Ricky wont say anything about this as this is a Inside Company policy and that conversation with the guy wasn't even supposed to be leaked out, it was private.
Lets take an example, if you upload Windows 7 and microsoft knows that you uploadeded it, most of the times they will simply ask FS to delete your links, but IF you constantly reupload it with the same account and thousands of people download it, then microsoft can force Fileserve to Disable this user otherwise they will be sued for helping piracy.
Now imagine if you were the CEO of fileserve, what will you do? Either go to court for just 1 user and spend thousands of dollars defending that user and justifying fileserve's stance or simply disable the user's account and this way save the company thousands and even millions of dollars.
Fighting a case in the courts isn't easy mates, remember what happened to Rapidshare right? they were taken to the courts and they were forced to remove all their affiliate programs and become 100% legit.
EDIT:
It doesn't matter if the company is hotfile, rapidshare, megaupload or any other. If the copyright holder pinpoints you and asks to delete your account, those sites HAVE to comply and each one of them will delete your accounts
Remember, at the end of the day, what we all are doing is illegal and to stay legal a company like fileserve has to make tough choices