Openload
Openload was a file-sharing website shut down in 2019 after legal action by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. The site was a notorious market and often used for copyright infringement.
History
In 2016, Openload's domain was suspended by Namecheap due to the large number of DMCA reports they generated. The domain was later reinstated by Namecheap.[1]
In 2017, Openload was criticized for using their users' browsers to mine the cryptocurrency Monero.[2]
In 2018, Openload was listed as a notorious market.[3] Openload accounted for more network usage than services such as Hulu.[4]
In February 2019, Reddit was found to be shadowbanning links to Openload.[5]
In April 2019, Openload stopped paying uploaders as part of its affiliate program.[6]
In June 2019, Openload's main domain name, openload.co, was suspended.[7]
In October 2019, Openload was shut down after the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment took legal action against them in Germany.[8] All Openload domains were redirected to alliance4creativity.com.[9]
References
- ↑ Andy Maxwell: Openload Domain Suspended By Namecheap. In: TorrentFreak. 26. Juli 2016, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Samuel Gibbs: Billions of video site visitors unwittingly mine cryptocurrency as they watch. In: The Guardian. 13. Dezember 2017, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ 2018 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets. In: Office of the United States Trade Representative. Abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Ernesto Van der Sar: File-sharing Site Openload Generates More Traffic Than Hulu or HBO Go. In: TorrentFreak. 2. Oktober 2018, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Ernesto Van der Sar: Reddit ‘Shadowbans’ Posts With Openload URLs. In: TorrentFreak. 2. Februar 2019, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Andy Maxwell: Huge Video-Hosting Site Openload Stops Paying Uploaders. In: TorrentFreak. 19. April 2019, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Ernesto Van der Sar: File-Sharing Giant Openload Has its Domain Suspended (Updated). In: TorrentFreak. 19. Juni 2019, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Gene Maddus: Studios Shutter Pirate Site That Got More Traffic Than Hulu. In: Variety. Variety Media, LLC, 31. Oktober 2019, abgerufen am 16. Dezember 2020.
- ↑ Ernesto Van der Sar: Openload and Streamango Shut Down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE (Updated). In: TorrentFreak. 31. Oktober 2019, abgerufen am 15. Dezember 2020.