FilesTube
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| Web address | filestube |
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| Slogan | Download everything! |
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Type of site
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Metasearch engine |
| Available in | Chinese, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish |
| Owner | Red-Sky Sp. z.o.o. |
| Launched | June 2007[1] |
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Alexa rank
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 68,566 (14 December 2014[update])[2] |
FilesTube was a metasearch engine established in 2007, which specialized in searching files in various file sharing and uploading services, such as Mega.[3] It also included sections for videos, games, lyrics and software.[4][5]
On December 1, 2014, FilesTube discontinued its file-search service and became a free service for streaming licensed independent movies and documentaries.[6]
It is owned by Polish company Red-Sky.[7]
Contents
Name and logo
The name and logo of the website are in the style of the video-sharing website YouTube. While the old logo looked almost identical to the YouTube logo (with "Files" replacing "You" and the logo colour being blue), slight changes have been made to the current logo.
Reception
In 2010, Donnie Jenkins of Chattanooga Times Free Press called the website "a dedicated search site to find downloadable files such as audio, video and documents".[8]
Copyright infringement and blocking
While it operated as a search engine, FilesTube said it removed copyrighted content from its search results on request.[9] However, it was blocked by court order or government action in several countries:
- Malaysia in June 2011[10] (no longer blocked as of May 2014[citation needed])
- The United Kingdom in October 2013[11][12]
- Turkey in January 2010[13]
References
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- ↑ FilesTube Secures New Domain To Bypass Domain Blocking, June 19, 2011
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