Killing off File Lockers

I think I have a problem understanding too. I read from your post that you don't know but assume it's the card association.
What am I missing ? I must be dumb as a door

I think I actually hit the nail (again).

You took credit for other peoples work (again) and tried to talk your way out of it (again).

The AdultKing scam goes on

When Mega launched in January 2013 they did not accept payments directly but used resellers linked to Instra Corporation and I know as fact that we were responsible for convincing Paypal to exit some of those resellers. I think it's already on the public record that we worked closely with the head of Paypal's brand risk management area to shut down many Paypal accounts associated with many file lockers big and small.

Mega changed their structural processes and successfully gained direct processing of payments through Paypal in the months that followed. They managed to convince Paypal that Mega complied with Paypal's policies with regard to file hosting services. In other words they were approved by Paypal as a merchant.

Since that occurred there have obviously been various organisations lobbying Paypal to exit Mega. I know that we unambiguously presented Paypal with our views in several meetings at a high level within Paypal. I also know that other rights holder groups and stakeholders also did the same. So a wide range of groups and organisations were asking Paypal to exit Mega.

So was it our arguments that swayed Paypal ? I don't know that.

Was it the MPAA ? I don't know that.

Was it the RIAA ? I don't know that.

Was it the NetNames report last year ? I don't know that.

Was it the card associations this year ? I don't know that

Could it have been Paypal themselves doing their own risk assessments ? I don't know that.

Did Paypal simply decide processing for Mega was bad for business ? I don't know that.

Or was it the result of a culmination of continued lobbying by stakeholders in the IP space ? I don't know that.

What I do know is that it has been mentioned in the media that the card associations and the US Government were instrumental in the outcome. Is it conjecture or fact ? I don't know. I do know that TorrentFreak are usually very well informed about their stories, however I know many examples where they completely miss the mark.

I am not privy to the internal decision making processes of Paypal. Nor would be any other stakeholders with the exception of the card associations who would probably have more insight than anyone else considering the symbiotic relationship between Visa, MasterCard, the banking system and Paypal.

This is the real world. Nobody hands out a door prize for the winning argument. Nobody is going to ring you up and say congratulations you changed our minds. These things are usually a cumulative, collective, drawn out process in which you either see an outcome you want or you don't.

In this case the outcome we wanted has been achieved, so frankly I don't know and don't care why it happened now and not a year or two years ago. I am simply glad that Paypal finally exited what I consider an illegitimate business running an illegitimate business model that profits from copyright infringement.


Markul, there's going to come a point at which I decide not to let your untrue statements continue any further, when that time comes you will regret picking the fight. My advice to you is to stop before I get to that point. Because you will lose any war that you decide to start with me.

I am not at war with anyone, I have been to war, in real life. It's not pretty. Something tells me you have only waged war from behind a keyboard.

The point is, I didn't start this. You did. I also quite clearly explained what you had to do to work together with me:

1. Shut down your competing service.
2. Apologize in public for your behavior.

My statements are true btw, at least from my perspective. If you feel I violate any rules on GFY I am sure you have and will complain to the administrators of this site.

Don't take this personal, it isn't. It's business. You fucked me and many others over business wise, now you reap what you sow.

maybe time to shut down the locker thing?

you can't provide an adult blog service and also represent a file locker killer service.

You would be your customer's worst enemy.

That's your prerogative, as it is mine to respond in the manner and time of my choosing.

You keep calling me a scammer and casting aspersions on Adult IP & Copy Control. I have worked tirelessly and around the clock for these two organisations for free for almost 18 months and three years respectively. I have not drawn a salary, I have had no personal benefit for the anti-piracy work I do and the running of these organisations. In fact I have contributed cold hard cash of my own to keep the various projects we undertake alive.

You are free to disagree with the tactics I employ and criticise them until you are blue in the face, but cut out the egregious and untrue statements.

just wanted to ask how this thing is going?

Sorry for offtopic, but... Robert, please check your spam box. It looks like you didn't receive my email with fixed version of custom WP plugin I made for you.

It could be going a lot better but we're still plugging away.

In recent months Visa & MasterCard seem to have become much more proactive in influencing acquirers to terminate merchants in the sector. Just recently a very problematic site, Datafile, lost payment processing.

If I had to pick the largest hurdle we face it is the sheer amount of data that we have to deal with. We lack human resources to sift through, categorise and process records on sites in our databases. So right now it's a case of selecting specific targets and dealing with those a few at a time, which unfortunately leaves many sites that require mitigation not receiving the attention we'd like to place on them.

Thanks, I did receive it.

The Stop File Lockers project concluded operations on the 31st of March 2015.

I'd like to publicly thank everyone who contributed to the project and all of those who participated.

At the end of the project 3545 sites had been shut down and thousands more had lost payment processing between June 2012 and March 2015.

Oh... it is a pity. What is the reason?

What's the matter Robert did it all come tumbling down around you?

I noticed CopyControl is still active, do you think that is a wise choice?

It was only a matter of time.

Wtg Pete!

Not sure which thread to use, but I came across this site. It has lots of paysite & webcam rips hosted at file lockers. Your site might be one of them, check it out.

TheTeenBay.com - Teen Porn Videos, Amateur Clips and Pictures!

PS. you have to click multiple times to get to the scene pages, it uses a trade script to boost traffic

Its sidebar also has links to many similar pirate sites.

Oh the irony of this statement, within 2 months you would be begging for even the basics of life. Too bad you probably won't read this.

A Little Help Please - GoFuckYourself.com - Adult Webmaster Forum

This project concluded. It was impressive in scope but simply proved (or merely reinforced) that adult can't act collectively.
Shap made a statement about this.

If you have a stake in content I would hire one of the DMCA services on this forum, otherwise I wouldn't even bother.

Happy 2016 already for you AK!

Is this the biggest thread ever? How did it just go from being on the front page forever to nothing for 6 months. Is it over?

Anybody still donating
?

No longer needed now all file lockers have successfully been eradicated

See post above, more so, post number #7971
link for reference http://gfy.com/20437793-post7971.html

Shame it does not last any longer.

I need to report a forum processing piracy and CP using paypal, where can I do it?

CP? If you are for sure on that. Go here.

CyberTipline - NCMEC

why did you stop?

has the FL problem been solved?

Are filelockers still a thing?

hi there! problem solved?

Hahaha he took the money and ran morons.

bump for a classic thread!

what has happened indeed?

Are file lockers still arounds? All streaming for free now.

Sites we've passed on to content partners this month include, membership sites, streaming, filelockers (still going strong, Just ask Kim Dotcom) even DVD shops. Pirates are expanding their activities. Glad that shit is somebody else's headache.

Bump?!?!

Does anyone have AK's contact info?

For what?

I was bumping cnn war report a few months ago outside and this tumble weeve blew by.. then it spoke and said 'yeah yo dis dat old school shit right here" and threw her hands in the air like she really didn't care

Probably because he got run off for being a scam and disappeared when the shit hit the fan, only to now show up again like nothing happened. That might be why. Lol.

You're a dickhead, I've never run off or been run off, I've never left this forum, I've never been banned from this forum.

All you ever do is lie, you lie all the time. You had no involvement in the project. You don't know anything about it other than what you have read in this thread.

Yep, most views of any thread on GFY.

Sorry to hear he fucked you over. I had no idea he's screwed people over here before.

bump against the fucking pirates....it is always my hedeache and hey Juicy, I see a lot of your stuff shared a lot

2020 bump, y'all!

Ditto

Sheesh...

Kang you weren't even around during this mess

Are you guys seriously still crying about this? You better learn to adapt with the changing landscape and environment, if you don't you're doomed to fall flat on your face

Nah man, we need to kill off file lockers.