Openload
Openload was a file-sharing website shut down in 2019 after legal action by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. The site was highly-used before its shutdown, making most of its money from advertising and cryptojacking. The site was designated as a notorious market and often used for copyright infringement.
History
Openload was available as an open alpha in August 2015,[1] and fully launched as of October, 2015.[2]
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.[3]
In 2017, Openload was criticized for using their users' browsers to mine the cryptocurrency Monero, using code similar to Coinhive.[4] Openload earned an estimated $95,000 per month from the mining, while their suspected subsidiary Streamango earned an estimated $7,200 per month.[5]
In 2018, Openload was listed as a notorious market.[6] Openload accounted for more network usage than services such as Hulu.[7]
In February 2019, Reddit was found to be shadowbanning links to Openload.[8] In April 2019, Openload stopped paying uploaders as part of its affiliate program.[9] In June 2019, Openload's main domain name, openload.co, was suspended.[10] In October 2019, Openload was shut down after the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment took legal action against them in Germany.[11] All Openload domains were redirected to alliance4creativity.com.[12]
Streamango
Streamango was a similar streaming website, long-believed to be operated by Openload. Streamango was shut down at the same time as Openload, with the same reasons given.[12]
See also
References
Vorlage:Video digital distribution platforms
- ↑ openload. In: Wayback Machine. 21. August 2015, abgerufen am 17. Dezember 2020. Fehler beim Aufruf der Vorlage:Cite web: Archiv im Parameter URL erkannt. Archive müssen im Parameter Archiv-URL angegeben werden.
- ↑ openload. In: Wayback Machine. 23. Oktober 2015, abgerufen am 17. Dezember 2020. Fehler beim Aufruf der Vorlage:Cite web: Archiv im Parameter URL erkannt. Archive müssen im Parameter Archiv-URL angegeben werden.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Andrey Meshkov: Crypto-Streaming Strikes Back. In: AdGuard. 13. Dezember 2017, abgerufen am 17. 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.
- ↑ a b 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.