Hotfile
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Type of site
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File hosting service |
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| Available in | English and 19 languages |
| Owners | Hotfile Corp. |
| Slogan(s) | Deliver where it matters |
| Website | https://www.hotfile.com/ |
| Alexa rank |
 11,990 (July 2014[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | March 18, 2001 |
| Current status | Shut down by United States federal court |
Hotfile was a one-click file hosting website founded by Hotfile Corp in 2006 in Panama City, Panama. On December 4, 2013, Hotfile ceased all operations, the same day as signing a $4 million settlement with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA); the settlement had previously been misreported as $80 million.
Hotfile allowed users to upload and download files with any web browser. Non-registered users were allowed to upload up to 400 MB at once. After a successful file upload, the user was given a unique URL which allowed others to download the file. Non-registered users had to wait 15 seconds in the download queue and might have needed to enter a CAPTCHA and have to wait 30 minutes to download another file after a previous download session ended (even if the file did not download completely). Hotfile did not provide a search engine or browser. The site was offered in 19 different languages including Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, two types of Chinese, Dutch, German, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Serbian and Turkish.
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