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Policy Changes and Technology Upgrade
2012-02-01
Hotfile.com respects the rights of copyright holders and requires that its users agree not to share copyrighted works of others. To discourage violations of this policy, Hotfile has always maintained a policy of terminating accounts of users found to be engaged in repeated copyright infringement. Hotfile has made additional changes to this policy to facilitate the identification of repeat infringers and, under appropriate circumstances, the termination of their accounts.

In a complementary move, Hotfile has made changes to its Affiliate Program. Affiliate payments will no longer be based on download volume or referrals from websites. An affiliate will earn a percentage of the price of premium memberships purchased by users who download the affiliate’s uploaded file(s). In line with Hotfile’s Intellectual Property Policy, affiliate accounts subject to a DMCA takedown notification will be suspended and multiple DMCA notifications will result in termination of an affiliate account. For more information regarding these changes to the terms and conditions of the Affiliate Program go to Affiliate Terms and Conditions.

Hotfile uses fingerprinting technology to block the uploading of files identified as infringing on copyright holders’ rights. Hotfile has recently upgraded its fingerprint technology to vCloud9, the latest, state-of-the-art fingerprint technology provided by Vobile.

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Damit hat sich nun auch Hotfile aus der Reihe der Hoster verabschiedet, die downloadabhängig vergüten. Bisherige Verdienste sind scheinbar auch weg, sofern noch nicht ausgezahlt. Ab sofort werden nur noch Premium-Verkäuft vergütet.

Hotfile hatte ja schon länger den Ruf, Meldungen über Urheberrechtsverstößen sehr konsequent nachzugehen und Accounts dauerhaft zu sperren, daher ist es schon erstaunlich, dass nun das neue Vergütungssystem immerhin noch Referrals finanziell belohnt. Ob das wohl der verzweifelte Versuch ist, die ungeliebten Warez-User nicht komplett zu vergraulen?