issue .
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Go to Home "

I did have one that said URL already in database though. So this is a different issue.

Someone should shut this shit down: xxxhq.com

can't you do that?

Report it here https://copycontrol.org/report-piracy

Hmmm, I know some folks that love a challenge.

xxxhq may not be on their list yet.

I hear some announcements are coming in the next day or so.

Is your content being shared on File Factory ? If so you're not alone.

File Factory have found even more ways to monetize your content. They will allow uploaders to import files from other File Factory accounts and then share them. They also have a new file search engine built into the site.

The guys behind FileFactory.com and other ventures such as GameWorld Industries Pty Ltd and the Idea Lab theidealab.com.au (which is now just a Centos default Apache page) is one Holt Meyers.

Since we started scrutinising Holt Meyers he's removed much of his visible social media, however here's a recent photo of him

http://stopfilelockers.com/wp-conten...holtmeyers.jpg

One of his coworkers is not so shy and has a pretty comprehensive LinkedIn profile.

Meet Drew Wareham the Chief Technical Officer at The Idea Lab

http://stopfilelockers.com/wp-conten...rewwareham.jpg

We have more data than we'll share here on these fellows. We've been investigating the operations of Holt Meyers for quite some time. Some people say he's been involved in all sorts of things from File Factory to Dodgy Property Investment

Links: http://holtmeyers.com
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=8668143
http://www.linkedin.com/in/drewseph

Holt think's he's on fairly safe ground, but let's ensure he reassesses his situation.

If you have content being unlawfully shared on FileFactory.com right now then please email us at [email protected]

If you have been the victim of copyright infringement on FileFactory.com then please contact us here: https://copycontrol.org/contact-us/

We are currently collecting evidence, affidavits and other information that may lead to legal action being taken against the owners of File Factory and Holt Meyers personally.

Happy Halloween.

http://stopfilelockers.com/wp-conten...2013-021A1.jpg

I tried, it said:

An error has occurred. It has been reported to Zoho Creator support. We will look into this issue .
Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

I've just tried it, it's working fine from here.

What browser are you using ?

Chrome browser. Tried with FireFox, same error message.

Just a reminder that we need your support.

Please consider contributing to the Stop File Lockers project.

https://copycontrol.org/contribute

or send us a contribution via Paxum at [email protected]

We're ramping up to get some really good new initiatives under way however the only way we will keep going is with the support of the industry.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.

I've asked some other people to test it. However we have had more than 50 reports received via the form today, so it seems to be working for at least some people.

We'll get to the bottom of what's going on.

Are you sure you're filling in every field with an * and choosing the site type from the dropdown box ?

Yea because if I don't it will tell me I am missing something. Tried to test that. Very strange.

Maybe it's because I am using the https link you gave?

EDIT: OK I removed the secure part of your submit URL and took out http:// in the URL I tried to submit in the report and it worked.

I'd guess it's because I had http:// in the URL that it failed, but it could be either.

We'll get it fixed. The reports are being received, it's just the redirect back to the Copy Control site that seems to fail.

I believe we have fixed the problem, it was a caching issue on our end.

Oh okay haha - well glad it's fixed.

Thanks for the report.

I'd like everyone to keep those piracy reports coming

https://copycontrol.org/report-piracy

http://stopfilelockers.com/wp-conten...smartfella.jpg

No comment is needed really.

This account will be killed.

Robert, are you able to take a recurring Paypal payment?