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[highlight]FileSonic disables sharing capabilities[/highlight]
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/filesonic-disables-sharing-capabilities-6293515.html
This isn't over and we aren't out of the woods, clearly seen by what is happening around the world atm.
[highlight]FileSonic disables sharing capabilities[/highlight]
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/filesonic-disables-sharing-capabilities-6293515.html
Filesharing website FileSonic has disabled its sharing capabilities in the wake of the enforced closure of MegaUpload.
FileSonic was one of the biggest sites of its type and, like MegaUpload, it allowed users to upload files that could then be downloaded by others.
But with MegaUpload owner Kim Dotcom having been arrested in New Zealand amid accusations the site was used for the distribution of pirated movies and other copyright-infringing content, the owners of FileSonic appear have taken steps to avoid a potentially similar fate.
Users who use FileSonic are now shown the message: "All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.
"If this file belongs to you, please login to download it directly from your file manager."
The site's blog does not explain the action in greater detail. Last December, however, it said it was to check all uploaded files for copyrighted material and said it was keen to battle piracy.
It vowed to use Vobile, a content identification and management service, to scan all files included those that are compressed for copyright infringement.
Like MegaUpload, FileSonic is one of the world’s most popular file sharing sites.
Users can download and send attachments that are too large to send via email such as video, multiple photographs and music files.
Action against the site came in the same week that scores of major websites held a 24-hour protest against new anti-piracy laws making its way through the American legislature
ACTA protests erupt in Poland
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/poland-protests-erupt-over-acta-law-debate/2012/01/27/gIQAt6UOVQ_blog.html
By Melissa Bell
It’s not every day parliamentary members identify themselves with a subversive Internet group. But that’s just what happened in Poland when lawmakers from the leftist party Palikot’s Movement covered their faces with Guy Fawkes masks, the look that has become shorthand for Anonymous. A contentious fight broke out in parliament — and in the streets — over Poland's plans to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
ACTA is meant to set international standards for violations of intellectual-property laws, but opponents fear it could lead to censorship online. The United States signed the agreement last year, along with Canada and South Korea. For the past week, the agreement has stirred a battle online after the European Union started to consider joining.
On Thursday, Poland and 21 other European Union members signed the treaty. The Internet group Anonymous attacked Polish government Web sites, protesters marched in the streets and lawmakers donned the masks.
There are similarities between ACTA and the recently tabled Stop Online Piracy Act that U.S. Internet companies protested two weeks ago with a blackout.
This isn't over and we aren't out of the woods, clearly seen by what is happening around the world atm.