[Smithy]

Filesonic, one of the Internet’s leading cyberlocker services, has taken some drastic measures following the Megaupload shutdown and arrests last week. In addition to discontinuing its affiliates rewards program and not yet paying accrued money to members, the site has disabled all sharing functionality, leaving users only with access to their own files.

To users of systems like BitTorrent, file-sharing means just that – the sharing of files with others. But this weekend users of Filesonic, one of the Internet’s leading cyberlocker services, sharing files is currently a thing of the past.

According to a shock announcement by the site, all file-sharing functionality has now been disabled, leaving current users only with access to files that they have personally uploaded. Many hundreds of thousands (probably millions) of links all around the web have now been rendered useless, at least temporarily.

But the bad news for the site’s users doesn’t end there. In the last few hours, before file-sharing was disabled, Filesonic also ended its rewards program, meaning that uploaders to the site no longer earn money when people download their files. A moot point perhaps, since no-one will be downloading files anyway.

However, there is the matter of what will happen to the reward money that was sitting in uploader’s accounts before the rewards program was discontinued. Will it be paid out, or will it simply disappear? Many users fear the latter.

omg what are we gonna do

[King Gizzard]

Buy legally

[GypsyGoth]

[Saph]

oh no I bet Surf The Channel will be next

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Buy legally

Just the thought of that

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by SaphLiike

oh no I bet Surf The Channel will be next

Mentioning the names of these sites isn't going to help.

[Samuel.]

RIP interwebs

[lostalex]

I never liked Megaupload they always tried to manipulate you into buying "premium" service. I just use torrents.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by lostalex

I never liked Megaupload they always tried to manipulate you into buying "premium" service. I just use torrents.

[Josy]

I used file sonic all the time and not for illegal downloads

[MTVN]

I hope they never take down Putlocker, I watch all my films on there

[Black Dagger]

Don't think I ever used File Sonic, maybe once or twice for DS games.

Oh and Putlocker > Megavideo... so them dying didn't bother me either.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Josy

I used file sonic all the time and not for illegal downloads

what for then?

[Locke.]

Don't use either of them anyway

[Josy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I hope they never take down Putlocker, I watch all my films on there

Yeah me too it has been rather ****e lately though tbh

[Roy Mars III]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I hope they never take down Putlocker, I watch all my films on there

Yeah putlocker is the best.

[Josy]

Ah well back to good old ftp to replace filesonic

[Shaun]

it's okay we still have fileserve and rapidshare

[Me. I Am Salman]

at least we have mediafire!

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Shaun

it's okay we still have fileserve and rapidshare

and mediafire

god forbid they touch mediafire

[Saph]

only one word to describe all these tragedies..

[Mystic Mock]

So much for democracy that they are still shutting these sites down without the bills needed.

[Shaun]

i'm going to download everything ever made next week [when i have unlimited downloads cos i'm home for the weekend] so it's ok

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by SaphLiike

only one word to describe all these tragedies..

[Josy]

Originally Posted by jedward fever

So much for democracy that they are still shutting these sites down without the bills needed.

The filesonic owners disabled the file sharing.