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Filelocker sites DO have legitimate uses too. People use them to send me zips with PSD files, specifications, etc all the time. While yes, there is pirated content on there, there's also lots of legitimate stuff. I think you should be going after the sites, not after the host.
Many of these file locker sites are doing 50+ gbits of traffic. Hosts like leaseweb must make commitments to thier upstream providers. They sign contracts - 10gbits for 3 years at $x/mbit, etc. As with anything, the more you order the cheaper it becomes. Filelocker and tube sites are why you can now host for $2/mbit and not $20/mbit. Hosting a site like that allows hosting companies to reduce their overall costs per mbit and thus increase their margins and/or provide cheaper more competitive pricing for their other customers. They have contracts and obligations with thier upstream providers. If they suddenly decided to close a 50gbit site, They'd be on the hook for probably $70-80k/month for the next couple of years, and any web host company owner will tell you that the profit margins on hosting aren't all that huge to begin with - they have to cover servers, racks, support staff, electricity, backup generators, routers, cables, bandwidth, office space, datacenter space, security for the aforementioned.
That's why they aren't shutting sites down - because from a business and fiscal sense, it would be stupid to do so especially when they are not legally obligated to do so because they are protected by laws that relieve them of liability..
Ask yourself this - would you let your company bankrupt or operate at a huge loss over moral reasons? You can argue it's legal reasons, but the fact stands that they are not liable for the contents of their client's servers any more then a rental car company is responsible if someone rents a car and runs over someone while driving drunk in it.
Leaseweb has a responsibility to it's shareholders to do what it best for the company. What is best for the company might not be what's best for intelectual property owners, but it's the same reason why we aren't all driving electric cars and don't have all of our electricty from solar panels and wind farms despite that it would be far, far better for the environment.
Again, i'm not trying to argue that profiting off piracy is ok, and you have every right to be upset that your content is being stolen and used like this. However, why don't you go after the sites hosting your content rather then the hosting company?
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