{"id":1392,"date":"2012-02-13T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/02\/13\/report-the-megaupload-shutdown-hasnt-reduced-file-trading-at-all\/"},"modified":"2012-02-13T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T17:50:08","slug":"report-the-megaupload-shutdown-hasnt-reduced-file-trading-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/02\/13\/report-the-megaupload-shutdown-hasnt-reduced-file-trading-at-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: The MegaUpload Shutdown Hasn&#8217;t Reduced File-Trading at All&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kingsofar.com\/files\/lifetime-megaupload-01.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"157\" height=\"121\" \/><br \/>In the moments immediately following the MegaUpload shutdown, global internet traffic dipped an astounding 2-3 percent. Unfortunately for the feds, that didn&#8217;t last for long.  According to an assessment recently published by DeepField Networks, file-trading volumes basically returned to &#8216;normal&#8217; as rival services started picking up the slack.  &#8220;The main impact of the MegaUpload takedown? Well, file-sharing has not gone away,&#8221; a researcher from DeepField wrote.  &#8220;It <strong>did not even decrease<\/strong> much in North America.&#8221;     <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>So, not much for a victory there.  But the raids have created a disturbances in file delivery and ease-of-trading, for what it&#8217;s worth. &#8220;Mainly, file sharing became staggeringly less efficient,&#8221; the assessment continued.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons for the inefficiencies are complicated or simple, depending on how you look at it. Essentially, there are really a lot of file-trading lockers and swapping services, but a very limited number of mega-hosting and delivery hubs to handle all of that traffic.  &#8220;Although there are hundreds of file sharing sites, an extremely small number of colo-location providers (six of them) provide infrastructure to these sites that generate more than 80 percent of all internet file sharing traffic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MegaUpload employed significant server infrastructure in the US, which means the action is now more-or-less shifting across the Atlantic.  &#8220;Instead of terrabytes of North America MegaUpload traffic going to US servers, most file-sharing traffic now comes from Europe over far more expensive transatlantic links.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the &#8216;before,&#8217; right before the raids (check out MegaVideo at the bottom).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogdeepfield.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/filesharing_jan181.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"438\" height=\"385\" \/><br \/>And the &#8216;after,&#8217; the day after the raids (check out Putlocker).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogdeepfield.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/filesharing_jan192.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"454\" height=\"338\" \/><br \/>So, same volumes, less snappiness and cost-efficient delivery, at least in the short term.  Or, maybe the long-term, depending on how over-the-top this anti-piracy enforcement campaign grows.  But does that mean the shutdown was essentially useless?  Outside of file-trading volumes and routing details, the &#8216;ripple-effect&#8217; of policy changes and shutdowns is getting a lot of attention.  Most recently, the shut-and-run list includes BitTorrent tracking giant BTjunkie, with others likely to follow.  <\/p>\n<p>Source: Digital Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the moments immediately following the MegaUpload shutdown, global internet traffic dipped an astounding 2-3&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}