MediaFire becoming strict?

[Wolf624]

Is it me, or is MediaFire becoming very strict with file uploading, as now you get suspended on the very first violation?

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[Ryka]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Anonymous isn't fighting hard enough to bring back MegaUpload...

 

[reddo]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Anonymous isn't fighting hard enough to bring back MegaUpload...

Megaupload is going to bring itself back. And DotCom's plans will bring sweet justice to those who wronged him.

Is it me, or is MediaFire becoming very strict with file uploading, as now you get suspended on the very first violation?

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Mediafire was never in favor of piracy and anything like that. There's just not really great tools to deal with it. In fact, I don't think any of the filehosts are in favor of piracy, although some of the crazier cash-shares are certainly abusing it.

The changes now should be coming from the fact that with megaupload dead, mediafire must have gotten a huge influx of users. Their service was amongst the "freer" ones, so their servers must be suffering a lot from pirates who upload huge files in many parts and that should be costing them a lot. Since mediafire is so nice to non-premium users, that also means that most pirates are not even paying mediafire for their troubles.

Since there's no way they'd have enough manpower to check every single upload, they made the whole "kill off multi-part files!" in an attempt to stop piracy. Most non-pirates will be either not uploading a multi-part archive OR will only be sharing it with a few people. So the "at most 10 downloads for multi-part archives" rule only really affects pirates... And since it still allows it for premium users, there's a small incentive to being premium.

 

[Ryka]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

I have used dropbox to provide my friends a couple of H-games before. I might suggest trying dropbox as the new megaupload.

 

[helhansen84]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

i suggest using mediafire with password protected files which have names that have nothing to do with their content.

 

[Wolf624]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

i suggest using mediafire with password protected files which have names that have nothing to do with their content.

You could do that, except that it doesn't work for sharing though.

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Special archives are normal archive files, such as ZIP or RAR files, that are encrypted, password protected, or span multiple volumes (i.e. are split into pieces). Free customers may share special archives no more than 10 times per file per week. Premium customers may share special archives, including archives over 200MB, as long as you have Content Distribution bandwidth.

 

[helhansen84]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

ouch... that's gay.
what about zippyshare or tempshare?

 

[Obsidious]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

What pissed me off the other day was what I saw when I tried to download a Custom Scenario for Monster Girl Quest that got uploaded on MF.

It was called "A Christmas Carol". No copyright infringement there, at least none that I know of. However, MF assumed that the file "probably" contained "A Christmas Carol (OST)" and therefore blocked the download with a friendly reminder (and LINK) to said Audio CD on amazon.

This is getting ridiculous.

 

[Serifyn]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Try 'Grandma's Muffin Recipe'

 

[Obsidious]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Try 'Grandma's Muffin Recipe'

I did. But what am I supposed to turn up with?

I'm stupid. Derp derp derpidy derp.

 

[cm46138]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

I'd name it "Mediafire sucks"

 

[noman]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

I have used dropbox to provide my friends a couple of H-games before. I might suggest trying dropbox as the new megaupload.

I nearly got banned from Dropbox for doing that. They caught me in a matter of hours. Stupid me for not encrypting the file and using a obvious file name.

 

[ServerSurfer]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Step 1: Create a encrypted zipfile.
Step 2: Create a none encrypted Zipfile containing encrypted Zipfile
Step3: Make sure file is not named with obvious contents pertaining to, Piracy,sex, copyright, nor URL
Step 4: Upload
Step 5: Watch your file not be taken down.

Suggestions:
1: Use Coded names or simplified names, turn Silver Server to "Slvr Srvr 01 File"
2: Or use names that are simple "Fl Set 1, Fl Set 2", ect. Or "Egam Gfightin Yfairy"
3: Use accounts with Dummy Email so your main Email is not blocked.
4: Don't make the origins obvious.
5: In severe cases where all above fails, US PM distribution.

 

[omegaism]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Or you could just torrent the damn files using

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or

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[Celerityx]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Step 1: Create a encrypted zipfile.
Step 2: Create a none encrypted Zipfile containing encrypted Zipfile
Step3: Make sure file is not named with obvious contents pertaining to, Piracy,sex, copyright, nor URL
Step 4: Upload
Step 5: Watch your file not be taken down.

Suggestions:
1: Use Coded names or simplified names, turn Silver Server to "Slvr Srvr 01 File"
2: Or use names that are simple "Fl Set 1, Fl Set 2", ect. Or "Egam Gfightin Yfairy"
3: Use accounts with Dummy Email so your main Email is not blocked.
4: Don't make the origins obvious.
5: In severe cases where all above fails, US PM distribution.

Or use a pirate friendly uploader or a batch uploader, or a torrent even.
no need to be that complex.

only issue is pirate friendly sites die fast 3-12 months like.

 

[Dargoth]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

20 days until the new Megaupload. I have a feeling it's going to be around awhile this time.

 

[noman]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Or you could just torrent the damn files using

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or

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Seeding is a problem though. I set my seed limit to 100x, and it still get used up in less than 2 days. I can't seed continuously else I will exceed my bandwidth limit.

 

[Jose]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Well, RJ106684, RJ107302, and a few others were on nyaa, and is now gone, it's been around 5 hours and my torrent is at 56%, so there's 1Gb of complete trash sitting in my computer now.

Anyone know if nyaa is getting stricter as well or is someone flagging copyrighted material?

 

[Assc0bar]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

>Seeding is a problem

Superseed option, use it power, Luke.

 

[mellofellow]

Re: MediaFire becoming strict?

Has this affected any of the makers of games that use mediafire to upload it.
There are a few creators that I know of who use mediafire as a way to get their game out their, and I'm wondering if that will effect them.