Hotfile has begun taking a harsh stance on copyright infringement, says TF, with the cyberlocker deleting premium accounts, along with all the files in them.
Furthermore, the company is not paying out money earned in the site’s rewards program.
The MPAA recently filed a lawsuit against Hotfile and its owner, claiming that “in less than two years, Hotfile has become one of the 100 most trafficked sites in the world. That is a direct result of the massive digital theft that Hotfile promotes.”
This week, hundreds of account holders are reporting that their paid-up premium accounts have been deleted, along with all their uploaded files. Many had been uploading movies and TV shows and were being paid weekly by the rewards program, using piracy as a means of income.
One account holder says he has not been paid on the $1000 Hotfile owes him for uploads.
Says Hotfile of the matter:
Recently, we have become concerned that despite these policies, some users persist in attempting to use Hotfile.com to share materials to which they do not have the necessary rights. Therefore, we have implemented a more aggressive policy of terminating the accounts of users who are the subject of repeated complaints of infringement.
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Adobe has released the Android version of their popular free Photoshop Mobile app today, giving users a quick and easy way to edit their images.
Users can crop, rotate and flip images as well as add subtle blurs, and perform color adjustments such as desaturation, exposures and tint changes.
You can also upload the pics to a free Photoshop.com account, which allows for up to 2GB of uploads.
The app is free and is available right now from the Android Market.
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Roxio has released version 4 of their Popcorn video conversion software, adding support for AVCHD and Adobe Flash, as well as better preview and direct YouTube uploads.
Perhaps just as notably, Popcorn can now export as Flash video (FLV or FV4), including player controls for easy uploads to websites.
Electronista adds “the new tabbed interface lets users choose between capturing and converting video. Besides AVCHD and Flash, the software supports MKV, QuickTime, AVI. MPEG-1/2/4, Tivo and EyeTV formats. Users can make copies, extract multiple clips or audio tracks from non-protected DVD’s. Burning software is included that allows creation of custom DVD menus. Labeling tools support LightScribe and LabelFlash drives and media.”
The software is notable for its device profiles which allow for easy one-click conversion to hundreds of phones and media devices such as the iPod, iPhone, Palm Pre, Apple TV, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP Go, Blackberry and TiVo.
