So, now you're targeting sites which aren't doing anything illegal. Why don't you go target google? I mean, they provide links to copyright content, they're making money off those links not to mention the searches which are executed off their website. They offer affiliate programs.

Seems like we hit a nerve. Let me make it plain. The sites targeted were almost exclusively about supporting piracy. There are no white hats involved at all. If you support people paying pirates to continue pirating then good on you, but we will target the money streams supporting piracy without apology.

Google is too big, they also have url shortening service, who will bring that down :pimp

It's got nothing to do with size. The fact is that Google's primary business is not commercial piracy.

We target sites and services whose primary business is piracy or supporting piracy.

Wow that is very impressive list, congrats AK, and thank you :thumbsup

I'm especially happy to see Gigapeta's Paypal account gone, fucking parasites were sucking our blood for many years.

Linkbucks is the biggest linkshortening program supporting piracy sites...

Didn't hit a nerve...I don't own or operate any file hosts, link shorteners, etc.

And, actually, Google's business is, in a way, piracy. IF you want to get technical, they copy and/or cache websites without the express written consent of said websites.

Your rebuttal is flawed.

Exactly, which is why you don't see AK going after them. He much rather take the easy kills with sites that have absolutely nothing to do with piracy in the first place. His analogy is akin to, and I'll put it in a porn context that everyone can understand, like a tube site and sponsors.

A tube tube promotes sponsors, so, a sponsor is supporting a tube site by accepting the traffic and making sales off of it. However, You do not see AK going after adult affiliate programs and having their credit card processing shut down because they accept traffic from a tube site. A sponsor program getting promoted by a tube site is no different than a link shortening website getting promoted by a pirate. He has a huge double standard.

A simple entry in robots.txt stops Google from doing so.

People like you have popped up in this thread from time to time bagging our efforts.

Bottom line, I just posted a list of more than 130 sites profiting from piracy who can no longer process or deal with Paypal payments.

Why are you not going after adult affiliate programs that support tube sites?

This thread is "Killing Off File Lockers". Every site listed as terminated was a part of the file locker ecosystem. Please go and troll elsewhere.

It's far from a troll. It's a legitimate question. In the beginning I offered to help you. I'm glad I didn't. I will ask my question again.

A link shortening website is not really much different than a porn website. They both pay for traffic to be sent to their site. You say that a link shortening website is profiting from piracy and thus on your radar to be taken down.

An affiliate program is profiting from piracy by accepting traffic from a tube site, which has illegal video content on it.

Why don't you explain to me how there is a difference between the link shortening website and an affiliate program who both accept traffic and both make money from a piracy fed traffic stream?

I suspect you'll just scream "Troll" and avoid it because you cannot answer it without biting the hand that feeds you.

PS: A Link shortening website is not a file locker. Just Sayin'

I was unaware paypal serves India direct

http://www.netload.in/index.php?id=5

A link shortening site which exists for no other reason than to support piracy sites is very different from link shortening sites such as bitly. If you cannot understand that then no amount of repeating myself will help you.

While you may see XYZ program advertising on a tube, XYZ program does not exist solely to support piracy, it's primary purpose is to be an adult paysite.

The difference is clear to almost everyone except you.

As for biting the hand that feeds me, I feed me. Copy Control is an autonomous organization that is not dictated to by anyone.

You are either (a) trolling or (b) have interest in piracy or (c) are completely stupid.

You are yet again wrong. It is your assumption that any link shortening website which has an affiliate program exists merely for the sole purpose of supporting piracy. How did you come to that conclusion? Was it the fact that many pro piracy sites used them to earn a revenue stream? What about adult affiliate programs which have spots on multiple if not all tube sites?

Either you are for anti piracy, against it, or indifferent to it. What I hear you saying is that its ok if you accept traffic from some of the sites which have the worst track record EVER when it comes to anti piracy as long as you accept traffic from other sources.

What I see you saying is this. Meh, as long as the pirate site isn't the only source of income for a website that it is ok to accept traffic from copyright infringement websites. I just want to be clear, is that indeed what you're saying?

"You are either (a) trolling or (b) have interest in piracy or (c) are completely stupid."

I am neither of these. I agree as well as disagree with some of the actions you have taken. However, I believe you are on a slippery slope and on your way to overstepping boundaries. Someone needs to question your tactics and reasons for doing what you're doing and to who you're doing it to (and not doing it too).

We do not discuss operational matters.

It is true that the guys who upload pirate stuff profit from link shortening too, it is combo link short TO file locker file.
However link shortening is just a linking, people should send DMCA to stop "linking" to a file?

How....fitting. It's a great "reason" to hide behind so that you never have to explain anything to anyone.

I'm glad to see that you've openly condoned (because hey, some piracy is ok, as long as its not all about piracy!) affiliate programs supporting piracy buy supporting the sites which offer the illegal content. It just goes to show you how much of a double standard you have.

There was a four year sentence handed down in the UK the other day for linking to pirated content.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...nnel-sentenced

Again, you're putting words into my mouth. You're wrong, we don't condone piracy.

Not putting words in your mouth. I ask you why you are not going after affiliate programs that support tube sites by buying traffic from them and your replied with the following:

You said that not me. A link shortening website's primary business is to shorten links just as a porn website's primary business is to offer porn. However, You are going after the link shortening websites and not the adult websites. I fail to see where the difference between the two is. I really, honestly, truly do fail to see the difference...ok, i lied, i do see one difference. You are leaving the affiliate programs who support tube sites alone and not going after their credit card processing.

If i am wrong then tell me so..and tell me why I am wrong.

This is my last reply to you on this subject.

The link shortening sites listed in the list of current take downs were primarily involved in the support of piracy sites and in some cases there was evidence of them being connected directly to piracy sites.

You asked previously how we know this. I have answered you the same way I have answered everyone who has asked for specifics about our operations and methods. We do not discuss operational matters.

Why not make it easy and list all the Tube sites that have over 50% pirated content for us to see the size of the problem. Then we can start looking at the problem in real terms. you need to provide proof the content is pirated.

That is a pretty solid list of PP takedowns AK! Nice work.

Some people are just born to bitch and would bitch if they were getting beat with a new whip.

I wonder what the bitch would have been if this thread title was ?Killing off tube site??

Cary on AK. Can?t please everyone. Some of us appreciate your efforts.

Obviously, why are you not killing off file lockers :pimp

hey mate i found a file hosting still using paypal on its premium page , can you again post the link of paypal to report ?

oron.com aahahahahahahaha :1orglaugh

cool u can see how many total take requests each file locker has recieved and who the companys are who are sending the dmca's

http://www.google.com/transparencyre...s/fileking.co/

Paxum Picking Up PayPal Slack?


http://filefap.com/gopro
https://paxum.com/payment/processPay...ymentLogin.xsl

Ruth has said Paxum will not process for file lockers. So let's test this statement.

i found a file hosting still using paypal on its premium page , can you again post the link of paypal to report ?

Feel free to post it here and we'll deal with it.

Alternatively email [email protected]

This image hosting company is a pain in the ass, ignores any copyright violations and is now funded by Webmoney, can you do anything about that?

http://depic.me/premium.html

http://vamateur.com/
offers

http://uplly.com/premium.html
2checkout.com w/ paypal

http://imagecherry.com/premium.html


ok @adultk , here it is

imagecherry.com have already been terminated once, we will report them again.

Webmoney is an issue we are all well aware of. For operational reasons we won't discuss our strategy for dealing with it.

We have been very successful in having 2CO terminate merchants such as this, we will report them immediately.

I just noticed Megashare.com is not in the list - they were also reminated by Paypal in August.

Bumping to the first page.