megadown prooblem

[TheMxz]

Hi, i just found something i wanted in a megadownload and the link is not deleted yet, but whenever i click on the download button, i go back to the home page, any ideas?

 

[InsaneNutter]

The files that website linked to are hosted on Megaupload and Rapidshare, both of which no longer exist, so their is no file to download.

 

[Lexi]

A handful of other file sharing sites were shut down this year, do you guys this is due to some legal trouble or just some coincidence?

 

[InsaneNutter]

I think its probably due to these sharing sites mainly hosting pirated material and ignoring DMCA requests, more legit services like Dropbox for example have never had any problems.

I know Zippyshare closed down, they were already blocking certain countries such as the UK from accessing their site, so I suspect that probably was due to legal pressure.