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Upload files to multiple remote hosts using Gazup!

by Chris Wiles

26 Feb 2009

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junky-gazup.jpgJust who do you turn to in order to solve web-based copyright issues? An example: as a publishing company, we print various computer magazines. No-one would simply scan a page from one of our magazines and host on the Internet, so why do other sites 'forget' about copyright and simply take our editorial from our website, for their gain? We've had multiple situations where other download sites take our exclusive full application downloads and our editorial, place this on their site and even us the software on our server as their direct download. Incredible.

Gazup! isn't going to help our cause either. It's a web-based service that enables users to upload files to remote hosts so they can then provide links to files from these sites, on their homepage, thus saving their bandwidth. Fantastic, but what are you going to upload to these sites? Photos you'd put on Flickr or other photo-sharing sites. We find that these file hosting services do nothing more than encourage users to upload copyrighted software and then link from their server, with the claim that they are not breaching copyright as they aren't directly hosted on their site. Unfortunately they forget that they can be classed an accessory by simply providing the information (ie link) to other users.

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