MPAA files suit against cyberlocker Hotfile

Movie industry representative MPAA accuses cyberlocker Hotfile of promoting copyright infringement. According to the complaint, Hotfile “Openly discourages use of its system for personal storage” and it “facilitates the theft of copyrighted motion picture and television properties on a staggering scale and profits handsomely from encouraging and providing the means for massive copyright infringement.”

Hotfile is different from other cyberlockers by financially rewarding users when the files they upload are downloaded often. Depending on the size of the file (the larder the file, the higher the reward), one can earn 15 dollar per 1000 downloads. This system indeed makes it very attractive to service the downloading masses with the content is so readily devours: movies and TV series.

“In less than two years Hotfile has become one of the 100 most trafficked sites in the world. That is a direct result of the massive digital theft that Hotfile promotes,” says Daniel Mandlil, Chief Content Protection Officer for the MPAA.”

Source: Zeropaid