Oh Shit. Did MediaFire Get Shut Down?
**FINAL UPDATE**
Mediafire has not been shut down. They had some routine maintenance that took longer than usual. Their temporary webpage explaining this was either bogged down with traffic or Mediafire made a calculated decision to let everyone freak out and spread their brand all over the internet! Updates below are from old-to-new.
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Just tried to go to MediaFire and it’s not loading up. Heard a rumor this place got shut the fuck down. I would assume music piracy is too blame? Porn? Sensitive documents? How will we all make it without MediaFire? Fuck.
It’s no secret that anyone could essentially search Google for band name mediafire and get served up a MediaFire link to a zip file. Download and you have the album for free. Super quick and way more dangerous than anything like Napster, KaaZa, or SoulSeek. I wonder if this finally caught up with them?
Update 10:28PM EST
Twitter is shitting a brick over it. Hard to find any concrete evidence from all the teeny bopper tweets.
Update 11:01PM EST
Still no word on the fate of Mediafire…was it RIAA? Is everyone just freaking out for no reason? Why wouldn’t they put a maintenance message up? In the meantime, here are some other sites you can use for “free hosting”:
Update 11:15PM EST
Found this screenshot on a messageboard. Looks like it could be maintenance for MediaFire after all? All the people trying to see if it’s down could have put too much pressure on their temporary servers! We’re still not sure, though!
Update 11:47PM EST
Scattered reports that Mediafire is back up for some people. If the screenshot above is true, then only 15 or so minutes…
Update 12:09AM EST
Mediafire is still down over here. What’s the deal? According to a tech nerd we know, websites can often change their IP address in a process like this and the new IP address can take a while to “propagate” over the internet. Any IT people can feel free to chime in on this in the comments to clarify for us.
Update 12:18AM EST THANK GOD
Mossack Anme has this to say:
2010/09/07
A weird decission from RIAA, complete official word is supposed to be announced tomorrow.
William Hillhouse has this to say:
2010/09/07
Mediafire is back up. It seems to have just been a rumor.
Marty has this to say:
2010/09/07
William, still down for me! what’s the dilly here??
Gohan has this to say:
2010/09/07
@William Hillhouse
Liar. Mediafire is still down >.<
WTF is going on I got crap to download D:<
Gohan has this to say:
2010/09/07
*Looks at the update
o.o’
Okay then…
RK has this to say:
2010/09/07
False alarm. Mediafire’s up for me
Gohan has this to say:
2010/09/07
It’s up for me now too but I can’t download anything.
Gohan has this to say:
2010/09/07
Probably went down because of the hurricane…
ruffox has this to say:
2010/09/07
cmd.exe > ipconfig /flushdns
Ruchira Sahan has this to say:
2010/09/07
Rapidshare must be proud!
Alin El Rene has this to say:
2010/11/26
I can open the download page, but the download link never appear… But I can download some files from the server. Hope to fix it soon.
chocolate machines has this to say:
2011/08/30
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
kurt has this to say:
2011/12/29
adf is isnt working either..
meaning they thought strongly about this acknowledging alot of uploaders make profit while doing the work.
they made a big fucking hit. a very good one too.
captain has this to say:
2012/01/21
after Megaupload was Done for..
the bottom line is!!..
theyre planning to shut down all file sharing sites on the net.
damn that online Law.. PIPA/SOPA..
mediafire sure has no premium account for multi download whatsoever..
but heck as wikipedia says
“IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT FREE FILE SHARING”?
GL mediafire