Hotfile’s Most Downloaded Files Are Open Source Software
Found on TorrentFreak on Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Countering claims from the movie industry that Hotfile has few non-infringing uses, the Professor shows that the most downloaded files on the cyberlocker are Open Source software.
While the MPAA and others claim that affiliate programs which compensate users for generating downloads are solely setup to promote infringements, several software developers actually use them to generate revenue from their free programs.
“This suggests that the Hotfile Affiliate program is capable of fulfilling the valuable function of compensating authors and distributors,” Boyle adds.
That's why the entertainment industry wants to shut them down: because they make it possible for creators to directly profit from their works, removing the need of the big labels who profit from their works right now and even maximize their income with creative accounting. With Megaupload announcing Megabox, a direct rival to the current business model of studios and labels, it got even more important for Hollywood & Co to stop them.