The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies.

“In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the part of the association. “This is the direct result of massive digital theft, the Hotfile favors.” Hotfile is operated by Anton Titov, who lives in Florida, which could not be reached for comment.

Not all file hosting copyright-infringing. The so-called “safe harbor” rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects Internet service providers, as long as they follow certain rules. Hotfile fulfilled according to the MPAA these conditions are not in the least. The service relies on the other hand in its copyright policies, specifically on the law.

“The business model encourages users to upload pirated movies and TV shows on its servers and websites of third parties,” says the MPAA. Hotfile rate also open its users against using his service as a personal data storage. Hotfile it is a matter of earning money with copy-protected content. For a premium account that allows unlimited downloads, among other things, requires the company between $ 9 and $ 55.

File hosting services are an alternative to BitTorrent-based file-sharing services. Their distribution continues to increase. Users can upload files without additional software directly from the provider’s website. More and more of these services look at complaints from rights holders exposed. In the U.S., for example, is also Liberty Media, which is involved in QVC, Starz and Sirius XM, against Hotfile. EMI, the smallest of the four major music labels complained that for three years against the specialized MP3 file storage service MP3tunes.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a copyright lawsuit against file-hosting service Hotfile. Accordingly, the company’s business model is based on the provision of online storage for illegally copied movies. “In less than two years it has Hotfile among the top 100 most visited websites in the world managed” means that the [...]