Hate Dropbox? Rapidshare? Megaupload? Any or all of the other existing sites that allow you to upload your (legally acquired, of course) files and share them with others? Well, today is your lucky day.
Two of the three Swedes who brought you The Pirate Bay way back in 2003 are back with something totally new and different! Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij have launched Bayfiles.com to the excitement of the internet masses! Just like all of the other sites mentioned in the first paragraph (and many, many more) you can now upload a file to a site that will generate a link to said file that you can then manually share with whomever you choose.
Unlike Sunde and Neij’s original venture, they’re on the side of the law this time, clearly stating in their terms of service that no copyright-infringing material is allowed to be uploaded and that if a user is caught doing so, the “officers” of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) will shut your shit down. I’m picturing them as some kind of Tron/RoboCop hybrid.
Given that the site is filling an otherwise empty niche, it should be a money-making bonanza. If you can’t handle the free service that allows uploads of files up to 250MB at a time without registration, go ahead and attach your personal information to your uploads for no charge and double up! Or, if 500MB isn’t enough for you, fork over your info and your hard-earned cash for up to 5GB uploads. What a steal.
And unlike the myriad cloud services currently in vogue (Amazon, Google, etc.), Bayfiles doesn’t allow you to search other users’ legally uploaded content (recently found to be not in violation of any copyrights unless copyright owners directly complain) or manage your uploads and found sounds in any discernible way.
A truly groundbreaking day.
• Bayfiles: http://bayfiles.com