Hotfile settles piracy suit with Hollywood for $80 million, will likely shut down


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Hotfile settles piracy suit with Hollywood for $80 million, will likely shut down

article published on 3 December, 2013

Once-popular cyberlocker Hotfile has settled its long-standing lawsuit with Hollywood and the MPAA, meaning the service will soon shut down for good unless they can "effectively implement 'digital fingerprinting' tech" that will block users from uploading unauthorized files to their servers. Following the settlement, owner Anton Titov must pay damages totaling $80 million to the major movie studios. ... [ read the full article ]

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4. December 2013 @ 05:38

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