# FileSonic, FileServe and Uploaded.to suspend sharing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filesonic-fileserve-and-uploaded-to-suspend-sharing/610484>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 24, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filesonic-fileserve-and-uploaded-to-suspend-sharing/610484 "2012-01-24T06:44:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filesonic-fileserve-and-uploaded-to-suspend-sharing/610484/1 "2012-01-24T06:44:57Z")

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[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-23/file-sharing-anti-piracy/52760484/1](http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-23/file-sharing-anti-piracy/52760484/1)

Since the crackdown on Megaupload, other file sharing sites are quickly converting to file storage sites. The three in the title, among others, have stopped allowing downloads of files that you didn’t upload yourself.

My mom said I was wasting my life by downloading porn 12 hours a day for the last ten years, but who’s the loser _ **now?** _

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**Author:** ![Erny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b77776/32.png) [@Erny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erny)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/filesonic-fileserve-and-uploaded-to-suspend-sharing/610484/2 "2012-01-26T04:39:10Z")

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This may be just like me…

Download for the sake of downloading.

Someday, a source will no longer be there…

Or… No or limited access to the internet…

Better have a backup copy handy to keep you busy…