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So yeah I got disabled by Fileserve

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filesonic sucks... free users can't download files which are larger then 400mb. on fileserve / hotfile / duckload i can download the whole movie with only 1 link/url. else if you don't have a dynamic ip you have to wait 25min to download part2 and this really sucks. :S

maybe it's better for uploaders to upload more parts... so that he gets more downloads... but if the downloaders doesn't like the rules... then they won't get even 1 download.
 
iTwins said:
Move on means "live with it, that's out of his hands". That's why I suspect it's a Hong Kong legal reason. The government has strict rules against anything that is illegal, thus forcing companies to comply or accept the consequences.

I think storing warez is not as sensitive as storing MPAA/RIAA medias... It's a big sensitive matter here.
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I've seen you comment about the HK issue with curiosity and speculate about why companies registered in hong kong deny services to HK users. I do believe I know the answer, but I wouldn't know if that's the reason.

Taxes.

I'm going to be incorporating a company in Singapore. Prior to making that decision, I was researching for all other possible locations I could incorporate in, and one of them was Hong Kong.

You can incorporate a company in Hong Kong, with as little as HK$1 paid up share capital and minimal expenses. The advantage? You don't pay any corporation tax, ever.

The downside? To be eligible for a tax exemption, you are required to do no business in Hong Kong, ever.

Doing business in Hong Kong is basically:
- Either buying services from HK
- Either selling services to HK
- Having your company's HQ/head office located in HK
- Employing HK citizens

If you don't do either of the 4 above, you're exempt from any and all taxes. To a corporation looking to avoid taxes, that's a very sweet deal. You don't lose as much revenue as you would lose money if you were taxed at the normal corporation tax rate. I'm not aware of the corporation tax rate, as after reading those conditions, I did not read further. But I'm guessing, if tax is the reason, the rate must be high enough for them to make this compromise.

Like I said, this could be pretty much the reason FSO, FS, MU etc are denying services to HK. BUT, I wouldn't hold my breath. However strong the fact might appear to be, it's still assumption. They could have a different legal reason, but I strongly lean at the tax option/issue.
 
I dont think his files were deleted, they never are.

But look at it logically, if someone did report your account and pointed out the illegal content in there i doubt any host will resist that.

They have 2 options,

1. Spend thousands of dollars defending you, and strongly advocating the fact that they are encouraging sharing of copyright material.

2. Ban your account and keep everything quite.

What would a profit making company do? Naturally they'll choose option 2

You cant blame them for that, no company will choose option 1. You saw what happened to RapidShare right? What it became after all those court battles?
 
masterb56 said:
Third, I do think that iTwins is correct. Some company might have threatened to sue FS and instead of defending me, they opt for the easy way out. What do you expect from an onshore host?
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I think it was Cloudshadow who suggested that. His speculation is more sound than what I thought was probable.

lifetalk said:
I've seen you comment about the HK issue with curiosity and speculate about why companies registered in hong kong deny services to HK users. I do believe I know the answer, but I wouldn't know if that's the reason.

Taxes.
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The downside? To be eligible for a tax exemption, you are required to do no business in Hong Kong, ever.
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Now that makes even more sense. The money saved on taxes outweight the potential money that can be made from Hong Kong subscribers. No amount can be greater than taxes, the most hated commodity in the world. And I'm not even aware of those legal facts despite owning a company in Hong Kong. Damn, too bad 100% of my customers are in Hong Kong, otherwise I could evade taxes too. =)

Thanks for that. I learn something new everyday.


lifetalk said:
Doing business in Hong Kong is basically:
- Either buying services from HK
- Either selling services to HK
- Having your company's HQ/head office located in HK
- Employing HK citizens
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But thinking further....it's doesn't seem to apply to Fileserve as Fileserve has an office in Hong Kong and RickyFS resides in Hong Kong. That doesn't quite fit into that "Employing HK Citizens" tax rule. Unless, hehe, RickyFS is not a HK citizen but then that would suggest he is an illegal alien working in HK illegally :D

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If we are not allowed to upload warez to fileserve, then what did fileserve here I'm the first place?

wj is strictly for warez uploaders and people providing services related to warez. So why doesn't file serve's thread get closed?

Didn't Ricky seduce us to upload stuff that they don't accept according to TOS?
 
-1 for ur comment sniffdog :)

The FS thread is not different from the other file hoster threads.

If the FS thread should be banned, so should all the other threads.
 
shufol said:
I have to say , u didnt understand what sniffdog wanted to say :P
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I did.

FS (file hosters) should not be allowed to make threads on WJ because they officially does not allow warez.
Or they mighy as well just admit it.

lifetalk said:
Taxes.
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Like I said, this could be pretty much the reason FSO, FS, MU etc are denying services to HK. BUT, I wouldn't hold my breath. However strong the fact might appear to be, it's still assumption. They could have a different legal reason, but I strongly lean at the tax option/issue.
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If it was that simple, the file hosters would have no reason not to inform us about it.

They are pretty tigh lipped about this subject.
Must be another reason.
 
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