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Rapidshare, megaupoad, hotfiles and so on are just the replacements for torrents and they are doing very well. I mean, the idea is amazing: get people to pay to share illegal files, wow! And it works, because the direct download rates beat what you can get on bittorrent, and you don't have to wait for that one guy to be online to download the last chunk.
Just like torrents, files can be legal, although I can't say I have seen one. Ever.
Also similar, in order to access the correct files, you must go through websites to grab the links. It's quite amazing what one can find now on rapidshare, and the offering seems to double every day that passes. And yes, 99.999% is porn. The humanity...
And, see this: once you have paid once for a premium account, it CAN be free forever: you get free points for every kb downloaded from your links!!! The only reason rapidshare has survived up to now is because if there are any complaints about the legitimacy of your files, the links will be taken down. Still, I would not sign for more than a 3 months account, you can expect these sites to be heavily scrutinised in the not so far future, and I guess we will see them go the way of the modern dodo, aka the Pirate Bay.
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